M.G. Ramachandran’s hospitalisation in the U.S. and homecoming after treatment
MGR was flown to America on November 6, 1984, on a chartered Air India flight and was admitted to the Downstate Medical Centre in Brooklyn,…
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How Tamil Nadu’s two-language policy impacted the teachers of other languages in 1968
On January 23, 1968, the first DMK government, headed by C.N. Annadurai, adopted a resolution in the Madras Assembly scrapping the three-la…
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Documents on anti-Hindi agitation wiped out on order by Tamil Nadu’s last Congress CM Bhaktavatsalam
On February 24, 1967, a day after the Assembly election results were declared, the outgoing Chief Minister M. Bhaktavatsalam wrote a note t…
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Why the Church of Scotland Mission was worried about schools in Madras falling into debt
While notable progress was made in the area of female education, there was also concern over the lack of availability of female teachers to…
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Why Governor K.K. Shah recommended dismissal of DMK government in Tamil Nadu during Emergency in 1976
Not clamping down on anti-Emergency publications too led to the dissolution of Karunanidhi-led DMK government in Tamil Nadu in 1976, when t…
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Kozhikode DIET launches ‘IntelliTrait’ to mentor schoolchildren
To develop and promote entrepreneurial skills and job orientation among schoolchildren
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Capturing the cruelty of leprosy in a dark and merciless language
The anguish and alienation associated with leprosy have long made it a potent subject in literature, inspiring some of the modern writing i…
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How a political and legal battle halted efforts to conserve Tiruvannamalai temple 25 years ago
More than two decades ago, the Archaeological Survey of India proposed to declare the Arunachaleswara temple a “monument of national import…
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Woman arrested for killing newborn granddaughter in Erode
Police said she allegedly strangled the newborn to death at a private hospital in Bhavani because the child was the family’s second daughter
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When E.V.K. Sampath hit the headlines in Tamil Nadu
Sampath, nephew of E.V. Ramasamy, enjoyed a special relationship with DMK founder C.N. Annadurai. Before other DMK leaders, he realised the…
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Vadasery’s temple jewellery: a craft caught between heritage and high gold, silver prices
Temple jewellery continues to survive with its distinctive manufacturing method and rich antiquity. But the artisans of Vadasery in Nagerco…
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How V.O. Chidambaram Pillai earned the title ‘Sekkizhutha Chemmal’
VOC was arrested on the charge of sedition on March 12, 1908. A British jailer noticed his hands bleeding from the harsh labour of separati…
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On the approach and outlook of Tamil Nadu’s Scheduled Caste leaders in late 1940s
In the 1946 elections to various provinces, the Congress demonstrated its superiority over the Scheduled Castes Federation (SCF) founded by…
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170 years ago, a debate in Britain parliament on torture in Madras
Forms of torture in Madras Presidency at the time included tying a man by the hair of his head to the tail of an ass, and parading him thou…
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Chennai’s iconic annual fair at Island Grounds turns 50
The 70-day-long India Tourism and Industrial Fair that began at the Island Grounds in the city recently turned 50 this year. The Sutrula Po…
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Ram Setu vs. Sethusamudram project: When Tamil Nadu BJP headquarters was attacked by DMK cadres
In response to DMK president M. Karunanidhi’s remark on Ram Setu, Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader and former BJP MP Ram Vilas Vedanti tr…
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How the Tamil Nadu legislature, in the late 1940s, viewed the making of the Constitution
In the Constituent Assembly’s debates (1946-49), K. Santhanam and N.G. Ranga, both from southern States representing the present Tamil Nadu…
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When eggs, stones were hurled at T.N. Governor Channa Reddy’s convoy and CM Jayalalithaa sought his recall
The incident occurred in 1995 when hostilities between Jayalalithaa and Reddy were common knowledge. While the Governor sent a report to th…