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When is a freebie welfare expenditure?
A three-judge bench of The Supreme Court of India, headed by Chief Justice M.V. Ramana, has been hearing a Public Interest Litigation (PIL) petition, filed by Ashwini Kumar Upadhyay, a member of the BJP, which sought a direction to deregister parties that promise irrational freebies in their...
Salman Rushdie and the story of India
Too often, the magic is the reality in the magical realist novel. The characters can be cartoonish, even stereotypical, yet they are living representatives of human reality. Magic happened only in the books, not in the lives of the Latin American writers who pioneered the genre. Gabriel García...
Climate change good for TN wind power, bad for solar
A comprehensive modelling-based forecast of India’s solar and wind power generation potential in medium and high emissions climate change scenarios indicates a fall in overall sun power over the landmass, and altered wind patterns that favour central and southeastern States including Tamil...
Will Arpakkam Buddha statue be retrieved from the U.S.?
It was in late November 2003 when we visited the Adhikesava Perumal Temple at Arpakkam near Uthiramerur in Kanchipuram district. On the left of the temple, were two statues - each showing Buddha in a seated posture - lying abandoned in a dense thicket, ironically named Buddha Garden. The head...
Sri Lanka: Curtains down on the Aragalaya
For the first time in the history of Sri Lanka, the nation experimented with a ‘Peaceful Protest’ to oust a leader they came to hate. And they succeeded! Sri Lankans across the nation, crossing boundaries of ethnicity, religion and social class came together in what came to be known as the...
Thaiman Veedu: an engineer’s promise to Mother Earth
A couple of years ago, when A. Jegadeesan decided to construct a house in Annamangalam in Perambalur district, he set himself two conditions. The house would be constructed only by using unfired mud bricks and no tree would be cut for making doors and windows of it. But the self-imposed...
Archaeologists uncover grave of clan chief in Adhichanallur
Archaeologists are coming up with exciting finds at the Adhichanallur excavation almost on a daily basis. On Tuesday (August 9), they found a bronze deer figurine while just before that they found a gold diadem. The current excavation at the Adhichanallur is being carried out along the...
For Methagu director, Prabhakaran is God
Here are some facts: LTTE leader V Prabhakaran was responsible for the assassination of Rajiv Gandhi. He ordered the assassination of a host of Sinhalese leaders and other Tamils including long standing leaders of repute and men of unquestioned scholarship and wisdom. Prabhakaran killed almost...
Plantation Tamils of Sri Lanka face a mountain of troubles
The Sri Lanka plantation or ‘hill country’ Tamils, have been living in the island nation for more than one and a half centuries, particularly in the plantations as workers. These are among the most deprived sections in the country in terms of economic, social and political rights. The ‘hill...
With golds and team bronze, juniors shine in chess final
Uzbekistan beat Netherlands at 2 ½ - 1 ½ to come on top in chess final. With three boards entering a tie, Jakhongir Vakhidov winning Max warmerdam, helped the Uzbeks with a decisive gold in the Olympiad scoring 19 match points. Armenia beat Spain at 2 ½ - 1 ½ . Gabriel Sargissian’s win against...
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