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CHENNAI, TAMIL NADU, 18/01/2015: Gnani Sankaran at the Lit For Life Function in Chennai on January 18, 2015.
Photo: R. Ragu

A man of many hues

The contributions of Gnani Sankaran (1954-2018) as a fearless journalist, theatre personality, political commentator, social activist, writer and lite

TUTICORIN: 24/08/2013: FOR FRONTLINE: Colour of sea surface has turned red ,owing to relief of waste water by sand mining company near Periyathalai coast in Tuticorin district ,Tamilnadu Photo : N.Rajesh;TUTICORIN: 24/08/2013: FOR FRONTLINE: Colour of sea surface has turned red ,owing to relief of waste water by sand mining company near Periyathalai coast in Tuticorin district ,Tamilnadu Photo : N.Rajesh - TUTICORIN: 24/08/2013: FOR FRONTLINE: Colour of sea surface has turned red ,owing to relief of waste water by sand mining company near Periyathalai coast in Tuticorin district ,Tamilnadu Photo : N.Rajesh

A sand scam

Allegations of illegal beach sand mining in southern Tamil Nadu gain considerable strength with the government transferring the Collector of Tuticorin

Madurai: 11/06/2013: Dalits sitting on the neglected village square in their colony at Vadugapatti near Usilampatti in Madurai district, Tamilnadu, on Tuesday, where multiple forms of discrimination are practised by dominant intermediate castes.Photo:R. Ashok

Stripped of dignity

A Dalit boy of Vadugapatti in Tamil Nadu’s Madurai district has been forced to carry his footwear on his head for daring to wear them in a caste-Hindu

ariel view of Sterlite plant, Tuticorin

Sterlite in trouble

The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board orders the closure of its copper smelter unit in Tuticorin even as the Supreme Court stays a 2010 High Court or

TIRUVARUR:TAMILNADU:09/02/2013:FOR FRONTLINE:-Sun burnt paddy crop at Royanallur village in Tiruvarur District....Photo:M_Moorthy

Delta’s anguish

Tamil Nadu announces a relief package for farmers in the Cauvery delta even as their leaders criticise the Centre for not finding a distress-sharing f

Madurai, 27/12/2012. : D. Selvaraj, Author of 'Thol ', Novel on Tannery worker's Struggles, who standing in front of the a old Tannery Factory in Dindigul, Tamilnadu, on December 23, 2012....( FOR FRONTLINE)-
Photo: S_James

‘Socialist realism is still relevant’

ALMOST four decades have rolled by since Zvelebil, the renowned Czech Tamil scholar, made this assessment of writer Daniel Selvaraj’s contribu

Paddy transplantation in Progress in Mannargudi taluk of Tiruvarur district on October 28.-B. VELANAKANNI RAJ

Mines of concern

Farmers protest against the Central clearance for coal bed methane exploration in Mannargudi, Tamil Nadu, as they fear it will devastate agriculture i

As of October 6, several supply channels in the delta region continued to remain dry even after the release of water. Here, a scene at Thekkur village in Thanjavur district.-M. SRINATH

Delta in distress

Farmers in the delta region in Tamil Nadu have not taken to high-decibel protests this time and are waiting for the administrative and legal processes

Social realist

Interview with D. Jayakanthan, Jnanpith Award-winning Tamil writer.

U. Sagayam, former Collector of Madurai, whose leaked letter exposed the multi-crore granite scam.-BIJOY GHOSH

Great granite loot

A letter from a former Collector blows the lid off the illegal activities of Tamil Nadu's politically powerful granite magnates.

Sankagiri Rajkumar: Quest for rationalist ideas.-BY SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT

Breathing life into characters'

Interview with Sankagiri Rajkumar.

Some of the cast of Vengayam. Out of a total of 105 actors in the movie, 96 are the director's relatives from his native village.-COURTESY: ANANDA VIKATAN/PHOTOGRAPHER: M.VIJAYA KUMAR

A family & a film

Sankagiri Rajkumar's debut film Vengayam', made with the help of people from his village, strikes a blow against superstitions.

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