Dharmapuri Ramakrishnan as Madurai Veeran
| Photo Credit:
Kalvin Joseph
Contemporary performers, students and patrons step up to help folk artistes across Tamil Nadu, breaking barriers between artistic fraternities
Fire stunts, horse riding scenes and rebellious movement make Madurai Veeran Koothu a herculean performance to pull off. The lesser-known artform, which comes under the umbrella of
therukoothu, follows the story of the underdog an oppressed shoemaker’s son who rose through the ranks, only to be killed and is performed with fiery wooden spokes.
For 30 years, Dharmapuri Ramakrishnan lived and breathed as Madurai Veeran on stages across Tamil Nadu. It has been more than a year since he saw a stage. Earlier, when he did not have a show, he would cook for weddings. That, too, is not an option anymore.
Wives of Chennai policemen cook, distribute food to those in need
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May 25, 2021 16:06 IST
A group of wives of policemen from the Sembium police quarters, have been distributing food to the homeless community in Perambur for the past 10 days
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Ten days ago, the wives of a few head constables and a Special Sub-Inspector decided to contribute to the society by feeding 50 homeless persons | Photo Credit:
K. Pichumani
A group of wives of policemen from the Sembium police quarters, have been distributing food to the homeless community in Perambur for the past 10 days
While frontline warriors, the city’s police personnel guard the roads and enforce the lockdown, their spouses are not far behind. Wives of policemen from the Sembium police quarters and their children have been cooking and distributing food to the urban homeless in Perambur over the past 10 days.
Chennai school teacher held for alleged sexual harassment
Chennai school teacher held for alleged sexual harassment
Mirror Online / Updated: May 25, 2021, 13:37 IST
school teacher on charges of sexual harassment of his students, police said.
The police arrested
G. Rajagopalan, who teaches accountancy to students at the
Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School here, following social media posts by school students and alumni accusing him of indulging in sexual harassment and inappropriate behaviour like appearing topless for an online class on Monday.
He was remanded to judicial custody till June 8.
The school management had suspended him on Monday.
The Padma Seshadri group runs a clutch of schools and has notched up a good reputation.
Is PSBB School Paying A Price For Being A Hindu Institution?
by Balakumar Kuppuswamy - May 25, 2021 01:27 PM
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The allegations of casteism against PSBB, as an institution, are clearly built on ill-conceived assumptions and flimsy innuendoes.
And these motivated stories are now sought to be peddled as hard facts by the very many vested interests at play. And on social media platforms, where nuance and discernment go to die, they transmogrify into irrefutable history.
On Sunday, social media platforms, especially those sections dominated by folks from Tamil Nadu, were agog as allegations of sexually inappropriate behaviour emerged against a male teacher of Padma Seshadri Bala Bhavan School (PSBB) (KK Nagar branch), one of the most popular and successful educational institutions in Tamil Nadu.