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1,000 casualties in 10 years: Thoppur a deathtrapThe Eighth Column
At a discussion with consumer rights activists recently, a Regional Transport Officer said candidly that Thoppur in Dharmapuri district on the Salem-Bengaluru highway is the most dangerous stretch of road in the whole of south India. Although the Transport Department has tried to intervene,...
Passion for Dravidian words impoverished him
Twenty-five years ago, Njattyela Sreedharan, a school drop-out, set out on a journey in search of words. The idea was to compile a dictionary connecting four major Dravidian languages, namely Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada and Telugu. Travelling across four states and learning Kannada, Tamil and...
Much ado about Thirumavalavan
I have written enough on Thol Thirumavalavan, prominent Dalit leader from Tamil Nadu. I would not have been tempted to write another but for dear friend N Ravi Kumar’s portrayal in these columns recently. The account seeks to portray Thirumavalavan as a great crusader for secularism and claims...
Despite court orders, omnibus operators fleece travellersThe Eighth Column
Festivals like Deepavali, Pongal are time for family gatherings, and spark a mass exodus of travellers heading to their hometowns across Tamil Nadu. Cashing in on this festival demand and the inadequate railway services, omnibus operators are laughing all the way to the bank as fares skyrocket....
Panel probing Jayalalithaa’s death calls for action against Sasikala, doctors
The Justice A. Arumugasamy Commission set up to inquire into former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa’s death has recommended that her aide V. K. Sasikala, her doctor K.S. Sivakumar, the then Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan and former Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar be...
Challenges ahead for Chennai’s Third Master Plan
The ball has been set rolling for preparing a Third Master Plan (TMP) for Chennai under the aegis of the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA); there is high expectation that the future of the metropolis should be one of vibrancy without the “functional anarchy” tag that J.K....
VCK Chief takes centre-stage in anti-saffron politics
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol Thirumavalavan has taken the centre stage in opposing saffron politics in Tamil Nadu, with nearly all the DMK allies, including MDMK leader Vaiko,the Left parties and DMK’s parent body, the Dravidar Kazhagam, strongly backing his programmes and...
Kantara, a celebration of folklore that took on PS-1
Kannada film Kantara, released simultaneously with Ponniyin Selvan-1, in Karnataka on Sept. 30, has sparked off an unexpected storm. Rave reviews and fabulous box-office collections have brought the film into limelight that seems to give it an edge over the glamourous Ponniyin Selvan-1 in the...
Go solar to beat rising power tariffs: Expert
Solar power need has never been direr and its importance never more valuable. The Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO) has hiked the prices of electricity despite opposition. As per the new rate structure, domestic consumers will have to pay Rs 4.50 per unit up to...
Moonlighting row reveals governance deficit in IT industry
Recently Indian IT major Wipro was in the news when Chairman Rishad Premji announced that 300 staff were being laid off for “moonlighting”. The move sparked a furore, and Premji received several threatening emails for the decision. However, other IT giants including Infosys soon followed suit,...
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