The Lion King (2019)
It was fun to watch The Lion King in Tamil (தி லயன் கிங்) in Tamil. The story and the characters were (almost) the same as in the original animated film…
July 2019
Chennai Palani Mars (2019)
Chennai Palani Mars (சென்னை பழனி மார்ஸ்) is a film about a hero dreaming of travelling to Mars by his thoughts and some brilliant formulae. Written by Actor Vijay Sethupathi and…
Nithyakalayana Perumal temple in Thiruvidandai
Today I had gone to attend a Shashtiabdapoorthi function (a Hindu religious ritual performed for the sixtieth birthday) of a relative at Thiruvidandai. Using the opportunity, I went to the…
Saravana stores shopping is an experience
The first time I had gone shopping to the Saravana Stores – The Legend, Panagal Park, T.Nagar was in 2009. During my school days (in the 1980s) when we used…
Kanchi Sri Athi Varadhar
For the last few weeks, in Chennai and in the whole of Tamil Nadu, in news, social media and TV the talk has been about Sri Athi Varadhar. The idol…
The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980)
What a movie this was! I had a great time watching the South African comedy, The Gods Must Be Crazy (1980), starring Marius Weyers as Andrew Steyn and Sandra Prinsloo…
Aadai (2019)
Aadai (ஆடை) is a one-line story that’s stretched too far! As the title suggests the story revolves around dress(es) or the lack of them. The first half was engaging and…
The Greatest Stories from the Quran
“Religious Book Inside” – have you seen this line before? The Hindu Tamil newspaper publishes a weekly column from the collection of stories that happened in the life of the…