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Why TN should retrace Manimekalai’s journey, help Sri Lanka during crisis
The ancient Tamil epic, Manimekalai composed by poet-saint Chithalai Sathanar describes how a small island nation then called Manipallavam located across the Palk Strait faced severe famine marked by an acute shortage of food and water. Manimekalai was a beautiful dancer-turned Buddhist...
Pipe up ladies! Featuring Soundararajan-Santhanalakshmi
The sixth couple to be featured in the Navaratri Nava Shakti series of Parivadini is Soundararajan-Santhanalakshmi of Chettikulam. A third generation nagaswaram artiste in her family, Vidushi Santhanalakshmi, however, had to coax her father Thammapatti KS Ponnusamy to teach her. “At that time,...
Takeover of temples: Religious Omandur’s misplaced faith in government – I
Today, when India is approaching the 75th year of its Independence, clear, categorical and influential voices are heard in the public sphere demanding freedom for Hindu temples from the clutches of the government. But if we hark back to the time when the British left India after the apocalyptic...
Bharathi a pioneering translator. He coined many Tamil words common today
Subramaniya Bharathi is credited with ushering in the modern era in Tamil poetry. As a pioneer in English to Tamil translation, he also created many Tamil usages that are in common parlance today. Bharathi’s handwritten notes in which he is suggesting Tamil equivalents to common English words...
Pipe up ladies! Featuring Balaganesh-Bageshwari
Balaganesh-Bageshwari of Tiruvannamalai are the fifth couple to be featured in the Navaratri Nava Shakti series of concerts by Parivadini. Even those who are not familiar with Carnatic music would know them through their playing in AR Rahman’s Narumugaiye in Iruvar and Shankar Mahadevan’s...
For political entry, Vijay banks on youth across cities and villages
Actor Vijay is testing the waters regarding his political career by having his fans contest the local body elections in nine districts. In the past, Vijay’s fans had contested local body elections and even won on occasion but only as Independents. Now, however, they are presenting themselves as...
Pipe up Ladies! Featuring Vijayalakshmi-Viswanathan
The fourth pair that we are featuring in the Navarathiri Navasakthi is the couple from Chidambaram, Viswanathan – Vijayalakshmi. Vdushi Vijayalakshmi hails from the famous Thiruvarur legacy. Her grandfather TS Meenakshisundaram Pillai had the distinction of serving as the Asthana Vidwan in the...
Online engineering admission counselling has failed, offline better
The very objective of the single window counselling system for engineering admissions introduced 20 years ago during the DMK government headed by M Karunanidhi has been defeated by the new online counselling system in force since 1918. Students from rural areas find it tough to choose the...
Will film release on OTT lead to closure of theatres?
From the times of touring talkies, Tamil cinema has reached the days of OTT passing through big theatres and multiplexes. Though the screens have changed, Tamil films have retained their audience, especially youth. Though cinema has been affected by VCD and film websites, it has survived to be...
Pipe up ladies! Featuring KS Senthil Murugan and S Shanthi
The third couple to be featured in Parivadini’s Navaratri Nava Shakti series is KS Senthil Murugan and S Shanthi of Tiruvannamalai. Vidushi Shanthi has been learning nagaswaram from six years. She learned the basics from her grandfather Raman and later from her father Kalaimamani TR Pichandi....
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