‘Some countries have chosen to maintain silence regarding the U.S.’s illegal actions, issuing insipid statements that they are carefully examining the U.S.’s decision’ | Photo Credit: Getty Images The world is shaken by the reckless decision of the United States to impose reciprocal tariffs, which were announced on April 2, 2025, though it has been … Read more
Affirmative action remains one of the most effective ways of addressing historical wrongs and systemic deprivation. The most recent attempt to address deep-rooted discrimination against persons with disabilities in Tamil Nadu is likely to have a far-reaching impact for the community. Chief Minister M.K. Stalin tabled two Bills in the Assembly last week to increase … Read more
File photo of Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin in Chennai. | Photo Credit: JOTHI RAMALINGAM B. For nearly a century, the Dravidian movement has been strongly advocating the need for de-centralisation of powers to accelerate growth and implement a development model that benefits everyone. Hence, my announcement in the … Read more
Last week, Telangana became the first State to notify categorisation of Scheduled Castes (SCs) after the Supreme Court’s landmark judgment last year upholding the constitutionality of sub-classifying SCs and Scheduled Tribes (STs) to grant separate quotas for the most marginalised groups within these communities. Soon after the Court’s verdict, the Telangana government headed by Chief … Read more
On March 15, some States and cities in India experienced the first of severe heatwaves for the year 2025. This was 20 days earlier than the first severe heatwave in 2024. In the last decade, the number of severe heat days and the severity/intensity of heatwaves have been rising. The year 2024 was the warmest … Read more
Aspirations, from the seemingly mundane to more substantial plans, reveal what may be the architecture of hope in mental health recovery. | Photo Credit: SREEJITH R. KUMAR In a small house in western India, shared by a group of people once homeless and living with mental illnesses, a woman dreams of cooking ragi mudde, a … Read more
A book-browser has neither the patience nor the attention-span to read a book; he simply likes the company of the book and the feel of the book resting on his palm. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yes, I am a “book-browser”. I browse through books at the bookstore, but I never buy a single book! … Read more
A book-browser has neither the patience nor the attention-span to read a book; he simply likes the company of the book and the feel of the book resting on his palm. | Photo Credit: Getty Images Yes, I am a “book-browser”. I browse through books at the bookstore, but I never buy a single book! … Read more
The experience of the moment is the expression of the moment. | Photo Credit: Getty Images/iStockphoto Haiku is the celebration of a moment, at once transient and transcendent. What started as a rigid Japanese verse form of three lines, haiku has become a philosophy, a way of life, a detail that strikes you. A dewdrop … Read more
