'Jobs for transgender people should be advertised widely and they should be motivated to join. There should be reservations for them.'

'If I had earned money as an MLA, I would have been sad to lose my seat.' 'But I have not earned money. Instead, I have earned respect.'

'The people who stay with us were not born orphans; they have been abandoned.'

His time will be divided 50-50, he says, between his autorickshaw and his work as mayor.

'He has divine power... For our future, safety is in the hands of Modi.'

Priya Rajan is Chennai's third woman mayor, and at 28, its youngest.

'Politics is in a mess. Good people have to join to clean it up.'

'They are taking the people of the country for granted.'

When Praggnanandhaa plays, he does not allow his confidence to fluctuate, irrespective of who his opponent is, says his father.

'Jail was very crowded, we were 56 people crammed together. All 56 of us had to use only one toilet'

Two years ago, Inspector Stephen Jose told his colleagues he was going to participate in a body-building contest. He was 48. They didn't think he was serious. But he was. In January 2022, he became Mr Tamil Nadu.

Adman Rahul da Cunha fondly remembers his uncle, who passed into the ages on January 7.

Despite severe restrictions imposed on the number of bulls, bull-tamers and spectators thanks to the pandemic, Jallikattu organisers are hopeful of the show going on this Pongal.

'There are around 80 to 100 elephants in zoos around the country.' 'We should not keep them in captivity for our entertainment.'

'Security should be outside the court and not inside.'

'During Congress rule, the government used to get both the fishermen and the boats released whenever the Sri Lankan navy apprehended them.' 'Under BJP rule, only the fishermen are being released.'

'Tambrahms do not demand or take dowry. UP and Bihar Brahmin girls can marry here without dowry.'

'People are saying Mayawati has an understanding with the BJP.' 'They are calling us the BJP's 'B' team which I did not like.'

'Everyone was talking about migrants, frontline workers and cops...' 'Nobody was talking about sex workers during the pandemic.'

'They don't tell us what they take from customers. They don't tell customers what they give us.'