A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com tracks the train from Jolarpettai carrying its precious cargo.

A Ganesh Nadar finds out how private water distributors help Chennai's water-starved citizens.

'We have instructed all our officials to take complaints of water shortage seriously and attend to it immediately.'

'We buy water.'

'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'

Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.

'Nobody is telling you not to speak or learn your mother tongue. But making other languages an emotional issue is wrong.'

NGK -- Nandha Gopalan Kumaran is only meant for Suriya fans, feels A Ganesh Nadar.

'"Pakistan will come and bite you" doesn't work here.'

The DMK has performed well in the general election and will get more seats than its rival, the AIADMK, in the by-elections. But this victory won' help them, reports A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com.

While the start may have been rocky, with renewed syllabus and coaching, students and teachers are largely in favour of the exam.

'Kashmir is heaven on earth. I had to come back.'

'We have done nothing wrong and I don't understand why they are sending a notice'

'The blasts in Lanka are against our ideology.'

The by-elections to 18 assembly constituencies will decide if the ruling AIADMK remains in power or not.

Pon Radhakrishnan is also a Union minister of state. His opponent is the richest candidate in Tamil Nadu.

The candidate is from the DMK's ruling family, and the sky is the limit -- for both expenses and expectations.

What happens when two former ministers go up against each other? No sparks fly, reports A Ganesh Nadar from the Arakkonam Lok Sabha constituency in Tamil Nadu, but it is the summer heat that has the last word on the campaign.

A Ganesh Nadar meets M Radha, the first transgender candidate in the fray for Lok Sabha elections from Tamil Nadu.

'If they really wanted to give him competition, the AIADMK should have contested the seat, not its ally the PMK.'