சில வருடங்கள் முன் வரை தமிழ்த்தாய் வாழ்த்து என்றால், நான் பள்ளியில் கற்ற மனோன்மணியம் பெ.சுந்தரனார் அவர்களின் ‘நீராருங் கடலுடுத்த நிலமடந்தைக் கெழிலொழுகும்’ தான் என்று நினைத்திருந்தேன். மலேசியா தமிழ் இணைய மாநாடு ஒன்றில் வேறு ஒரு பாடலை ஒலிக்கச் செய்தார்கள்,…
From time to time, the Mother Teresa Women’s complex, next to Valluvar Kottam, Chennai plays host to handicrafts and products made by women self-help group from around the country. Some…
I have been to Dakshina Chitra a few times, mostly accompanying my clients (Yes, I know, it sounds like a cliché) who visit from abroad as a pit stop on…
Airports around the world tend to be unloving places – people of multi-ethnicity crisscrossing, not stopping for a smile – staff running around like machines – inhuman announcements calling names –…
Tamil Nadu Handicrafts Development Corporation Ltd. through its brand Poompuhar has been promoting artisans around Tamil Nadu state and showcasing their works for sale. In cooperation with Ministry of Textiles,…
Seeing online the colourful photographs of Theyyam festival that happens during winter months in Kerala, a few of my friends and I decided to travel there. Called “Dance of Gods”,…
Tamil Nadu Government’s Department of Museum has been celebrating UNESCO’s recognition of Chennai as ‘a Creative City for Music” with a series of events. For last two days, an edutainment…
The Government Museum, Chennai is a must place to go if you are in the city – till a few years ago, it was maintained poorly, but thanks to Government…
