The contemporary focal debate around the issues of urban development and protection of the environment has been given close attention by most stakeholders. There are several challenges in the area of waste management, especially what is called legacy waste, or waste accumulated at dumpyards...
Dr. Sivaraman, a Siddha practitioner, is a regular participant in the public discussions on Siddha medicine, and known for his reasoned position on issues. He spoke to inmathi.com on the recent Madras High Court judgement permitting AYUSH doctors to prescribe allopathic medicines. This is an...
The Tamil Nadu Rules on Ward Committees and Area Sabha, to be set up to empower citizens under the Municipal Corporation Acts for Chennai and other cities, fall severely short on transparency and democratisation norms, reinforcing the criticism that State governments are unwilling to give real...
A bountiful monsoon resulting in with brimming rivers has underscored Tamil Nadu’s inadequate storage on the Cauvery. Following copious rains in Karnataka, the Stanley reservoir at Mettur dam is releasing 25,500 cusecs into the river course. It would have been a happy situation for Tamil Nadu...
The Kallakurichi suicide of Srimathi has been followed by many other suicides elsewhere too. Psychologists warn that such sensational coverage of suicide by the media may well trigger copycat actions by other troubled people. “Sensationally portraying a suicide has been seen to lead to a 15%...
English jurist William Blackstone who has penned commentaries on English laws has said in his book, "It is better that ten guilty escape than one innocent suffer". For ages, our society has followed the same principle as a yardstick for delivering justice. The Madras High Court recalled the...
Brazil nut effect Let's do a small experiment at home. Take a glass; place two or three unbroken whole cashew nuts at the bottom. Fill two-thirds of the cup with smaller nuts such as peanuts or roasted Bengal gram. Now shake the glass well. Lo behold, you can observe the cashew nut raising up...
Jai Bhim for all its success and hard-hitting plot has run into a political controversy. The war of words is out in the open between PMK leader Anbumani Ramadoss and actor Suriya. Twitteratti is trending ‘We stand with Surya’ and JaiBhim hashtags as netizens are garnering support for the actor...
At some Rs 15,000 a square foot, Chennai's commons, including its lakes, are worth more dead than alive to a large number of speculators. The cost of this avarice has once again been brought home sharply by this year's monsoon. The rise of high value speculative real estate has led to the...
Chennai is already flooded even before North East monsoon gains momentum. For all the town planning and civic amenities projects undertaken by the government round the year and the lessons learnt in Chennai floods 2015, the city should be geared up to face rain related adversities. But it is...
