My dear friends: Farming is the art of growing food, a full time vocation no doubt. At the same time, not all farmers are just farmers. In many villages across the country, there are several scientists and innovators in the guise of farmers trying to find an answer...
MJ Prabu | Nov 10, 2018
An architect of the 1996 United Front government at the Centre, N Chandrababu Naidu, is reviving the formula to form a coalition government that could oust the BJP from power. As in 1996, Chandrababu Nadu has met two southern stalwarts, H D Deve Gowda of the JD(S)...
Rangaraj | Nov 10, 2018
The government has decided to introduce biometrics-based attendance system for teachers serving in more than 7,700 high and middle schools in the state. Some welcome this move saying it will address the issue of absentee teachers in schools in remote corners such...
Inscriptions of Chennai in the 13th century make frequent references to certain chieftains or officers called Nilagangaraiyans and their philanthropic activities. They seem to have been intimately connected with Chengalpattu district as a whole, and their...
Rangaraj | Nov 6, 2018
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...
Vamanan | Nov 3, 2018
My dear friends: Let's say all goes well for us and we have a good harvest. Will it bring prosperity in our lives? Will the harvested crop turn into money? Till date nobody has been able to give us a definite answer on this.In areas like the delta regions our...
MJ Prabu | Nov 3, 2018
Playing the mridangam remains largely a male vocation even today, but even before Independence, Thirukkornam T S Ranganayaki Ammal gained fame as an acclaimed mridangam artiste. When M S Subbulakshmi performed on the stage replacing her mother Madurai...
M K Stalin has been able to take over the Karunanidhi legacy in a much easier manner than many people have thought. However, his leadership is now under test with Tamil Nadu set for 20 to 24 Assembly by-elections in the next few months. Having missed the...
Rangaraj | Nov 1, 2018
For actor-turned politician, Rajinikanth, the dreaded moment has come much earlier than he expected. His worst fears of being at the receiving end of the main parties in Tamil Nadu have already come true, with a stinging Murasoli article describing him as a puppet...
Rangaraj | Oct 31, 2018
According to the new syllabus for pre-kg, LKG and UKG, the classroom hours will start at 9:30am and end 4pm. This means children from two to five years old will spend nearly six and half hours in class every day. These hours include 45 minutes of lunch break, from...
To be or not to be, was the famous Hamletian question. To align or not to align, is the dilemma that Kamal Haasan faces, even as his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam is getting ready to contest the forthcoming bypolls to 20 Assembly constituencies in Tamil Nadu. The...
Rangaraj | Oct 29, 2018
Dalit leader John Pandian may not be anyone’s idea of a pious Hindu partaking in rituals. Though a Christian by faith, he took his dip in Tamirabarani at the ongoing pushkaram that drew to a close on Tuesday. He says he has heard about the astrological significance...
The ruling AIADMK is seeking to isolate rebel leader TTV Dinakaran, by seeking to disqualify four more party MLAs who are his supporters. The AIADMK, emboldened by the recent High Court order disqualifying 18 MLAs who are supporters of Dinakaran, wants to crush the...
Rangaraj | Oct 28, 2018
Even as the controversy over the entry of women of all ages into the Sabarimala temple is raging, it may be worth recalling that some 35 years ago a woman became an adheenam – the head of a Saivite mutt – in Tamil Nadu. No eyebrows were raised and no questions were...
My dear friends: What is the main objective of you doing agriculture? Most of you will say earning earning money. Agriculture is just not a service. It is a vocation. Nothing is free here. Everything comes with a price. Successful agriculture involves deploying a...
MJ Prabu | Oct 27, 2018
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...
Aarvalan | Oct 26, 2018
The AIADMK Edappadi government may have got a breather through the disqualification of 18 MLAs but it will have to face a major political challenge in the form of 20 by-elections which will amount to a mini general election which can make or break the AIADMK...
Rangaraj | Oct 25, 2018
The verdict of the third judge, Justice Sathyanarayanan, upholding of the disqualification of 18 AIADMK MLAs, has come as a shot in the arm for the ruling AIADMK and its chief minister Edappadi Palaniswami. The AIADMK government, which has moving from one crisis to...
Rangaraj | Oct 25, 2018
Most people think that the Edappadi Palaniswami government will fall once the 18 AIADMK MLAs (T T V Dinakaran supporters) win their case against the disqualification order issued by the Speaker in 2017. However, the AIADMK government has the P H Pandian formula up...
Rangaraj | Oct 24, 2018
When the Pavalar Brothers, Ilayaraja, Baskar and Gangei Amaren struggled during their early days in Chennai – no proper place to stay and barely had one meal a day – it was singer S P Balasubrahmanyam who provided them much needed support by including them in his...
Rangaraj | Oct 22, 2018
Nagasvaram may be the king of instruments in Tamil Nadu. Musically, it has the pride of place in the Carnatic system. It is to the nagasvaram that vocalists turn to for the nuances. Yet, though the Carnatic music “market” has a flock of ‘disciples’ learning vocal,...
Aarvalan | Oct 22, 2018
Ilayaraja is regarded as the king of re-recording. His background score lends depth, mobility and an emotional bond with the viewer, transcending even an ordinary scene to epic proportions. His re-recording for films like Nayagan, Padhinaaru Vayadhinilae, Sigappu...
Rangaraj | Oct 21, 2018
Noted singer Chinmayi Sripada says she will file a complaint against well-known Tamil lyricist Vairamuthu for alleged sexual harassment while they were in Switzerland a few years ago in connection with a Tamil music event. In an exclusive interview to inmathi.com,...
My dear friends: Our country’s daily turnover from vegetables and fruits could be easily about Rs 290 crore (US$ 59 million). The estimated cost of ‘wastage’ per day is around Rs 100 to Rs 140 crore (US$ 27 million), which is a lot more than the daily turnover of...
MJ Prabu | Oct 20, 2018
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...
