At 73 years of age, Sundar Rajan symbolizes the renaissance that cycling in the south has had. For this retired engineer's legs, age is certainly only a number. A month ago, he rode 600 km from Chennai to Trichy and back on his bicycle. On World Cycling Day, inmathi salutes this veteran who has...
The erotic sculptures in Chinnaiyampettai village have been featured in media but this tank is not a one-off occurrence, researchers say. They add that there are many tanks in villages that are 300 to 400 years old and feature such explicit art. But first the Chinnayampettai tank on the...
Pilot suicide, a disturbing phenomenon that has been attributed to half a dozen sudden and mysterious mid-air plane crashes, is dramatic but occurs rarely. The China Eastern plane that nosedived into the ground in March, killing all 132 passengers and crew on board, was intentionally...
The palm tree and its products are intrinsic to Tamil culture. Endowed with roots that go deep and hold groundwater, the palm tree takes 15 years to grow and mature. The young palm tree is called Vadali in Tamil. The palm tree is a food bearing life form. It is a source of palm fruit, palm...
Eleven people died recently near Thanjavur when a temple (mutt) car grazed against high tension power cables and got electrocuted. The car lost its way a bit, having faced navigation problems. A few days later, at the Uttarapathiswarar temple in Tiruchengottangudi in Nagapattinam district, the...
The Madras Museum can be the pride of Tamil Nadu. With its vast collection and resources such as an in-house high-quality conservation laboratory, it could offer an interesting, educative, fun and immersive experience. For people of Tamil Nadu and the Tamil diaspora who can often be seen...
Just like other writers, Sa Kandasamy left behind a vast collection of books when he died. What will happen to the books of a writer’s personal collection after his death? In most cases, they will end up in stalls that sell second-hand books, if not immediately. The heirs of the writers may not...
Was there any cultural link between Jammu & Kashmir, the northernmost state of India and Tamil Nadu, the southernmost? Yes, according to young research scholar Prathik Murali. "Kashmir was a centre for the study of philosophy having close connections with two of the greatest Indian...
Chithirai festival is celebrated all over Tamil Nadu but the event at Madurai Meenakshi Amman temple and Azhagar Kovil stand out. After a break imposed by the lockdown, this year the festival was celebrated recently in a grand manner amidst surging crowds. The Azhagar Kovil Chithirai festival...
Bharathidasan (April 29, 1891 to April 21, 1964), an iconic Tamil poet of the Dravidian movement, wore several hats in his lifetime. Of his pursuits as a Tamil teacher (he joined the French government school at Niravi in Pondicherry at age 18), a politician, an orator, a journalist and a film...
