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Here’s why the people of Kanyakumari stand apart from the rest of Tamil Nadu
For former DMK president and Chief Minister M Karunanidhi, Kanyakumari presented a political problem that gave him an opportunity to indulge in his trademark alliterative Tamil. “Tirunelveli is our border and Kumari is trouble [Nellai engalakku ellai, kumari engalukku thollai],” he said. The...
Tragedy of bounty: Precious Cauvery water is likely to be lost to the sea, and little can be done to prevent it
Just like in the past, Mettur dam/water storage has been in the news this year also. Usually, during this month, there would be media reports of delta farmers facing water shortage, dried fields, and kuruvai taking a hit. But the situation today is different. The dam is brimming, more than its...
Don’t crucify the artists: Chitravina Ravikiran debunks the myths surrounding the OS Arun fracas
Music is supposed to unite, not divide. Yet Carnatic music, which has created harmony between people and communities no less than any other top system in the world, has been targeted by certain people with feigned or genuine concerns to churn up religious or communal disharmony in recent...
Gen Next poised to take over the DMK; Stalin to head new team
The death of DMK patriarch Muthuvel Karunanidhi known as Kalaignar has put his family and the party under enormous pressure to keep their fold together given the contradictions and conflicting interests among several family members. Karunanidhi’s son M K Stalin, currently working president, is...
Their numbers are down in TN, but Kangayam bulls thrive like pups around ‘Kalaikaara Amma’
Tamil Nadu is a hot spot of biodiversity regarding flora, fauna and livestock. Let it be plant genetic resources or animal genetic resources, Tamils often take the lead in conservation and breeding. For Soundaram Ramaswamy of Kathasamypalayam, Nanjai Thaliyur near Moolanur, Tiruppur district,...
Karunanidhi – A powerful communicator using language skills and imagery
He Used One-Liners to Reach the Masses One night, after concluding a public meeting in Coimbatore, Karunanidhi called up the Murasoli (DMK party organ) office in Chennai and asked the news editor whether the report on his speech had arrived, and whether the article was ready for the banner...
Off Cochin, Kanyakumari fishermen ply their trade in fear of merchant ships
For F Palavendran, the recent collision of a fishing boat with a merchant ship off the coast of Kerala that led to the deaths of three Kanyakumari fishermen was all too familiar. “Four years ago, I survived one such collision,” says the fisherman from Manikudi. Palavendran lives in the same...
Karunanidhi – a powerful communicator using language skills and imagery
Used One-Liners to reach the masses One night, after concluding a public meeting in Coimbatore, Karunanidhi called up the Murasoli (DMK party organ) office in Chennai and asked the news editor whether the report on his speech had arrived, and whether the article was ready for the banner story...
Teacher of science through toys now based in Chennai
Arvind Gupta is a former student of IIT, Kanpur. After years of research and hi-tech work, his current passion is reaching science to young minds. He uses waste items like old newspapers, bottles, match sticks, threads and straws to produce simple play-items that can teach...
Adieu Geetha Bennett: A worthy daughter of a luminary
Sometime in the late 90s, I tuned in late on radio to a concert. The tanam had just begun. As Khamboji flowed I was trying to figure out who the player was. I was quite sure I hadn't heard this musician before. The measured yet vibrant playing got me hooked onto the rest of the concert. At the...
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