Several Alvars record references to ancient Chennai in paasurams from 5th century References in Hymns of Alvars to ancient Chennai (Chennai Maadham series) In tracing the antiquity of the Chennai region subsequent to the second century A.D., we have to rely on the works of the early Vaishnavite...
The Tamil film industry is known as Kollywood -- a reference to Kodambakkam, the area in Chennai where studios were once located and stars lived. The real name of Kodambakkam, however, is Kodalambakkam (Kodal + pakkam)). Kodal is the name of a flower that grew in these parts, as recorded in...
The popular saying that two Tamils would never come together and work for a common goal is becoming a myth. The just concluded RISE, a summit for Tamil Entrepreneurs across the world held at Madurai on 28th, 29th and 30th December, is yet another success story of Tamils joining hands for a...
Just as Vijay’s film, Sarkar, is facing hostility from the state government, the classic movie, Parasakthi, in which Sivaji Ganesan made his debut and whose dialogues were written by M Karunanidhi, also had to undergo trials when it was released in 1952 during Diwali. Sarkar has had to undergo...
In a way, it's nice to see that Tamil cinema is going through a rash of plagiarism charges now, because, for quite a long time, the only copyright that seemed to be followed was the right to copy left, centre and right! Producers might have crossed swords in the distant past over ownership of...
The tell-tale moustache seemingly unkempt, eyes taking a measure of you as they look through the spectacles, a disarmingly contained laughter not loud, a pattern of talking that tended to bite the words as they are being rendered - those close to him will miss all of this. Na Muthusamy,...
Women who have taken the lead in MeToo have convened a public hearing and consultation on Sunday, October 21 between 3pm to 6pm at the Dr MGR Janaki College of Arts and Science for Women. Meanwhile, M Subramani of inmathi.com did a phone interview with Justice (retired) Chandru who had been in...
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 Saani, the wife of one of the...
Across India, the MeToo movement still remains largely confined to English-speaking media and sections. Very few MeToo confessionals have come from Indian language journalists, for instance. In Tamil Nadu, adding to that is the question of whether Vairamuthu is being unfairly targeted because...
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 The legend about the...
