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My dear farmers: Don’t be stuck on paddy but do your research before moving on to other crops
My dear farming friends: The response to the two interactions with you through 'My Dear Farmers; has been quite overwhelming. A group of farmers met me this week. They had come from Karnataka. They wanted to know what crops to grow to get good revenue. After a detailed discussion I shared with...
3 Kanyakumari fishermen dead after merchant ship rams their boat
Three fishermen from Kanyakumari are among those who died when a merchant ship rammed into their fishing boat off the coast of Cochin. The fishing boat had gone from Cochin carrying 14 fishermen. On Tuesday early morning, some 14 nautical miles into the sea, the boat was anchored and the...
Karunanidhi health condition worsens, relatives flock to hospital
The condition of DMK president and former chief minister M Karunanidhi deteriorated on Monday, August 6, 2018, even as doctors admitted that there was a dip. Karunanidhi is undergoing treatment at the Cauvery hospital in Chennai. He was moved to the hospital ICU on July 27 after his pulse rate...
Finest gamakas from dead instruments: Piano, keyboard, accordion and Ipad
For almost a decade, K Sathyanarayanan has been performing on an instrument that would appear to be totally unsuited to Carnatic music – gamakas. In 2001, he demonstrated how the gamakas, the hallmark of the genre, could be coaxed out of the keyboard, which critics accepted, if with some...
The origins of printed Tamil books: Of Cartilha and Thambiran Vanakkam
Of all the Indian languages, it was only in Tamil that the first book was printed. That Tamil book was CartiIha published with Roman characters in Portugal in the 16th century. Cartilha remains an invaluable document which speaks about the greatness of Tamil language in the annals of printed...
If e-cigarettes can be banned, why not tobacco cigarettes too
Vivek Shah (name changed) was just 14 years old when he took his first puff, and, for twenty years, he kept puffing. Six months back he was introduced to vaping, and since then he says he hasn’t smoked a regular cigarette. The graphic designer from Chennai thinks the e-cigarette is a boon to...
From this year, three computer science courses, one for each stream
Tamil Nadu government has decided to split the computer science subject that is taught in higher secondary schools in the state into three types. Computer technology is being introduced as a new subject for students of vocational stream. This change will be applicable to Class 11 classes in the...
Three students from government schools have bagged MBBS seat, up by one over last year
Last year, the first year NEET was introduced, two students got admission from government schools in government medical colleges, while three got into private colleges under government quota. In 2016, when only Plus 2 marks were considered, 30 government school students got into government...
PM calls for meeting to discuss distress faced by TN sugarcane farmers, promises action
In “As sugarcane acreage and production dips by half in TN, a farmer offers his diagnosis”, farmer Barani discussed the problems faced by sugarcane farmers and sugar factories in Tamil Nadu. With data, the article showed that sugarcane production had dipped by half in Tamil Nadu in recent...
Is the second last bastion of rationalism crumbling? Veeramani wants to know
A wave of prayers, demonstrations of camphor-vermilion piety, and mass worship with participation of DMK functionaries and cadres in front of Kauvery hospital where DMK president and self-styled rationalist leader M Karunanidhi is battling for life, has brought about the crumbling of yet...
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