In a year that will be remembered for the scams that exposed the deep rot in the government and the system of governance, A Ganesh Nadar looks at the big scams unearthed in 2010.
A Ganesh Nadar captures the mood and scenes from outside the hall in Vaanagaram where Sasikala was appointed as the new party chief.
A district collector leads Dalits into a temple in Tamil Nadu, which is then sealed. A Ganesh Nadar finds out why.
Do you know Sameer has written 4,000 songs for 500 movies? A rare interview.
Fadderbaba is a stark look at the tragedy that rules the lives of tribals in rural India, says A Ganesh Nadar.
By fasting during Ramzan, Kader Mohideen carries forward the faith of his forefathers. His knowledge of computers has not dimmed his belief in the Quran. In that there is a lesson for this materialistic world.
But sooner or later, the victims must return to work, says C V Shankar, the official in charge of relief.
Mudiyor Kitchen serves food free of cost to the single, widowed and elderly who have no one to cook or care for them.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com brings you some fascinating facts and photographs from India's first international rail exhibition.
'The governor was a senior IPS officer who should know the Constitution.'
'This government is not in the hands of M K Stalin but in the hands of the bureaucracy -- the IAS and IPS.'
Visible symbols of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have undergone a dramatic change and on Thursday, the most dramatic of them all was seen when V K Sasikala was made the face of the party on the posters, replacing late J Jayalalithaa.
'Hopefully, by May 1, we can start construction. The land has already been identified.'
How long can you look at Ajith sitting with a machine gun on his lap? asks A Ganesh Nadar.
Thanjavur collector J Radhakrishnan recalls the horrifying tragedy.
'Rajinikanth has fans in every political party. They will not change their mind because the BJP prints posters of him with Modi.'
10-year-old Praggnanandha is the world's youngest chess International Master. His sister Vaishali is a Woman's International Master.
'Sukh Pal Singh is not very rich where money is concerned, but his heart is rich.'
'I am not ashamed that I have AIDS. I once announced that I am HIV+ on national TV.'
Adman Rahul da Cunha fondly remembers his uncle, who passed into the ages on January 7.
The Lingayat community will be appeased if the next chief minister is also a Lingayat.
M Preetham, 22, a hard-core Vijay fan, watched Master first-day-first-show, and loved every moment of it.
A banker from Jaipur in Rajasthan tells Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar what he would like to see in Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's Budget.
'When you weigh anti-incumbency against the Centre against anti-incumbency against the state, anti-incumbency against the Centre will triumph as this is a parliamentary election.'
'The blasts in Lanka are against our ideology.'
United Against Hate started as an on-and-off campaign against lynching; today, with the passing of the Citizen (Amendment) Act, its members are on the street, protesting.
'Our objective is to reach a localisation rate of 50% in the span of five years.'
At President Kalam's Rameswaram home, his family hold a prayer ceremony of the eve of his first death anniversary.
When Santosh Muruganantham quit his job in the United States to return to India, he knew he wanted to become an entrepreneur.
In the new year be careful online as there are many scamsters lurking in the cloud, warns A Ganesh Nadar after twice escaping being scammed.
S Bhagyalakshmi, an AIDS counsellor, has been "living with the HIV virus for 20 years now." She is an inspiring example of how AIDS should not stop anyone from living a fulfilling life.
'Hygiene is very bad, there is no medicine and there is no electricity.' 'I fear that there will be a breakout of some disease.'
'The families of those who die during operations are looked after very well by the army, but those who die in non-combat situations do not receive the same attention.'
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