Where the elders never sleep hungry

Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them, says A Ganesh Nadar. Photographs: A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com Mrs Mukkandy Nadar......

Nitish Kumar, please note: How Jaya runs her noon meal scheme

Tamil Nadu’s decades-old noon meal scheme is a resounding success because it puts health and nutrition in the forefront of its effort, reports A Ganesh Nadar after visiting three schools.......

Stop! Tales of a village telegraphist

Telegrams were, once upon a time, the lifeline of Indian villages. Urgent news reached the tiniest hamlets through Morse machines. How will the closing of the telegraph office affect a small......

Stop! Tales of a village telegraphist

You want to send a telegram?” The village postmistress at my gaon, Panickanadarkudieruppu, in the deep south of Tamil Nadu, looked sceptical. I patiently explained to her that I wanted to......

The Football Fiesta and my village

Mine is a small village in the Tuticorin district of Tamil Nadu. There is a football ground in the school. On Sunday morning at 6 am a small group of people assemble to play football here --......