A wish fulfilled: Senthil Kumaran with elephant Moorthy at Mudumalai
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Tamed Tuskers, Senthil Kumaran’s series of photographs that depicts the bond between elephants and their mahouts are on display at Madurai’s J C Art Gallery till July
Two decades ago when Senthil Kumaran was in school, he read about a wild elephant on the rampage in villages of Wayanad, Kerala.
In 1998, the nine feet tall rogue
makhna (male elephant without tusk) killed 23 villagers and was eventually captured by the Forest Department, then sent for rehabilitation at Mudumalai Elephant Camp. He was christened Moorthy after the veterinarian at Mudumalai, Dr A Krishnamurthy.
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GREATER NOIDA: Heeding to the long-pending demands of the villagers who gave up their land for the development of Greater Noida, GNIDA on Saturday decided to set up a skill development centre for them. The authority will also set up a separate department to streamline its working.
The centre will be established in the GNIDA office compound in Knowledge Park 4. Narendra Bhooshan,CEO of the authority, said, “It will be set up within the next 100 days and by the end of May, the first batch will be ready.”
The authority decided swiftly on this front as farmers affected by the Delhi-Mumbai Industrial Corridor (DMIC) had threatened to stop work in the absence of employment opportunities. The Greater Noida authority officials on Saturday held a meeting with senior officials of the National Industrial Corridor Development Corporation, the agency executing the DMIC project, and sought their support.
The couple, according reports, had announced their marriage on Friday when the girl, Kanchan, reached Sagar s house and Sagar applied vermillion on her forehead.A da
The couple, according reports, had announced their marriage on Friday when the girl, Kanchan, reached Sagar s house and Sagar applied vermillion on her forehead.A da