With more than 300 sexual assault cases filed in Chennai under POCSO Act in the last three years, the Tamil Nadu government has decided to maintain a register of child sexual offenders. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
Functioning from 8 am to 8 pm, it deals only with mental stress
'Earlier it was a stigma to discuss mental problems. But I get more patients for past life regression as in India people believe in rebirth and karma,' Dr Prakriti Poddar, who uses hypnotism to treat illnesses, tells A Ganesh Nadar.
'Jail was very crowded, we were 56 people crammed together. All 56 of us had to use only one toilet'
'If the government cannot protect the acid attack victims the least they can do is support their rehabilitation.'
A Ganesh Nadar meets a community of Rohingya refugees on the outskirts of Chennai who are happy to have found a place where their lives are not in danger.
V Chinnadurai and S Swetha wanted their wedding to be memorable. So this is what they did.
'It shows that they cannot manage the situation with the forces in their hand.'
'The situation is normal now. The Kashmiri Pandits should come back.'
A Ganesh Nadar finds out how private water distributors help Chennai's water-starved citizens.
The Akali Dal, an ally of the BJP, has written to the parliamentary committee opposing certain clauses in the land acquisition bill. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com speaks to Akali Dal MPs to find out why they oppose the controversial legislation.
'Companies are threatening to terminate them or putting them on unpaid leave.'
Dr Renu Raj cracked the UPSC exams at her very first attempt. 'You should be sensitive to what is happening in society and you will get through the exams,' she tells A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com
'Even as the National Guard kept up the show of strength, safety was kept in mind.' 'Their guns were not loaded. They didn't want to scare people unless they posed a threat.'
'Nobody is making yoga compulsory. If you don't want to do it, it is okay. Yoga has no religion.'
As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies.
'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'
There is a hidden hand behind the political developments in Tamil Nadu...
'The BJP has become a reasonably larger force in Tamil Nadu in the last two years.'
'The Telangana police are working on the same agenda against Muslims as the Modi government at the Centre.'
'The minister said we should stop fishing near the shore and start going for deep sea fishing.'
'Why should farmers who give us food be vacated to hand over their property to a private company held by one individual,' asks green activist S P Udaykumar.
'I did hesitate and was scared, but I decided to save the child as I realised I would have done that if he was my child'
'Bommai was a minister in my cabinet. It is not ethically correct.'
'More than 90 per cent of the party cadres are with OPS.'
A day before the crucial trust vote in the Tamil Nadu assembly, Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar checks out the mood in the AIADMK hq.
'I have many times bought meals for the accused, and the police pay for it.'
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.
It came as a surprise when an Indian NGO said it would announce the winner of the US presidential elections a day before E-day.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
As doctors treat Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a different daily drama takes place outside the Apollo Hospitals gates.
Mentally-challenged children find themselves ignored by India's education system.
'Don't try to impose anything on us.'
Budding RTI activist from Chennai files request with ONGC. Instead of response, police comes asking about her.
A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com attends Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman's presser in Chennai to tom-tom the government's achievements in its first 100 days in office.
Did the transaction fail? Did you receive your money on time?
'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
'The big fish are still out there and people will continue to die till they are brought to justice.'
'I am contesting elections to encourage and start a nationwide debate on the present nuclear policy.'
