K Roja, who studied Tamil medium in a government school, is now doing research on Plant Biology and Biotechnology at Loyola College. Roja is the first woman from Irular community to do her PhD. T Sakthivel, an Irular man hailing from Salayampalayam, did his PhD on brick kiln labour in...
Nature Walk often means just taking a walk through nature and experiencing the delights nature has to offer. But nature walks can also offer learning opportunities Climate change and its impact is widely discussed across the world. Articles flesh out the nuances. Awareness campaigns are...
Kausalya Srinivasan, a Bharatanatyam expert and Fulbright scholar, has embarked on a project to teach the dance form to Irular children in Tindivanam. On a recent evening, Irular children and their parents had gathered at the Thai Tamil school in Rosanai, Tindivanam. It was an awareness...
Staring at the night sky from a coir cot in his village, Sivaperuman would not have dreamed he’d be studying asteroids at Arizona University
Sundaravel studied in Tamil medium in school but is now a polyglot who knows Japanese and English. He struggled in his first year engineering since all the classes were in English but as the course went on he was able to settle down. Today, Sundaravel is teaching English to school students in...
Studying medicine is a dream for most. Despite doing well in school, many in villages can't dream of pursuing it. Here's one who worked in grocery shops to purchase application forms
As government school students cannot afford paid coaching classes, 30 old students of state-run schools in Aranthangi started an outfit that offers free NEET coaching. It helps others like themselves to have a fighting chance at competing with well-off well-coached NEET aspirants.
Even when he was down in the dumps working as a daily wager instead of completing his schooling, Selvam was determined to renew his education. He soon brought his life back on track and went on to study engineering and set up his own construction firm.
National Geographic Magazine has selected Parivel Veerasamy’s wildlife photographs a few times as best pictures. The reputed magazine for nature and wildlife lauded him for his photographic skills. But Parivel did not know anything about photography till he was 27 years-old. Parivel hails from...
Penury stalked Thangakittu all through his childhood. Growing up he lived in a house without electricity and struggled to pay the nominal fee the village school was collecting. But Thangakittu managed to stay ahead. At 29 now, he works as a software architect in Scotland. Thangakittu’s family...
