The much-touted rally of Muthuvel Karunanidhi’s ostracized son M K Alagiri in Chennai on September 5 has been a failure of sorts as he failed to attract any DMK functionary of note, with the party showing it is solidly behind his brother M K Stalin. However, in the eclipse of Alagiri, lies...
From the coming year, JEE Main examination will be conducted by National Testing Agency (NTA) instead of the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), and in that, the question papers will be in the regional language of Gujarati apart from being in English and Hindi. There will however be no...
My dear farming friends I had received some mails in which young men from some parts of the state had requested me to guide them in finding right information, regarding entrepreneurship programmes available in agriculture. This made me think? There are several hundred programmes available for...
Tamil Nadu, already earning a notorious tag for its efforts to put down dissent especially against the BJP, blotted its copybook further with the arrest of a 28-year-old research scholar from Canada, Lois Sofia, for shouting, “down with Modi, BJP-RSS fascist government,” towards the end of a...
Farmers were mostly independent, till the last three decades and agriculture was sustainable. Seeds were locally produced and conserved to plant during the next season. Farmers had complete knowledge, understanding and control of their seeds. High yielding varieties, BT seeds and GMOs...
Moorthy's story is not different from many - he had to stop his school-education midway due to poverty and instead, work as a child labourer. But what made the difference was his perseverance and relentless efforts, which has ensured that he has now risen to the level of an MBBS doctor. Born in...
The spate of engineering colleges that have come up all over the state; and people not getting employment even after spending a lot of money for completing their engineering studies - can be cited as the main reasons for many engineering seats lying vacant, say the educationists. Like the last...
With the 69% reservation system in vogue in the state facing legal challenges, some political parties and activists for social justice have raised the demand for caste-wise census for protecting it. “Data from the socio-economic-caste based census conducted throughout the country in 2011 should...
Divya Bharathi laughs often. On the phone, it doesn’t sound like nervous laughter. There is a wide-eyed, innocent quality to it. It is likely the shy giggle of a woman who grew up in a village. But, on Saturday, there is every likelihood that this film-maker would face police action. Media...
