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Sword fights to mid-air action — Evolution of movie stunts
The illusory ‘dishyum’ dishyum’ sounds in Tamil film stunt sequences get viewers going into an adrenaline rush. The choreography of stunts has been gaining more and more heft in the film industry, which explains why most heroes are vying to be typecast as macho action heroes. How much space...
New income tax regime has more advantages, say consultants
In an interview given to inmathi.com, tax consultants N Sundar and Arun Karunanidhi say that the new tax regime has more advantages rather than disadvantages. They are talking about the individual income tax proposals made in the Budget 2023-24 submitted in Parliament on February 1. The buzz...
Poor tribes get free houses, education thanks to Aid India
People of various marginalised scheduled tribes such as Irulars and Narikuravars, who find a place only on the peripheries of various towns, have been living in mud huts or makeshift tents, exposed to rain and shine, for generations. Their dwellings are virtually open spaces; only that they...
Budget 2023 a shallow, superficial non-budget: economist
Prof Venkatesh Athreya, an economist and adjunct professor at Asian College of Journalism, has termed the union government’s Budget 2023 presented on February 1 as a non-budget. In an interview given to inmathi.com, he called the budget an exercise in which only big corporations, the affluent...
TN ranks high but can do more, shows economic survey
The Union Government’s annual economic survey report, which assesses past year’s performance and examines opportunities and challenges in the year ahead, considering the effects of both domestic and international affairs, has been released. In the absence of a State Economic Survey report,...
With 1200 films, Judo Rathnam’s stunts ruled cinema
In every period of Tamil cinema, there has been a stunt master whose work is sought after for a time and earns him wealth and accolades, but would get replaced by someone else after he burns out. In such a scenario, working in a world-record 1,200 films spanning over three decades and leaving a...
Out soon: Chennai’s own Royal Enfield Super Meteor 650
January 2023 marks the introduction of Royal Enfield’s first twin-cylinder cruiser for the domestic and global markets, proudly made in Tamil Nadu. The demands of the Indian motorcycling community are unlike in any other country. There was a boom in the past decade in India of adventurous youth...
Padma Shri for two Irulars honours indigenous knowledge
Vadivel Gopal and Masi Sadaiyan were going about their routine work in Karur, catching snakes, when they heard the news that they had been awarded the fourth-highest civilian award of the country, the Padma Shri. The duo from one of the most marginalised and oppressed communities, the Irulars,...
TN BJP wants Modi to contest from state: Annamalai
BJP state president K Annamalai recently set off a charge that could galvanise Tamil Nadu BJP’s workers into an aggressive campaign right away for the 2024 parliamentary elections: the idea that Prime Minister Narendra Modi should or would contest from Tamil Nadu. “Our workers and leaders have...
School bus case: Gaping hole in prosecution led to acquittal
The shocking acquittal of all eight accused in the Zion Matriculation School bus case, in which seven-year-old Sruthi slipped through a hole in the floor of the bus and was killed in 2012, has shown up the lack of integrity in the prosecution, which could not even prove that there was a hole on...
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