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Behind the sparkle, a sombre truth

At 1.30pm on October 17, firecracker workers at Kanishkar Cracker Factory at Rangapalayam in Virudhunagar suddenly heard a sharp whistling sound. It was followed almost immediately by the screams of men and women. Then came...

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HOW RAVI VARMA'S GODDESSES CAME HOME

It’s said that goddesses Lakshmi and Saraswathi did not have a form in India until Ravi Varma created his versions on canvas. And often, it was the Ravi Varma prints which were the first images...

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Seized at sea, now stuck on land

For months now, boat owner U Manikanda Prabhu’s WhatsApp status has been full of teary emoticons and ‘miss you’ messages . “The messages are about my boat,” says the 28-year-old from Rameswaram. “Though the Lankan...

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What's the crab-plover doing at Point Calimere?

A couple of years ago, researchers from Sri Lanka alerted H Byju of the Centre of Advanced Study in Marine Biology at Annamalai University and N Raveendran from the Madurai-based NGO Iragukal Amrutha Nature Trust...

Rameswaram , Tamil-nadu , India , Madurai , Point-calimere , Saudi-arabia , Madagascar , Sri-lanka , Maldives , Lakshadweep , Seychelles , Bangladesh

Now, for a pre-poll iftar party

Ever since Edappadi K Palaniswami shut his doors on the BJP, his doorbell has been ringing non-stop. For the past few weeks, the living room of the AIADMK general secretary’s residence on Greenways Road in...

India , Vellore , Tamil-nadu , Ramanathapuram , Tenkasi , Chennai , Manapparai , Tuticorin , Kanyakumari , Papanasam , Trichy , Delhi

In TN's tribal schools, touch of drama makes English joyful

For R Kartheeshwaran, a student of the government tribal residential school at Oorgoundanur in Tiruvannamalai, English was always intimidating. “It was a language I didn’t hear often. So, I always thought of it as something...

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It's Rajaraja Chola's 1,038th birthday, and this time it's official

On Tuesday, 1,038 dancers from the South Zone Cultural Centre in Thanjavur took to the stage created at the Big Temple for a spectacular bharatanatyam performance to mark the beginning of the 1,038th birth anniversary...

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Chepauk spin to Bedi's wins

Among all Indian venues Chepauk was the favourite hunting ground for Bishan Singh Bedi. He took 31 wickets in six Tests here from January 1967 to January 1977. Along with other members of the famed...

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GOT HOLIDAY PLANS? PAWS FIRST

When she looks at the sanctuary for dogs she has created, S Sangeetha cannot believe how she made her dream venture come true. “It all began with my six dogs and my hobby for pet...

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Who plays it fair: India, Pak or Chepauk?

It’s November 1989 Eden Gardens, Kolkata. After a pulsating day-long drama, Wasim Akram swings Vivian Richards for a six in the last over to help Pakistan win the Jawaharlal Nehru Cup final. The 80,000 at...

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