Collection at all-time high ahead of deadline for depositing at banks
Celebrated choreographer Kumudini Lakhia and her students talk about give and take in art. Chitra Swaminathan records the interaction.
Nandini Karky on Subemy, her newly-launched subtitling academy, said to be the first of its kind in the country
National Award-winning woodcut print artist Vijay Pitchumani speaks to NAVEENA VIJAYAN about finding common patterns in happenings around us and how his works are often an answer to questions
Billiards & snooker hall inaugurated
The G. Narasimhan billiards & snooker hall was inaugurated by chief guest N. Ram, chairman, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., at the Mylapore Club here on Monday.N. Murali, co-chairman, and N. Ravi, director, Kasturi & Sons Ltd., were the guests of honour.Referring to the fact that the club has produced several National and international champions in billiards and snooker, N. Ram said that “the club has been a cradle for India’s rise in cue sports.” N. Murali spoke of the historic value of the clYes, it’s those Clives of India and their Madras stints causing confusion again. And, it’s once again Dr. N. Sreedharan finding himself in the midst of the confusion they cause, especially in historical writing in Tamil. This time, he’s been reading a book about the Varadarajar Temple in Kancheepuram and finding that “a grand necklace” (Makara kandigai) gifted to the Lord by (“of all people”!) Robert Clive adorned Him on the third day of His annual festival, the day considered to be the holiest