Roshne Balasubramanian
Paving the way for pan-Tamil identity
Oxford Tamil Society, a first-of-its-kind student organisation for people from the Tamil diaspora at the University of Oxford, has been ushering in a chapter of inclusivity and diversity
12 Jan 2023
Six dots and social inclusion
She opens her eyes and looks at her daughter, who is now intently focusing on her mother’s voice.
04 Jan 2023
Tokens of inclusion
Photographer Srivatsan Sankaran’s Deaf Artist NFT Collective is an attempt to bridge the existing gap between deaf artists and non-disabled communities, and offer them a space to showcase their works
22 Sep 2022
The Boss and his Bugle boys: The story of Gemini Studios producer SS Vasan
Historian Venkatesh Ramakrishnan talks about the works of the founder of Gemini Studios, SS Vasan, who played a key role in casting the right talent in Tamil cinema.
28 Dec 2021
Composing a green world
Ditching his camera to build a farm, photojournalist-turned-farmer A Raja Chidambaram’s attempt is
to prompt the youth to adopt a sustainable lifestyle
16 Oct 2021
Montessori the Tamil way
Author Monisha introduces the Montessori method of education to the Tamil-speaking population on her Instagram page
13 Oct 2021
Train, teach, transform
The Muscle Movement’s recent offshoot, Unschool — run by Guru Siddharth — offers courses for trainers, making it south India’s first school of fitness
13 Oct 2021
Creamy kolams on cupcakes
“My boyfriend Gerardo is Mexican and I learned to prepare a few Mexican dishes and desserts including the popular tres leches cake and churros from him.
13 Oct 2021
Festive fervour at Aavaranaa
On the counters of the store, we find more reasons to feel this way.
11 Oct 2021
New police museum in Chennai is a place of pride for peacekeepers
The recently opened police museum on Pantheon Road is a treasure trove for history enthusiasts, showcasing the valiant efforts of the state's police force.
10 Oct 2021
Queeriously Tamil
Queer terms or rather having terms to express queerness in Tamil is important to communicate ones experience to others, in a language they are comfortable with.
07 Oct 2021
Global tales, local dreams
It was the challenge parents faced, including me, as we planned holidays for our children.
04 Oct 2021
Staying sassy in their silver years
Senior residents of Athulya Assisted Living show us what it means to be young at heart, as they sashay down the ramp on World Heart Day
03 Oct 2021
Tribal voices get a means to your screens
It’s been almost four years since a friend and I made our way to Marayoor, a town in Kerala’s Idukki district, for the first time.
30 Sep 2021
Global stories, local dreams
It was the challenge parents faced, including me, as we planned holidays for our children.
30 Sep 2021
Fighting a fake news epidemic
Addressing the audience, principal Lalitha Balakrishnan stressed the need for active citizen participation and initiatives to tackle the spike in debilitating misinformation.
29 Sep 2021
A sweet ‘Sangam’ of poems and paints
The body of literature from the Sangam period is not just about love and war. It isn’t mere bardic flattery or religious mythology.
29 Sep 2021
In pursuit of health reprieve
A national mental health survey that was done before the pandemic shows that about 70-85 per cent of people with diagnosable mental illnesses don’t receive any treatment.
28 Sep 2021
Creating Kollywood culture in Canada
Meet Nigerian-Canadian actor Zazu Oke whose recreations of popular Tamizh film scenes have taken the Internet by storm
25 Sep 2021
Ladders to Literacy
Discussing the importance of education, first-generation graduates narrate the academic and socio-economic odds that overwhelmed them in their journey to march ahead
25 Sep 2021
