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Tamil Nadu Budget 2023-24: A bit here, a bit there!
The third successive budget speech of Dr. Palanivel Thyagarajan, finance minister of Tamil Nadu, marks a distinct change in its tone and tenor. His first budget speech, preceded by his release of the important White Paper on the Finances of Tamil Nadu, had made sharp criticism of the Union...
TN Budget: Women-led households to get Rs 1000 pm
With the much-awaited announcement in the Tamil Nadu Budget on giving women heads of households Rs.1,000 per month from September 15 this year, Finance Minister PTR Palanivel Thiagarajan met one of the key promises of the DMK in the 2021 Assembly election and raised the bar for election...
Will TN budget offer more than vague promises to Dalits?
P Sivakami, 65, is a Dalit-feminist writer, former IAS officer and also the leader of her own political party Samuga Samathuva Padai. One of the first Dalit women writers in Tamil, she is an author of six novels and over 60 short stories. Interviewed by G Ananthakrishnan, a senior journalist,...
Keeravani’s Oscar revives interest in his old musical gems
Some film songs that were once irresistibly spellbinding get edged out of public memory with the passage of time. But when composers of those songs or their latest works get recognition anew, those old numbers gush back into memory — like in the case of M M Keeravani. In the wake of the song...
Will TN Budget be a banger, or squib of Centre’s neglect?
The Tamil Nadu government is set to present its Budget for the year 2023-2024 on March 20 amid expectations that it will keep electoral promises made by the DMK such as aid for women, and that it will announce a return to the Old Pension Scheme, despite constraints. The state, like many others,...
Whispering to elephants is part of tribal life in The Nilgiris
The Oscar award for The Elephant Whisperers, a documentary short film, is a global tribute to the tribal people living in harmony with nature and wildlife in the Nilgiris. The film tells the life story of the couple Bomman and Bellie of the Kattunayakan tribe, who work at an elephant care...
‘Organic farming policy lacks grasp of grassroots’
Members of organic farming organizations have said that the organic farming policy announced by the Tamil Nadu government is a good effort but lacks understanding and proper action plans. Arachalur Selvam, president, Tamil Nadu Traditional Farmers Federation said: "Even though draft reports on...
Demand to restore old pension scheme rising: union chief
Human beings serve society by engaging in economic production and distribution or by providing services, among other things. After decades of work, say, at age 60, one feels so tired as to withdraw from the services. Then it is for society to take care of his/her economic needs in old age. That...
At Pondy, Bharathi poured scorn on Dravidian movement
Dr. J.B. Prashant More, a Puducherry-born and Paris-based historian, is already a familiar face to the readers of inmathi.com as he has, in earlier interviews, spoken about various subjects including the Muslims emergence in South India, freedom struggle leader Subhas Chandra Bose’s death or...
Naatu Naatu Golden Globes success huge for film industry
A typical ‘kuthu’ dance-and-song number, peppy and spicy, from an Indian film has won global recognition for the first time. The wildly popular song Naatu Naatu from the superhit Telugu film RRR made history at the 80th Golden Globes as it became the first Indian song to win Best Original Song....
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