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Kamalhasan and his preposterous “Hindu Terror”  Hindutva is a topic totally irrelevant to the Lok Sabha/assembly poll campaign. But the actor turned political party leader Kamalhaasan intentionally raked up the issue. He thought Hindu society as usual will remain silent. It proved to be otherwise. What is ISIS to Muslims, RSS […]

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Gomathi: Golden Tamilachi And Not Golden Indian? At the drop of a hat, ­­­politicians in Tamilnadu rush to corner mileage. DMK offers Rs 10 lakh and a little later AIADMK gives Rs 15 lakh to Gomathi Marimuthu, the Trichy girl who won gold in 800 metres dash at the Asian […]

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Rama. Sankaran:  He Ploughed A Lone Furrow For Vedic Revival It was a book release function. Nothing unusual. But the person about whom the Tamil – English souvenir speaks was. Not even the person, but the contribution of his dedicated life to the study of Vedas was unusual. Free India […]

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The valaikappu Way Of A Hindu Activist To Usher In A Change! Ezhilarasi, daughter of Hindutva activist Shri. Manoharan of Manali, Chennai, sat at the dais bejewelled in all finery. The occasion was her valaikappu ceremony (Bangle ceremony of pregnant women). Issueless married women are barred from such functions; they […]

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Securing “Family” Even During Elections – With A Diffaence Keeping in mind the rampant evil of Love Jihad and frequent attempts at provoking caste hate by enticing girls across caste divide by elements directed by the urban naxal clique, Pattali Makkal Katchi (PMK), led by Dr. S Ramdas, has set […]

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How Bharat Mata Wins The Hearts Of Tamils Take a close look at the photo arrangement on an NDA public meeting dais in poll bound Tamilnadu. In the middle it is Bharat Mata holding aloft the Bhagawa Dwaj. To her left is MGR and to her right Jayalalithaa – both […]

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These Chennai Teens Want To Be The Change They Want To Make Thiruvottiyur Municipal Middle School near Chennai was set up by the government for families affected by the 2004 tsunami. It hasn’t had any infrastructural upgrade. It lacks basic facilities like tables, chairs, sanitation. The bathrooms are broken and […]

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How An Indian Fine Art Led To Her Rebirth   In an effort to sensitise young minds about the transgender community, the Tamil Nadu School Education Department had introduced a lesson about noted Bharathanatyam dancer Narthaki Nataraj in the Tamil textbook for Plus One students in 2018. The lesson focuses […]

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The Homeless Show How To Keep Alive ‘Family’ What looks like an effort to cry foul over lack of State-run family shelters for homeless in Tamil Nadu, the findings of a study reported in the media, all the same, has in it a nugget of information. It is this: “Around […]

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A New India Takes wings; Thank You, Wing Commander! “India strikes back” – has been the hot topic worldwide recently. If we say India won the game, undoubtedly, man of the match is IAF’s wing commander Abhinandan. He hit the target – an F16, all the while maneuvering his 2nd […]