There's a person who dated my friend and said she cannot marry him because they are from different castes. Today, she is married to a man from her own caste and is sharing Arivu and Casteless Collective's Vice video. Mudile.
In the last 10 days, bus drivers from different parts of TN have been playing mostly SPB songs, sharing music through pen drives and their phones. The loss personal for them as SPB's voice has been their only companion on long rides, they say. Read ⬇️
The funeral of the 54 year-old man who died of COVID-19 in
#Madurai
was completed at 4.30 a.m. He was buried by only 4 family members as the rest are in isolation. Police personnel escorted the body.
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Dhevayani's phone has not stopped ringing since yesterday all thanks to people from across TN who have offered to help. Both VIT and Lady Doak College have offered her free education. Pol. Leaders and many others have offered fin. assistance 🙏
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This is my paati's first time watching
#UstadHotel
. According to her, this scene where
@dulQuer
makes biryani for kutti children is best. She also wants to eat it seems.
Best compliment for his performance 🥺🥺🥺🥺
Oxygen was available in adequate quantity earlier also & now it is being made available from many sources -- by mobilizing it from industry & abroad & by making available storage tankers & cryogenic tankers: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan (1/2)
G. Dhevayani hails from a family of Kudukuduppu fortune tellers. She has scored 500/600 in the Class 12 board exams and has got the highest marks in her school. She wants to work in a bank someday. When she isn't studying,she makes wire baskets
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One of my favourite ever trains to take is the Kanniyakumari express from Nagercoil to Chennai. It leaves at 5.20 p.m. & looks great all through dusk. Mountains and clouds kiss. The sky is yellow, orange & pink. There are tonnes of windmills. It's very nice during this time of yr
Elderly couple from Tamil Nadu’s Tenkasi run on track in wee hours to stop the train from derailing. “They ran as much as they could in the dead of the night and after covering few feet, the woman switched on a torchlight and waved it at the locopilot".
@kingslyj
@iamabofh
Can't share anti caste content and claim to be progressive when you didn't even put up a fight to choose the person you want to marry.
Personal news: Yesterday was my last working day at The Hindu. Along with my baggage, came a bag of mud from Madurai (Was once interested in gardening. Killed 3 plants). I can now confidentially say that I have a bit of Madurai Mannu in/with me. It shall carry me through, I hope.
#Madurai
's own V. Revathi (22) from Sakkimangal is on a 6-day break before she heads to the Indian Olympic team training camp.
She is among 8 athletes selected for this camp. The 400m runner lost both her parents, suffered from ill health but is ready now, more than ever to run
Pardon my language, but I just ran a 21 km bitchasssss!
Thank you to my true dost V bhai, Megha, Vas, Amma and Anusha didi for daily encouragement.
Final thanks to
@anirudhofficial
. This run would not have happened if not for his absolute bangers.
@atulaak
@rmshnt27
@the_hindu
Girl's research is based on similarities between Japanese and Tamil language. She's been working on it for 4 years. Was enamoured by the style it seems. She speaks the language fluently :)
#Madurai
's own V. Revathi (22) from Sakkimangal is on a 6-day break before she heads to the Indian Olympic team training camp.
She is among 8 athletes selected for this camp. The 400m runner lost both her parents, suffered from ill health but is ready now, more than ever to run
Wow. Actor Suriya will talk against National Education Policy draft, Rajini sir will back him it seems. But all will join hands with Vairamuthu- accused of sexual harassment- to launch album of a movie. Just a regular day in a world run by men, I suppose.
Some interesting news from
#Madurai
today.
A terracotta ringwell was unearthed at Agaram, which is one of the villages part of the
#Keeladi
cluster. Such ringwells have been discovered in the past too but this is the first in the 6th phase of excavation
My cousin and I often joke about how much of our gaaji (loosely translates to lust) is a direct result of being related to my Amma — Minu. Hbd to the hottest 52 y/o on the block. I have no gifts for her but my words and lines from chanakya chanakya for you
Vasanth is leaving our shared workplace after 8 years. It is where I met him and made him promise to our lifelong friendship. As he bids adieu, I write about the feelings which is currently a little bit :(
Read?
Happy birthday to Appa who would've hated turning 59.. inches from the looming 60. Appa and I, I think, operate on similar principles. Why tell the truth when you can lie? Doesn’t the story now have more flair. (Does not apply to news) Read when free?
I'm not someone who dances. At least not well. But some time ago, I pitched a story about the growing trend of
#Latin
& afro dance night in
#Chennaj
's pubs because of how packed clubs become on week nights. Like a Monday. Team
#THMetroPlus
thought it (1/2)
This is part 8 and the last in the series of stories on female infanticide in
#Madurai
district. Here, we see a story of hope as 100s of girls who studied in Vasantham Community College went on to become nurses and serve their community in Usilampatti.
If you turn to today's national page in The Hindu, you'll see
@pon_vasanth
's detailed story about how IITs systematically discriminate against students from SC, ST, OBC communities under the pretext of merit. Read!
