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Insurance a mirage for poor HIV positives
May 2, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
For 45-year-old Siriyapushpam, a daily wage labourer who earns Rs100 a day, falling ill costs her dear. The Kodambakkam resident is HIV positive and has to forgo a day’s wage to travel to a government…
May 2, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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BBC draws curtains on show that told horrors of Lanka war
May 2, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
The BBC on April 30 finally drew the curtains on Thamizhosai – a popular Tamil show that lasted three quarters of a century. Originally called ‘A news letter from Ceylon’, it was launched on May…
May 2, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Migrant kids are Chennai’s forsaken stepchildren
April 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
For Rani, who has never seen the precincts of a school and works as a watchwoman at a construction site in Madipakkam, the education of her 11-year-old son Azhagu is what matters the most. “Today…
April 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Despite drought, drip irrigated vegetables thrive in Coimbatore
April 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Thanks to drip irrigation, the drought in the state seems to have barely affected the horticulture farmers in Coimbatore district.While horticulture cultivation in the district has come down only by 6% this year, statistics with…
April 28, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Science fairs can wait; get your finding patented first
April 26, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
On World Intellectual Property Day, colleges should sensitise students on protecting ideas & innovations One of the biggest problems intellectual and creative circles in Ta mil Nadu suffer from is a lack of basic…
April 26, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Parties wary of BJP sway in ‘volatile’ TN
April 25, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Even as the power struggle within the ruling AIADMK continues unabated, representatives of other political parties in Tamil Nadu say TN parties should unite to voice concern for several issues ailing the state and thwart…
April 25, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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From firebrand to fan: What happened to Nanjil Sampath?
April 25, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Orator’s praise for TTV Dhinakaran has made him butt of jokes, criticism Sampath Baskaran or Nanjil Sampath is perhaps the last in the line of Dravidian demagogues with the ability to rouse passions using the…
April 25, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Killer spear now revered relic in south TN temples
April 24, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
When M Abhinaya, a Class IX student saw the five stone impalement devices (kazhumaram) at her ancestral temple -the Govindhankoil temple -at Pallapacheri in Ramanthapuram district, for the first time, she thought they were temple…
April 24, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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It’s time dull libraries turned creative hubs
April 21, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Once during a private conversation, leading industrialist M M Murugappan, pointing to his wrist watch, said, if someone could sketch a sectional drawing of the watch, he would immediately hire him in his company. The…
April 21, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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For God’s sake, save our idols from New York parties
April 21, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
There are some deeply disturbing photographs on the Facebook page of Kapoor Galleries, New York City. They show people holding a drink or two in front of some bronze idols of Hindu gods and goddesses…
April 21, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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LGBT themes mere add-on to Kollywood’s ribaldry
April 20, 2017, 1:43 PM IST
Last month, New York-based Malayalam filmmaker Jayan Cherian found himself exchanging heated barbs with the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) through statements to the press and on social media. The CBFC had refused to…
April 20, 2017, 1:43 PM IST
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She asks to clean, not crib, for litter-free Ooty
April 20, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Two years ago, when garbage cropped up as a major civic issue ailing Ooty, residents criticised tourists for leaving behind a trail of litter all over the hill station and the municipality for its sluggish…
April 20, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Veena Balachander’s cult classic staged with a modern touch
April 19, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
His name is often con sidered synonymous with the veena, but the late S Balachander was a multifaceted genius who had many feathers in his cap – he was a percussionist, a photographer, an actor…
April 19, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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The broke, yet not broken Africans we need to meet
April 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
I an* calls himself a man of god. Even as reports surfaced about Nigerian students being beaten up in Delhi last month over allegations that they sold drugs, this sprightly 22-year-old in Chennai has defeated…
April 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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How courts make accident claim battles less tortuous
April 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Implementation of detailed accident report helps early closure of compensation claims For the kin of victims, death by road accident is a tragedy in two parts. While the first part is the death itself, the…
April 18, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Romancing with Kolkata, a city that never loses its charm
April 17, 2017, 8:42 AM IST
Last week, once again I visited Kolkata for a couple of days. As usual, the ‘City of Joy’ never fails me. My Kolkata home is near about the roadside, as one lies on bed, he…
April 17, 2017, 8:42 AM IST
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Lending voice to Kalki’s characters, making them heard far & wide
April 17, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Anyone who reads Kalki Krishnamoorthy’s ‘Ponniyin Selvan’, the perennial bestseller in Tamil fiction, would be possessed by a passion to be transported back in time, to see and live with the book’s characters, or at…
April 17, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Cholamandal scions explore pathways to new artistic idiom
April 17, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Works of younger artists show influences of seniors yet promise shift to individual style Micro Trends, a re cent exhibition by the Progres sive Painters As sociation at Cholamandal Artists’ Village presented interesting insights on…
April 17, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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When Guru Dutt found catharsis in mushy southern remakes
April 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Acclaimed Hindi film director-actor spent last days of life in Madras, shooting for ‘Suhagan’ Born in Bangalore, brought up in Calcutta, achieving the peaks of success in Bombay, the tragically charismatic actor-director Guru Dutt spent…
April 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Israeli water formula cure for Tamil Nadu’s parched agricultural fields
April 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Indo-Israel project in Dindigul trains farmers on drip irrigation to achieve high productivity A drive down Israel’s countryside is an eye-opener. Lush agriculture fields nestle amid the desert that covers at least 60%of the…
April 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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