Balavidyalaya in Chennai is probably India's only school for the deaf that trains the child and (one) parent for free.
The Madras high court on Friday ordered a second autopsy on the body of Dalit youth E Ilavarasan, by doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences.
NGK -- Nandha Gopalan Kumaran is only meant for Suriya fans, feels A Ganesh Nadar.
The Congress campaign is muted in Varanasi, but the party is hoping that anti-Modi votes and caste combinations will help Ajai Rai, the only local candidate in the fray. A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com reports from the Congress campaign headquarters.
'The prime minister bought spectacles from Germany to see the eclipse, but he cannot see that an eclipse has fallen on the country.'
Theeran Adhikaram Ondru is a riveting film, says A Ganesh Nadar.
'Some co-operative banks are dominated by politicians and were reportedly being used to launder Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.'
'I have many times bought meals for the accused, and the police pay for it.'
'It is only natural that in such a national crisis, we should lend a helping hand to the less privileged members of our communities.'
Stalin, along with cadres of the DMK and other parties, came in a procession in Tiruvarur and was detained in a marriage hall, police said, adding they will be let off later.
'They are going to be clubbed with the Lok Sabha elections which are six months away.' 'These people who are ruling Tamil Nadu know very well that they cannot win another election.'
'Constitutional values will remain vibrant and strong as long as the checks and balances on Executive Power are not weakened,' says Constitution expert Anil B Divan.
There is only word to describe Ashok Munne's journey -- 'incredible', says A Ganesh Nadar.
'It has everything to do with TRPs.' 'It is a potboiler as Bollywood stars are involved.'
Functioning from 8 am to 8 pm, it deals only with mental stress
'I did not come here to contest elections and so I am not going to quit if I lose, television anchor and AAP member Ashutosh tells Rediff.com's Athimuthu Ganesh Nadar.
The river I bathed and swam in, has dried up. It's the worst drought in 140 years. First the mango trees died. Then the coconut trees. Finally the hardy palm trees have died.
Jayendra Saraswati, the shankaracharya of Kanchi, discusses the temple entry for women controversy, the Ram Janmabhoomi temple issue and gurus getting into business with Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy and A Ganesh Nadar in his first interview since being acquitted recently by a court.
'The media hype that the Gir lion species is in danger is totally wrong.'
Kovan, a folk singer in Tamil Nadu, was arrested on October 30 for criticising the state government in a song distributed on the Internet. Kovan was charged with sedition among other alleged crimes.
Muthukrishnan was one of the passengers on the IAF flight that has gone missing in the Bay of Bengal.
British Prime Minister David Cameron recently asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi's help to send back six British sailors who have been in Tamil Nadu for two years.
O Panneerselvam may have a trick or two to spring a surprise.
Disputes over a temple has torn a Tamil Nadu village apart.
'The AIADMK gets votes from all sections of the minorities.' 'By aligning with the BJP the AIADMK stands to lose that vote'
Everybody in Tamil Nadu, it seems, has an opinion on superstar Rajinikanth entering politics. A Ganesh Nadar presents a cross-section of views on the actor's chances in the electoral arena.
The daily wage earners who oil the wheels of the movies business are struggling to cope with the fallout of the lockdown.
A three-member team of doctors from All India Institute of Medical Sciences on Saturday performed the second autopsy on the body of Dalit youth E Ilavarasan, whose death is shrouded in mystery.
'This was expected. Did you really expect a SIT formed by the Andhra government to find their cops guilty? It was a farce from the beginning.'
'Amendments in the past have created fear. This will take it further.'
An informal group of volunteers from the same school in Ahmednagar come together to pool resources, prepare food, serve the needy.
Even as the government moves heaven and earth to free the Indians trapped in Iraq and Libya, Father Alexis Prem Kumar, who was abducted in Afghanistan on June 2, appears to have been forgotten.
The hits and misses of the week.
'Not only have we rescued 1,700 fishermen but on the morning of November 30, we evacuated 1,044 fishing folk, otherwise the missing numbers would have been much higher.'
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar takes a tour of banks in a Chennai suburb and finds that nothing has changed in one month since demonetisation.
'Fall in line or you will be in the line of fire.'
'Today may be the last day for depositing old notes, but tomorrow all the worries of the banks will not go away.' 'As long as there is cash shortage, banks will not be able to function normally.' 'Nobody knows when the shortage will be over.'
'I don't like any boy.' 'I want to be with Malini,' says Veronica.
'All I want the government to do is to make sure that the children whose parents are seriously ill don't lose their jobs for looking after their parents.'
'Each plate sold sponsors 250 meals for a worker's family.' 'Our goal is to provide 100,000 meals within the next month.'