This Quirky Chennai Home Is India’s First and Only ISO 9000 Certified Household!
When the Suranas welcome you to their home with a cup of chai, remember – You are not just a mere guest. You are a ‘temporary customer.’ Don’t be dazed if you are given a feedback form to evaluate what...
View ArticleSharing Is Caring: Karur Collector Visits an Old, Poor Couple for a Wonderful...
For people living in the rural ambits of the country, a District Collector is someone they look up to with utmost admiration and respect. What makes these civil servants hold such a venerable position...
View ArticleUnderprivileged Kids Interested in Sports Have a Tireless Mentor: S Loganathan
S Loganathan harbours a dream—he wants to give a platform to athletes who come from disadvantaged backgrounds so that they can perform on the international stage one day. Through the Kavinadu Youth...
View ArticleThis 17-Year-Old Tamil Nadu Innovator Built a Satellite to Measure Air Pollution
A 17-year-old Trichy student built a light-weight satellite that will study the effects of air pollution and global warming in various regions of Tamil Nadu, including major cities. K A Villet Oviya,...
View ArticleMeet the Lady Who Has Revived 25 Forgotten Varieties of Rice; Try Some Today!
The need to eat right and provide nutritious meals for their child led Menaka and Thilak Raj to become entrepreneurs. Like many new parents, Maneka and Thilak also went through many research articles...
View ArticleThis Help Desk Saved Hundreds of Kids in Odisha, and Now Tamil Nadu Is...
India’s train stations are transit points for human traffickers, who tempt kids and others into cities, promising them good jobs, but sell them into slavery. These victims then land up as domestic,...
View ArticleChennai School’s Holiday Homework for Parents Is Going Viral for the Right...
Summer vacations for schools in India span a little over 50 days and come along with tons of holiday homework for students, which rarely deviates from the standard academic curriculum, ensuring that...
View ArticleUnique Chennai Store Offers ‘Shopping Mall’ Experience to the Underprivileged!
Outside every mall in India, one can find beggars squatting on the pavement. They are impervious to the shopping experience that the rest of us enjoy – since they are not even allowed inside these...
View Article500 Cops Join Fisherfolk in Clearing 150 Tonnes of Trash From Chennai Beach!
Littered with garbage, plastic, and e-waste, the Kasimedu beach in Chennai had become an almost impossible place to visit. Many of Chennai’s residents would have wanted the beach to be a lovely retreat...
View ArticleNEET: Citizens Step Up, Provide Tickets, Stay for Students Stranded by Last...
Despite making multiple requests to the Centre to be exempted from the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), the Tamil Nadu government has found no relief, as the Supreme Court ruled against...
View ArticleThis Smart Tree Will Let You Charge Your Mobile & Use WiFi While You Rest!
How many times have you found yourself stranded on the road, desperately trying to book a cab or auto on your phone, which has less than 5% battery and low internet connectivity? Or attempted to call...
View ArticleTN Man Takes Matter Into Own Hands, Beautifies a Railway Station Himself!
All of us, at one point or the other, have complained about the poor maintenance of railway stations in India. But how many of us actually bother to help by doing our bit? Well, according to a report...
View ArticleThis Coimbatore Man’s Stunning Wooden Cycle Is Viral for All the Right Reasons!
Most of us would vividly remember the moment when we got our first bicycle and how the simple vehicle was the best possible companion as we went about exploring our surroundings during our growing...
View ArticleEver Tried ‘Thattaivadai Settu’? This Iconic Salem Street Snack Is a Must-Have!
Those who think that chaat, the savoury street snack, is a culinary speciality found only in the northern parts of the country, have obviously never tasted the ‘thattaivadai settu’ found in the streets...
View ArticleCoimbatore Techie Sells 40+ Varieties of Native Leafy Greens, Empowers Farmers!
As children, most of us probably detested the different dishes that our mothers would prepare using green leafy vegetables, and what was worse, were the various tactics they would use to coax us into...
View ArticleSterlite Protest in Tamil Nadu: Understanding the What, Why & How
Until a few years ago, a simple Google search for ‘Tuticorin’ would throw up results describing the port city. Today, the search yields very different results – the pages are all about the...
View ArticleFrom Chennai’s Streets to Football in Moscow, These Girls Are Living Their Dream
According to a World Bank Group and UNICEF report, ‘Ending Extreme Poverty: A Focus on Children‘, India is home to over 30% of approximately 385 million children living in extreme poverty-the highest...
View ArticleThis Simple Water-Saving Method Has Increased Rice Yield of TN Farmers 10-Fold!
Parthasarathy, a farmer from Govindapuram village in Tirupur district, Tamil Nadu, won the Innovative Rice Farmer Award in 2015, for his use of drip irrigation in rice cultivation. Under the aegis of...
View ArticleNilgiri Man Quits IT Job, Strikes It Rich With Organic Strawberry Farming in...
Strawberry-flavoured products are a rage across the world, especially when it comes to confectionaries and fruit-based items. Be it ice-creams, cakes, desserts, toffees or even infant food, the intense...
View ArticleWhy This TN Govt. School Teacher’s Transfer Moved His Students to Tears!
(Update: As per latest reports, the state education department has revoked its transfer order after a video showing children crying and pleading their teacher to not leave went viral on social media...
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