The Sangam-era temple near Mamallapuram that had been submerged under the sea but came out because of sea recession during tsunami still remains largely unexplored. Not far from the structure, there is a UNECSO-recognized heritage spot called Tiger Cave. The rock cut temple is maintained by the...
Just as Subramaniya Bharathi’s Triplicane house was nationalized, the house in T Nagar in which Bharathidasan lived should also be nationalized, say Tamil enthusiasts while observing his death anniversary on April 21. The house at 10, Raman Street still remains as it was when Bharathidasan...
Fish hunting festivals are happening after a long gap in Tamil Nadu. Just as good rains and farming are related, brimming lakes and ponds is directly related to fish population in them. Tamils welcome crop harvest as an auspicious day. They celebrate many festivals dedicated to farming. There...
Divya, Priya and Dharshini, three children from Avadi Narikuravar colony, met chief minister M K Stalin recently and asked that the government arrange basic facilities in their settlement. Stalin assured them of help. Two days after the students met Stalin, officials visited the settlement and...
Narikuravar have a tradition: they will not stay anywhere outside their own dwellings in the night. This is a community rule that narikuravar folk don't violate. Even children are not exempt from this rule. Three narikuravar men broke that rule when they spent 15 days in jail for agitating for...
Karthik Kumar is a pioneer in Tamil standup comedy. Among the earliest to lampoon and satirize stereotypes, identities and sacred cows standing alone on a stage, Karthik Kumar strongly defends Chris Rock's artistic freedom. In an interview to inmathi.com, he says Tamil comedy has come of age,...
The recent TN budget promised to make Jain, Buddhist religious sites in Tamil Nadu world-class tourist centers. These sites now have poor access, have little or no facilities. Jainism was once popular across today’s Tamil Nadu. The abandoned and neglected Jain monuments across the state stand...
The word dalit is commonly used especially by the English media to refer to people belonging to Scheduled Castes. Groups that are at the lowest rung of the caste system have been categorized as Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, as per the Indian Constitution. The oppressed, the...
Ancient Tamil trade guilds were so powerful that they founded cities, executed irrigation projects, triggered town planning and influenced the foreign policy of kings. For instance, Srivijaya’s king Sang Rama Vijaya Tungga Varman would have never imagined Tamil traders could cause so much...
Writer, activist and politician, Salma is a thoughtful chronicler of the position of women in society, man-woman relationships, as well as the Muslim community and its mores. In an interview to inmathi.com, Salma talks about the hijab controversy. In its ruling on the Karnataka government order...
