We have seen how poet and freedom fighter Subramaniya Bharathi was a pioneer in English to Tamil translation. It may be timely to recall to recall how Bharathi reported and wrote about the cyclone that rocked Puducherry in November of 1916. The report was published in Swadesamitran newspaper on...
The people of Chennai bore heavy losses in the 2015 Chennai floods. Loss of life, property and livelihood was common. Among the precious belongings lost were collector’s items. One such loss was Rengiah Murugan’s collection that included publications giving details of non-brahmin mutts in Tamil...
Chennai city is drowning after a single day's rain. The low-lying areas in Chennai city and surrounding areas resemble rivers and lakes. With Puzhal and Chembarambakkam, the main drinking water supplying reservoirs reaching their full capacity, excess water is being released from the two...
The context was different but the events were similar. In the film Jai Bhim, an innocent Irular man is tortured for hours in the police station after he is held on a false charge of theft. Finally, a stomp on his chest by a police boot turns fatal and the man dies. As Tamil Nadu chief minister...
Records and gramophones were everywhere once. Now they are antique pieces found rarely. Old timers recalls them while others don’t care. For P Thirunavukkarasu, who trains people in short filmmaking and edits film magazine Nizhal, collecting and preserving records and gramophone boxes is a...
K.P. Akila has performed the feat of securing 92.3% marks in Civil Engineering in Tamil medium and has won the gold medal, studying the course in the well known Guindy Engineering College (originally published in August 2018). She had studied in Tamil medium in Dindivanam’s Rosanai Thai...
For doctor S Krishnan, returning home and serving his community was the natural thing to do. Born in a Dalit caste group in Nelakottai of Bandhalur taluk of Nilgiris district, 27-year-old son of tea plantation workers is not only the first graduate in his family but also the first doctor from...
Among the Tamil writers whose works have received a relook in recent times is Karichan Kunju (1919 to 1992) whose birth centenary was celebrated three years ago. The pen name that R Narayanaswami took opens the door to another world, a world of Tamil writers of Kumbakonam and their milieu....
Without a charismatic leader at its helm and not having power, a question mark hangs over the future of the AIADMK, one of the two poles in the largely bipolar political situation in the state. Are its stars on the ascendant or is it curtains for the party? Few thought the party will become a...
The Tamil Nadu government is waiting for the President of India to give his assent on the Bill the state Assembly has passed exempting the state from NEET. Students who have passed Class 12 are in limbo land as they are still unsure if they have to prepare for NEET are not. The Governor of the...
