Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage

They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not......

A Wedding Where Guests Gifted Books!

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on a wedding in Tamil Nadu at which guests were asked to gift only school books -- and got 1,500 of them! IMAGE: The couple is happy to receive books as their......

TN's ancient link to Sengol, the sceptre to be installed in Parliament

The 'historical and sacred sengol (sceptre) received by first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru symbolising the transfer of power from the British to India in 1947, and set to be installed in the new......

Jallikattu Verdict A Victory For Tamil Youth Power

They just wanted their angst noticed, and as a symbol of recognition, Jallikattu, restored without the annual ritual of court cases and adjournments, explains N Sathya Moorthy. IMAGE: A bull......

Sitharaman delivers 2.17 hr-long Budget speech, earns praises

Nirmala Sitharaman, the country's first full-time woman finance minister, on Friday delivered one of the longest Budget speeches which was peppered with Urdu, Hindi and Tamil couplets. IMAGE:......

From Hashmi to Puranaanuru, Sitharaman waxes poetic

From poetry to divinity, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman made sure that her maiden Budget speech on Friday was interspersed with couplets and quotes. While speaking in the Lok Sabha,......

Vangal, foreign investors to sell TMB holdings

Ramesh Vangal and foreign investors backing him have decided to exit the Nadar community-controlled Tamilnad Mercantile Bank (TMB). The buyers include Kuwait and Brunei sovereign wealth funds,......

Markets log best weekly gain in seven years on FII buying

Rate sensitive sectors rallied the most led by banks while metals surged on rebound in commodity prices Benchmark share indices logged their best weekly gains in seven years in absolute terms and......

Tamil film industry overjoyed with Chevalier Kamal Haasan

Nadigar Thilagam Sivaji Ganesan was the first Tamil actor to be honoured with the coveted Chevalier Award in 1995. Two decades later, Kamal Haasan has been conferred with the same title and......

Want To Watch John-Manushi In Action?

There's so much entertainment coming up in 2023. While many movies have announced their release dates, there are many more which are scheduled to arrive, but haven't picked a date yet. Joginder......

The costliest Tamil film!

Now that the hype over the Tamil New Year releases is over, people have started talking about Shankar's next film, Anniyan. It stars National Award winner Vikram, and Sada.Other than Vikram, there......

Ajith in Nayanthara's production venture?

S Saraswathi brings the latest updates from the Tamil film industry. Rumours about Nayanthara producing a film for director Vignesh Shivan, with whom she is believed to be in a relationship,......

The Golden Thrower

Someone who confessed he would have been beating buffaloes with sticks had it not been for the javelin went on to win India's first Olympic gold medal in athletics. IMAGE: India's gold medallist......

Vijay Patil elected Mumbai CA chief; Azhar to represent Hyderabad

IMAGE: Vijay Patil, son of former Governor and Congress politician Dr D Y Patil, was elected unopposed. Photograph: Vijay Patil/Facebook Education baron Vijay Patil and Sanjay Naik were elected......