The spectacle of a saffron-clad Prime Minister Narendra Modi immersing fully in the Ganga in a ceremonial Varanasi ghat on Monday, keeping just a ‘kalasam’ above the water, has turned Chennai’s attention to lost rivers. Although a lot of money has gone into the Ganga rejuvenation plan under...
Erik Solheim, Former Norwegian environment minister, Irene Giner – Reichl, co-founder of Global Women’s Network for Energy Transition and Benoit Lebot, senior advisor to Govt of France, will be the speakers at a Zoom conference scheduled on Dec. 13, 2021. The experts are going to discuss ‘Tamil...
The DMK government recently announced that the community kitchen scheme of Amma Unavagam would be supplemented by Kalaignar Unavagam, named after DMK leader Kalaignar Karunanidhi. Five hundred Kalaignar Unavagams were to be opened across Tamil Nadu, the government announced. Following this, in...
Former Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa whose death anniversary is being observed today has written that her favourite movie song is Chinna Payale Chinna Payale Seidhi Kelada. The song was written by leftist bard Pattukottai Kalyanasundaram who died when he turned 29. The song was featured in the...
The DMK government's legislation seeking exemption from NEET for examinations to medical and dental colleges in Tamil Nadu could well meet the same fate as ordinances and resolutions sent by previous governments on the issue. Recently, Chief Minister MK Stalin had met with state Governor RN...
Poor prospects in upcoming state polls may have driven Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s decision to repeal farm laws. Here's what a cross-section of farmers in the state say about the decision. “This is a victory for farmers who protested on a sustained basis. If we struggle for just demands with...
The simultaneous transfer of the Chief Justice of the Madras High Court, Sanjib Banerjee, to the Meghalaya High Court, as well as the senior-most judge of the Allahabad High Court, Munishwar Nath Bhandari, to the Madras High Court, raises more questions than answers. Has the entire exercise...
Tamil Nadu's famous poet Kannadasan in a song of everlasting beauty for the Tamil film Paadhakaanikkai (பாதகாணிக்கை), sung by TM Soundararajan, tuned by Viswanathan Ramamurthy runs thus: வீடு வரை உறவு வீதி வரை மனைவி காடு வரை பிள்ளை கடைசி வரை யாரோ? veedu varai uravu veedhi varai manaivi kAdu...
(The first part of this series traced the history of government control of temples, second dealt with whether other religious places of worship have similar government control. This is the third and concluding part. The articles are part of the Matchup section that provides a platform for...
The verdict of Madras High Court's Madurai Bench quashing the much-touted 10.5 per cent quota for Vanniyars within the Most Backward Class (MBC) category in Tamil Nadu Reservation, has created pandemonium and chaos in political circles of Tamil Nadu. A question mark now prevails over the...
