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Bar council’s call for stir on panel report a cruel joke for suspended TN lawyers
April 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
In what seems like a cruel twist of fate for lawyers in Tamil Nadu, the Bar Council of India (BCI), which last year suspended nearly 150 lawyers in the state for various acts of “unruliness“…
April 13, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Why Tamil Nadu government should scrap freebies for dry days ahead
April 12, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Ban on liquor may cost state revenue loss of Rs 11,000 crore Tamil Nadu’s revenue from taxes on liq uor, estimated to be around Rs 33,000 crore for the current year, accounts for nearly a third…
April 12, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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His ‘oriental’ volleys turned heads towards Indian tennis
April 12, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
As Ramanathan Krishnan turns 80, we look at what made him an Indian tennis legend Pioneering greats among sportsmen deserve a special place of honour. After all, it was their feats that blazed the trail…
April 12, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Blending in not easy for Tamils in Delhi colleges
April 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Language a barrier in academic activities Aravind Gunasekar’s first few days at Jawaharlal Nehru University were tough. He couldn’t differentiate between the various languages he was hearing. “I thought they were all speaking Hindi,“ says the…
April 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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From Therukoothu to threats: TN campaigns have seen it all
April 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Distribution of cash for votes, misuse of laws make elections unfair After taking over as the chief minister of the state, when late Congress leader K Kamaraj decided to contest the byelection in Gudiyatham in…
April 11, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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An offering of art as feast for the gods
April 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Madurai villagers stage plays to get wishes fulfilled Every night between January and March, residents of Valayankulam, a small village on the out skirts of Madurai city, assemble on the precincts of the Thanilingam Perumal…
April 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Tension in the air as patients lose confidence in white coats
April 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Rising medical costs & access to online med facts make patients sceptics D Rajasekaran’s most vivid childhood memories were his visits to Dr Rao’s clinic on Purasawalkam High Road. Spiders bouncing off cobwebs distracted him when…
April 10, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Enchanted woods: Sacred groves are being meticulously documented in a desperate effort to save our kavus
April 1, 2017, 8:32 PM IST
Sacred groves (kavu) are considered by the devout as the abode of snake gods, but the way in which nature and mystery are entwined in them they are an intrinsic part of the Malayali psyche…
April 1, 2017, 8:32 PM IST
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The Prophet beyond the pale: RSS ideologue P Parameswaran’s intellectual acuity and humanist credentials have not been sufficiently recognised due to the Left’s hegemony in political discourse
April 1, 2017, 7:41 PM IST
P Parameswaran, who turns 90 this year and whose navati celebrations are scheduled to begin on Saturday, is considered to be the senior-most Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh pracharak in Kerala and is the organization’s principal ideologue….
April 1, 2017, 7:41 PM IST
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A village by the sea
April 1, 2017, 7:34 PM IST
Cholamandal was once a revolutionary idea. But, with biennales and site-specific art mushrooming, has the concept of an artists’ colony lost its relevance? It’s typical Chennai weather, sultry and stifling, but the exclusive artists’ colony…
April 1, 2017, 7:34 PM IST
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Should Muslims believe in the Jinn? The hard-won Mujahid reformation movement is in danger of being undone
March 11, 2017, 6:37 PM IST
They fashioned themselves as passionate reformers who sought to recapture the religious purity of purpose in a society steeped in ‘un-Islamic’ practices. They fought against rampant superstitions and backward-looking orthodoxy that stalled modern education. And…
March 11, 2017, 6:37 PM IST
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Waah Taj…. Zakir Hussain’s thayambaka on tabla turned into a monumental performance
March 11, 2017, 6:33 PM IST
by Mattannoor Sankarankutty Marar Our festival season has reached halfway, and as always is the case, it is packed with concerts across the state, but for me this season will always remain special in my…
March 11, 2017, 6:33 PM IST
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Kali not Kannagi
March 11, 2017, 6:22 PM IST
The Attukal bhagavathy is a subaltern deity. The Chilappathikaram connection is a myth foisted by the brahminical order to domesticate the far more subversive archetype of the ‘wounded woman’ [cf: wounds are at the threshold…
March 11, 2017, 6:22 PM IST
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The hounds of Baskaran: Native bloodlines that need preservation
February 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Historian’s book chronicles indigenous dog breeds & reasons behind their slow wane While the crusaders of Tamil culture took to the beach es and streets of Tamil Nadu in January in support of jallikattu, which…
February 14, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Recital revisits popular love story of Valli and Murugan
February 13, 2017, 3:28 PM IST
The story of Valli, the hunter girl falling in love with Lord Murugan in the Kanda Puranam (1350 CE) is a well-known folk tale in Tamil literature. It chronicles the story of a tribal girl’s…
February 13, 2017, 3:28 PM IST
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50 years on, Cholamandal keeps creative fire burning
February 13, 2017, 3:15 PM IST
A visit to the museum of the Madras Art Movement at Cholamandal Artists’ Village on the occasion of the celebration of its fiftieth anniversary reminds one of K C S Paniker, the visionary founder’s statement…
February 13, 2017, 3:15 PM IST
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Desi cow may be holy, but low milk yield still a spoiler
February 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Five-fold increase in cattle feed supply shows more demand for native breed A principal issue during the jallikattu agitation, arguments on which resonated in the state over the last months, was the utility value of…
February 8, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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‘It’s time Dravidian parties buried the hatchet of hate’
February 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
It was sometime in March 1978 at Periyar Thidal. People were paying their last respects to Periyar’s wife EVR Maniyammai. I was seated next to my father in the third row.DMK chief and the then…
February 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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How students shaped the contours of Tamil Nadu politics
February 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
Remains to be seen if jallikattu agitation will bring in a new leadership “From January 26th of 1965, Hindi will become the official language of the Union. Although provision had been made in the Official Language…
February 6, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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Jallikattu spillover: Business rivalries piggyback on protest
January 27, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
& Rachel Chitra Stir triggers campaign against businesses deemed hostile to native lifestyle The cultural maelstrom that the jallikattu agitation kicked up has drawn in some businesses and products too since they represent lifestyle choices….
January 27, 2017, 7:00 AM IST
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