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Mani Ratnam is dead, long live Mani Ratnam!
Chekka Chivantha Vaanam starts out featuring all the Mani Ratnam tropes. It pays ritual homage to Godfather through a Corleone-like family. There is the don who is shot but survives, and he has three sons and a daughter. The first son is a hot-head and not terribly bright whereas the third is...
Happy Birthday, Chennai!!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY, CHENNAI Inmathi.com wishes all its readers and the people of Greater Chennai a happy birthday !!! Yes, September 30 is the official birthday of Chennai – the day when Chennai was officially renamed (giving up the British legacy of Madras) through a Government Order issued on...
Bright lights on the side: A son who continued the family tradition of making mridangams — in his own way
We got to know about Mridangam-maker Fernandes last week. We also saw that an award was instituted in his name and that it was his son Selvam, who received it first. Fernandes’ son was as unique and talented as his father was in making the mridangam. Recalling his early days, Selvam said: “My...
Against the odds: the heartwarming story of a young woman lawyer from TamilNadu’s rural hinterland
It is hard to imagine to imagine an unlikelier background for a young woman lawyer: born into a poor family, once forced to stop schooling to take up a tailoring job to support her family, now a proud standard bearer for her family, her village, and others like her. But Priya, from Aroor in...
Where tradition and modernity co-exist: bustling Velachery’s ancient origins
Velachery is a bustling place now, providing a link as it were to the Old Mamallapuram Road (OMR) and the East Coast Road, and the rest of Chennai region, housing modern IT complexes and multi-storeyed blocks, yet it is as ancient as can be. The epigraphs of Velachery which are over 1,000 years...
The 66 Year-old September Supplementary Exam Scrapped: 10th, +2 Students in Trouble!
The supplementary examination held in the months of September and October for 10th and 12th standards in Tamilnadu has been cancelled from the academic year 2019-20, Directorate of State Examination has announced. Starting next year, the September-supplementary-examination, being conducted...
Kalaignar Statue Ready for Installing in Arivalayam : What about one again in Anna Salai?
A statue of the late Kalaignar Karunanidhi is being made ready for installing at the DMK headquarters, Anna Arivalayam. But what about reinstalling his statue again, at the Anna Salai – General Patters road junction, where it stood once, is the question raised now. A Karunanidhi statue was...
Chennapuri Annadhana Samajam, which Swami Vivekananda Himself had Visited:125 years of quiet service in the Field of Education
Chennapuri Annadana Samajam has been engaged for more than a century in feeding, clothing, and housing poor, orphaned children forsaken by the society. This Samajam (Society) has the proud privilege of being visited by Swami Vivekananda. The great saint, while on a visit to Chennai, spoke to...
An elixir called Panchagavya
Dear farming friends, following last week’s column on the need for farmers to make their own inputs, I received several mails, messages and phone calls. Seventy percent of those who responded said it was the right time for farming groups to take up such practices, but the sceptics demanded...
Karunas arrest aimed at crushing Dinakaran group
The swiftness with which the city police arrested AIADMK MLA S Karunas and got him remanded to custody at Vellore prison has exposed the bickerings within the ruling AIADMK while the AIADMK government is looking for every opportunity to crush Dinakaran supporters and break up the rival camp. On...
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