Most people think that the Edappadi Palaniswami government will fall once the 18 AIADMK MLAs (T T V Dinakaran supporters) win their case against the disqualification order issued by the Speaker in 2017. However, the AIADMK government has the P H Pandian formula up...
Rangaraj | Oct 24, 2018
When the Pavalar Brothers, Ilayaraja, Baskar and Gangei Amaren struggled during their early days in Chennai – no proper place to stay and barely had one meal a day – it was singer S P Balasubrahmanyam who provided them much needed support by including them in his...
Rangaraj | Oct 22, 2018
Ilayaraja is regarded as the king of re-recording. His background score lends depth, mobility and an emotional bond with the viewer, transcending even an ordinary scene to epic proportions. His re-recording for films like Nayagan, Padhinaaru Vayadhinilae, Sigappu...
Rangaraj | Oct 21, 2018
In the early days, Ilayaraja’s brother R D Baskar would visit the offices of producers in Chennai, seeking an opportunity for the Ilayaraja-led Pavalar Brothers to compose music for their forthcoming films. However, there were no takers. At one stage, Raja even...
Rangaraj | Oct 17, 2018
Fourteen out of 18 inscriptions in Velachery confirm that Velachery belonged to Puliyur Kottam, ancient Chennai, while many of the inscriptions provide details about the functioning of assemblies called aalungunam right from the tenth century. Interestingly, Nańgai...
Rangaraj | Oct 16, 2018
The famous Dhandeeswarar temple was born as a result of the climax in the fascinating duel between Markandeya and Yama which began at Thirukadavur and ended at Velachery, a part of Puliyur Kottam, ancient Chennai, according to the legend. The legend of Markandeya...
Rangaraj | Oct 12, 2018
How did Ilayaraja reach cult status? Coming from a small village in southern Tamil Nadu, with virtually no education and no musician in sight except his elder brother Paavalar Varadarajan whom he would accompany for music performances as part of Communist party...
Rangaraj | Oct 11, 2018
“Music has only seven notes – Sa Ri Ga Ma Pa Dha Ni. There is nothing new in what we musicians create. All that we do is a permutation and combination of these same, seven notes. One who manages to fool the people by mixing these notes is a wise man (Gnani)....
Rangaraj | Oct 8, 2018
Just as students not ready to take on the examinations make a claim of fever to avoid the tests, the ruling AIADMK has yet again demonstrated ‘Poll Fever’ barely a day before the dates for the Tiruparankudram and Tiruvarur by-elections were to be announced by the...
Rangaraj | Oct 7, 2018
Deputy Chief Minister and AIADMK co-ordinator, confirming the news of his meeting with rebel leader T T V Dhinakaran, said he was loyal to the party and had no plans to oust Edappadi Palaniswamy and take over the chief ministership of the State. At a hastily...
Rangaraj | Oct 5, 2018
Even as the ruling AIADMK government has set in motion plans to get four MLAs including Karunas to be disqualified to try and create an artificial majority in the Assembly, the party is rocked by speculation of a patch-up with rebel leader T T V Dhinakaran and...
Rangaraj | Oct 5, 2018
Vedasireni, as Velachery was known ages ago, provides this fascinating fairy tale of how the Vedas were purified in the ambience of beautiful lake surrounded by colorful trees. The legend of Velachery as told in the story of Thiruvanmiyur means that the place is...
Rangaraj | Oct 4, 2018
There is plenty of talk about the need to restore Gram Sabhas on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. Even actor turned politicians Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth have been stressing on the need to revive the system of Gram Sabhas to focus attention on villages, and the...
Rangaraj | Oct 3, 2018
There seems to be a general lack of awareness about the contribution of Mackenzie Manuscripts to understanding and analyzing the history of ancient Chennai region. Here, we provide details of what these manuscripts meant for evaluation of history, and how he has...
Rangaraj | Oct 3, 2018
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHENNAI Inmathi.com wishes all its readers and the people of Greater Chennai a happy birthday !!! Yes, September 30 is the official birthday of Chennai – the day when Chennai was officially renamed (giving up the British legacy of Madras) through a...
Rangaraj | Sep 30, 2018
Velachery is a bustling place now, providing a link as it were to the Old Mamallapuram Road (OMR) and the East Coast Road, and the rest of Chennai region, housing modern IT complexes and multi-storeyed blocks, yet it is as ancient as can be. The epigraphs of...
Rangaraj | Sep 28, 2018
The swiftness with which the city police arrested AIADMK MLA S Karunas and got him remanded to custody at Vellore prison has exposed the bickerings within the ruling AIADMK while the AIADMK government is looking for every opportunity to crush Dinakaran supporters...
Rangaraj | Sep 24, 2018
Puliyur Kottam was the ancient administrative unit of Chennai from over 2,000 years ago. Like Egmore, Mylapore, Triplicane, Adyar, Thiruvanmiyur, Saidapet, Pallavaram, Tirunirmalai, Kundrathur, Mangadu, Poonamallee, Tambaram, Somangalam, Manimangalam, Pozhichalur...
Rangaraj | Sep 24, 2018
A victory for the ruling AIADMK in the disqualification case against AIADMK MLAs may help the government tide over the crisis momentarily but would face major political hurdles in the long run. To begin with, once the seats are declared vacant if they stand...
Rangaraj | Sep 22, 2018
Continuing the series on impact of the disqualification case concerning 18 AIADMK MLAs, inmathi.com presents a third scenario in the event of the 18 MLAs winning their case against the disqualification of their membership in the Tamil Nadu Assembly. (The first...
Rangaraj | Sep 21, 2018
The Edappadi government has been moving from one crisis to another ever since its inception. However, the case relating to the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs could be the biggest crisis ever, whichever way the verdict goes. The judgment of the third judge is...
Rangaraj | Sep 19, 2018
Vellore: Santhan and Murugan, members of LTTE, the Sri Lankan militant organization, believed that the LTTE erred in going against the Indian Government and proceeding against Indian leaders. Had that not happened, the Sri Lankan Tamils would not have faced the...
Rangaraj | Sep 15, 2018
The three convicts in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, who faced a death sentence in 2011, had then expressed their disappointment with the former DMK Government in Tamil Nadu for not granting them clemency along with another...
Rangaraj | Sep 12, 2018
Vellore, October 12, 2011: The three convicts in the death row –Murugan, Santhan and Perarivalan – charged with conspiracy in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case and lodged in Vellore prison, said in an interview in October 2011 that they believed they could be...
Rangaraj | Sep 11, 2018
When Santhan, Murugan and Perarivalan, were in the death row after being convicted in the Rajiv Gandhi assassination case, I met them in the high-security Vellore prison and had an hour-long interview. Chatting over biscuits and tea kindly provided by the jail...
Rangaraj | Sep 10, 2018