Incidentally visited E. Veli Street yday and bumped into an old contact from the Corporation. 3 mins into our regular conversation, he began sobbing. Despite losing his daughter only 20 days ago to a rare disease, he was fighting
#COVID
-19.
#Heroes
Chennai is great and all but is also terrible for someone who just wants to sit quietly in a public place without having to talk to someone else. The entire city wears a deserted look post 9 p.m. and it feels ridiculously unsafe. And no one's allowed to sit in beaches past 10 p.m
I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the first time today in some 10+ years in a house all by myself and I began weeping.
I don't know why. Over the years, I've watched random parts of the series on TV everytime it has played, but this unlocked something.
When I first went to meet Kali, he was doing his weekly washing at the
#Madurai
railway junction. Kali wears three shirts to keep him insulated from the cold and drinks because it has become a habit before retrieving bodies. This 67 y/o says
Update
#2
:
A restaurant in
#Madurai
(much like the whole district) which is crazy about parotta, has made 'mask parottas' to raise awareness about COVID-19. Earlier, they have made a 'Tendulkar dosai' shaped like a bat and a 'Baba paneer masala dosai'🤟
Panic buying is currently taking place across stores in
#Madurai
ahead of the complete lockdown from Sunday to Wednesday. While people are standing in line in a few shops, several others are flouting physical distancing norms. There is crowding and hoarding.
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I think I'm a pretty patient in movie halls. But today, this guy next to me picked some 6 calls, all pretty useless conversations. Last one was him returning a missed call to his bestie to catch up. Just let me watch this long Scorsese movie in peace, man.
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For those unaware, every Monday across Tamil Nadu, each district administration holds a grievance meeting.
Today, I met a set of six interesting people from a village called Pottapapanaiyur near Elamanur who said they lost their cattle.
Got the chance to meet former poachers who would raid the whole of South India and kill all kinds of animals and smuggle expensive timber.
They are now protectors at the Periyar Tiger Reserve and are part of a group called Vidiyal (in Theni)
@the_hindu
Good morning and welcome to one of the best stories I've had the privilege of documenting. This is Chintamani, a 30 year-old transgender woman who rears bulls for Jallikattu near Alanganallur.
A school for
#parotta
masters? In
#Madurai
, parottas+salna patrons are rising apparently. Mohammed Khasim, a hotelier, trains men to make them perfectly at his school with 4 chairs. He's also going to work with SHG women soon.
@the_hindu
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Had the best morning jumping into the middle of the ocean for a swim at Kovalam!
Check out
@the_hindu
's
#THMetroPlus
on Thursday morning for the story :)
I'd also like to share that I have joined
@silverscreenin
and will be heading features! Super excited to begin this new journey, writing about the world of cinema and everything else it comes with.
My DMs are open. Hit me up with leads because I love hearing from you 😊
I want to be positive through this time and report as much as possible. But its tremendously difficult to see an inbox full of videos, messages and calls for help from migrant workers mostly stuck without any food. My privilege makes me feel sick.
120 homeless people have been rescued by the district administration and the
#Madurai
Corporation. While the administration has provided food and clothing, the Corp has provided shelter. An NGO Idhayam Trust is coordinating the rescue and providing manpower
#COVID19
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On rare days- good and bad, I read through my father’s diary from 1986. He has copied out lines from poems, made notes about meetings and filled out his ‘Personal Memoranda’ column. Nothing else.
It makes me write after ages.
Of my 6 very short months of covering higher education and years of my own education, I have noticed that only girls/women/female members are in-charge of handing medals, certificates and trophies in trays while being asked to dress up for this role. Why? Are boys not capable?
The Transgender Resource Centre in Madurai, among the first resource centres with books, short films and material on lives of transgender, is celebrating teachers who have helped them grow.
It is easily one of the most wholesome events I've attended.
#Madurai
This beautiful flip (?) book that I bought at Atta Galatta has quickly become one of my most prized possessions. Some Chughtai, some Manto & a whole lot of beautiful writing. I can't seem to get over The Wedding Suit, Sharda and Toba Tek Singh. On days like this, I'm glad I read.
Some personal news.
I made AMAZING Indo-Mexican food tonight with salsa, guac, paneer tikka bits, rajma and several other dips. And strawberry milkshake.
#AStarIsBorn
#DipKumari
In 5 villages in
#Madurai
and
#Virudhunagar
districts, isolation of women on their period is still a common practice. Women on their period are considered impure and asked to live in derelict buildings that may tumble on their heads.
My Amma, Meenakshi Ganesh, had to begin working at the age of 35 because my father died then. It was the only way to support
@hoolasoup
and me. Watching B.Selvi and Daughters brought back so many memories of watching Amma start from scratch. I recommend!
Meet the members of this all-girls parai group in
#TamilNadu
. These students from a school in
#Chennai
's Besant Nagar drums up a beat that is impossible to resist. They taught me to play the parai too. Was failure :( For
@the_hindu
.
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Sweating to a point of dehydration, missing family and being in isolation during a pandemic. 3 PG students recount their experiences of working in the COVID-19 speciality hospital at the Government Rajaji Hospital in
#Madurai
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