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.
'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'
Farming and debt go together in Tamil Nadu's Ariyalur district. There are those who have learnt to live with it and others like Alagar who could not cope with the loss.
'I am happy that Kosi Ma is alive and now she is looking after us.' 'I am proud of what I did.'
'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.
'We would have joined them if they wanted to develop the college, but their motive is political.'
'If the government cannot protect the acid attack victims the least they can do is support their rehabilitation.'
'Thousands of people were stoning us, but we never fired back.'
'There are Rs 90 crore worth of medicines in government hospitals, which is sufficient for the next three months.'
A Ganesh Nadar finds out how private water distributors help Chennai's water-starved citizens.
'The song says that liquor should not be sold by the government. The government should stop people from drinking.' 'I am working for a social cause. I am not doing anything wrong. We have moved a petition in the high court to quash the FIR against me.' 'It is a people's movement. There is no Naxalite involvement here.' Singer Kovan, who was arrested on sedition charges for protesting against the Tamil Nadu governments liquor policy, speaks out.
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.
'I have many times bought meals for the accused, and the police pay for it.'
'How can you have massages on trains in the presence of other lady passengers?'
Saudi police allege Indian's hand cut off due to fall. Indian embassy await word from Saudi government. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports on the latest developments in the Kasthuri Munirathinam case.
As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies.
'The situation is normal now. The Kashmiri Pandits should come back.'
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.
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
There is a hidden hand behind the political developments in Tamil Nadu...
'Nobody is making yoga compulsory. If you don't want to do it, it is okay. Yoga has no religion.'
'Any person who wants to enter this service should have a single object of serving the public irrespective of hindrances.'
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
'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.
'More than 90 per cent of the party cadres are with OPS.'
'The Telangana police are working on the same agenda against Muslims as the Modi government at the Centre.'
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.
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'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
'Sometimes we use political pressure and sometimes political acumen to get what we want.'
'Don't try to impose anything on us.'
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.
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.
'The alliance led by the DMK is starting with 15% votes while the AIADMK is starting from scratch.' 'Minority votes may be crucial'
As doctors treat Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a different daily drama takes place outside the Apollo Hospitals gates.
'You know the difference between being brought up by a mother and a step-mother?' 'As long as Amma was there we had nothing to fear. Now the step-mother is there and we are on the streets.'
Mentally-challenged children find themselves ignored by India's education system.
'Every person is a Jatayu, each one of you can be Jatayu, both men and women,' says temple priest behind the group set up to prevent atrocities on women and young girls.
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