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Wanted: an angel investor to sustain MIDS ChennaiThe Eighth Column
Facing an acute paucity of funds, Chennai’s premier social science thinktank, the Madras Institute of Development Studies, popularly known as MIDS, has reached out to Tamil Nadu Finance Minister Dr Palanivel Thiagarajan for financial support from the state government. Dr Thiagarajan was the...
Nilgiris teacher inspires tribal girls to aspire, finish schooling
Six girl tribal children at a Nilgiris village, who would have otherwise discontinued their studies and been married off by their parents, were encouraged by their teacher to finish Class 12. One of these girls participated in the Vijay TV Super Singer competition. Samudra Pandian, the teacher,...
Mullaiperiyar: Friendly Stalin creates positive vibes in Kerala
At a time when the monsoon rains are lashing Kerala and the water in the dams in Kerala at alarming levels, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin has told Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan that all necessary precautions would be taken to ensure the safety of people living on the lower...
Researchers pen Tamil encyclopedia on food and nutrition
More awareness and understanding of food items consumed in our regular life can help us lead healthy lives. Food is not only for energy and growth, it is necessary to repair tissues, rejuvenate cells and protect against diseases. Spoilt food and contaminated food are the cause of many diseases....
Cobra movie: Long film short on depth
In Cobra movie, Mathialagan, played by Vikram, is a socially conscious man who teaches poor and other children lacking support so they can advance in life. College teacher Bhavana (Srinidhi) loves him but Mathialagan doesn’t return her love. Vikram is not only a maths teacher he is also a...
Nambi Narayanan effect: Is Rocketry 90% lies?
Recently, a group of ex-colleagues of former space scientist Nambi Narayanan said the movie, Rocketry: The Nambi Effect, either overstated Narayanan’s importance in the Indian Space Research Institute (ISRO) or plainly falsified stuff. D Sasikumaran, a co-accused in the ISRO spy case along with...
Is Chennai ready for a second airport?
Nearly two years before the COVID-19 pandemic laid low the travel and hospitality sectors, the Union Civil Aviation Ministry had zeroed in on 21 cities which needed a second airport, to meet the peaks of passenger travel and freight transport as the economy grew. For Chennai, in May 2018, the...
Rs 217 crore — the yearly loss from degrading Pallikaranai marsh
The Ramsar Convention recognition given to Pallikaranai marsh in Chennai has turned the focus on the economic value of Tamil Nadu’s 42,978 mapped wetlands, and the trends in degradation and encroachment of these water bodies that have an ecosystem value conservatively estimated to run into...
How the pain of a transgender turns spiritual
The rights of a transgender may have been secured legally but their right to be recognized as humans in society is still not available to them. Larger society doesn’t recognize them as humans. The turf of the transgenders is invisible – society would rather have them out of sight. When they are...
Liger: The pan-India marketing gimmick
If Liger is Bollywood's foray into pan-Indian films, then it shows Bollywood hasn't learned how to make those films. In the past, Hindi films were naturally considered pan-India merely because Hindi was spoken by more people than other languages. Others were called regional cinema. But each...
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