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TN Woman Fought for 9 Years to Get India’s 1st ‘No Caste, No Religion’...
With the words—This is to certify that she does not belong to any caste or religion—from the Tehsildar of Tirupattur in Vellore district, Tamil Nadu, MA Sneha, a 35-year-old lawyer from the same town...
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Daughter of Beedi Rollers Fights Odds to Educate Herself, Now Supports 2,400...
The protagonist of my story was conditioned to believe three things about herself from a rather young age – Poor. Village. Girl. This is a story of Ashweetha Shetty, who not just challenged that...
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This Awesome Honey Doesn’t Harm the Bees & Helps Empower Thousands of Tribals!
38-year-old Maheshwari is a former daily wage labourer in the tea estates of Kottagiri, in the Nilgiri District. While tea plantations look inviting during a holiday, there is no vacation for labourers...
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In 1951, This Housewife Wrote a Cookbook That Made Her a Legend in Tamil Nadu!
Writing about women achievers who broke the glass ceiling would not be possible without the mention of S Meenakshi Ammal. This gritty lady wrote and published her first cookbook – Samaithu Paar (Cook...
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7 TN Doctors Turn Saviours For the Poor & the Abandoned, Treat Them For Free!
For seven doctors from Madurai, “social service” isn’t merely a catchphrase. It’s a way of life. These are doctors with a conscience. While four of them are school batchmates, the other three moved in...
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Fighting Family & Myths, Tamil Nadu Woman Is India’s First Female Bone Marrow...
Masilamani’s daughter, a 6-year-old, suffers from Thalassemia Major, a serious blood disorder which requires the patient to undergo frequent blood transfusions. She has been looking for a suitable...
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Using Lifetime Savings, TN Couple Opened Their Home to 100+ Elderly From the...
At first sight, Tirunagar-based R Jalaja and K Janardhanan will pass off as any other retired couple, making plans to invest their time and savings in travelling or with family. Well, they did find a...
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The 100-YO Tamil Nadu School Behind the Midday Meals That Feed Millions Today
A few minutes to noon, and an impatient restlessness fills the air. Just as the clock strikes, the bell rings; and boundaries of anticipation and discipline break open. The students flood out into the...
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Deliciously Organic: How a Vegan Chocolate Is Empowering Local Women in Tamil...
Mahalaxmi sits with three other women sorting though the cocoa beans spread before them. Their brows are furrowed in concentration. A bean is chucked into the bin; too small. The other meets the same...
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Book Banks To Recycled Notebooks: Tamil Nadu Schools Aim To Save Lakhs Of Trees!
I still remember the important lines marked and highlighted with different coloured inks in my school textbooks. That was an era when an elder sibling, cousin or neighbour would pass down their...
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52-YO TN Woman’s Revolution Gives Women Farmers Millets to Battle Climate...
A faint yellow bulb lights up a corner of Prathima’s kitchen. Sitting cross-legged near the stove, the mother of two roasts the last chapati she has rolled out. Today, her children will have to eat...
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Losing Her Dad & Coach Couldn’t Stop Her From Winning India’s First Gold at...
Gomathi Marimuthu, the 30-year-old middle distance runner from Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, created history yesterday by winning India’s first gold medal in the 23rd Asian Athletics Championships at...
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Couple Began Hospital in a Hut 25 Years Ago, Now Treats Over 1 Lakh Tribals...
In 1992, doctor-couple Regi M George and Lalitha visited Sittilingi. Tucked near the foothills of the Kalrayan and Sitteri hill ranges, this remote tribal village in Dharmapuri district, Tamil Nadu,...
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Chennai Lawyer Behind 18 GI Tags Explains How It Can Preserve Tamil Nadu’s...
Last month, P Sanjai Gandhi’s five-year-long effort finally came to fruition when the Thirubuvanam sari, produced by the registered weavers of the Thirubuvanam Silk Handloom Weavers Co-operative...
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Child’s Infection Makes Techie Quit US Job, Start Organic Farming Revolution...
Parched lands, suicides and forced migration – these are the top three issues that farmers in India face. Even after toiling under the sun for hours and growing food round the year, farmers cannot...
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7 Lakes, 1,000+ Tonnes of Waste & 1 Forest: Meet the Man behind This Massive...
Nine-year-old Krishna has been looking forward to playing his favourite game of waging a battle against the Kurichi Kulam, a fishing pond in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu. It will be his second week in the...
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School Dropout Designs Striking Textbook Covers, Gets Hired by TN State Board!
Do you remember the covers on your school textbooks? I cannot remember mine for the simple reason that I never found them attractive. I preferred covering the books with brown covers than look at their...
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This Lake Reviver Is Helping 20+ Tamil Nadu Villages Solve Their Water Crisis
Not every person, who heads out to bigger cities for better education and job opportunities and makes it big, feels the need to give back to their hometown. On the other hand, there is that rare breed...
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How One Man From Coimbatore Laid The Foundation For Indian Motorsports
By most accounts, Coimbatore’s very own Sundaram Karivardhan, a racing driver, car designer and business executive, is widely considered as the pioneer of Indian motorsport. Blazing a trail during the...
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Have a Zero Waste Home in Trichy? You Can Bag Rs 1 Lakh in Insurance, Vouchers!
Eco-conscious citizens of Tiruchirappalli (Trichy) in Tamil Nadu will now get a push from the government to take up green initiatives in their homes. The Trichy corporation is extending an encouraging...
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