1 Tamils played a major role in the life of Gandhi, starting with the satyagraha in South Africa. Vincent Lawrence, working as his clerk, was one of the first residents with Gandhi at Durban. A Christian Tamil, he was from an ‘untouchable’ caste. The friction with Kasturba on account of Lawrence opened up Gandhi’s mind […]
War is hell, and today more than ever. Although high-tech weapons make it a videogame for some, those same weapons make it unbelievably destructive for many more. Whatever valor was once associated with hand-to-hand combat has long since disappeared due to gunpowder, and the massive slaughters of the twentieth century have made it increasingly difficult […]
On November 8th 2016 election day dawned in America with many, including Donald Trump himself, believing that he’d lose and Hillary Clinton would win and make history. As the night wore on and bled into the wee hours of the morning of Nov 9th 2016 in a seismic shock to American politics Donald Trump was […]
One of the earliest usages of alienation in the English language is found in Wycliffe’s Bible. It is used in the sense of an individual estrangement from God. Over the years, the term came to be used in the medical field and legal arena. In the 19th century England, the term alienist refers to a […]
Soon after the SARS-CoV-2 virus was identified in Wuhan in December 2019 and a pandemic started developing, the Indian government acted reasonably quickly to bring the Indian citizens stranded in Wuhan and other foreign countries to India, despite the risk of spreading the novel corona virus in India. Irrespective of the merits of the move, […]
The ancient civilizations created by Sumerians, Babylonians, Egyptians, Chinese, Greeks, Romanians, and Indus Valley people are well famous in the world. Our ancient Tamil society is another such civilization that equaled the above civilizations. Our civilization gave the world the famous Sangam literature. Sangam literature is an immense treasure trove that provided many values to […]
As a Hindu, I am proud of certain things. My country, the ancient land called Bharatha was always tolerant towards all religious and ethnic groups. In the last millenniums, persecuted masses from various corners of the world have rushed to this blessed land seeking asylum and they have never been turned away. More importantly, they […]
On October 2nd 2019, the 150th anniversary of Mohandas Gandhi’s birth, India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi surprised both his supporters and detractors with a pean to the Mahatma in, of all newspapers, the New York Times. Mr. Modi heads a government that is ideologically linked to organizations that inspired Gandhi’s assassin and elected, recently, a […]
Jammu and Kashmir has faced many wars, terrorism and people’s protests ever since India gained independence. Today, this land is encountering another major political challenge. A state, which was given special status, has lost its special status, and moreover, has lost the status of a state, being split into two Union Territories. The political leaders […]
ANA LUCIC: Voices from Chernobyl is a startling, emotional book. What is the main emotion or effect you were trying to achieve with its readers? SVETLANA ALEXIEVICH: There is an opinion, after so many years, that we know everything there is to know about Chernobyl: that it’s a thing of the past, and that nobody wants to […]
If there is one field or industry or fraternity in India that has a crying need for diversity and showcases the perils of lack of diversity today, it is the Carnatic music field in South India. A panel discussion held to discuss whether there’s lack of diversity and related caste and gender issues itself became […]
To Read: First Part: https://tamizhini.in/2018/11/14/the-ba-in-the-bapu-kannan-t/ Second Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/01/13/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-2-kannan-t/ Third Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/02/17/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-3-kannan-t/ Fourth Part: https://tamizhini.in/2019/03/18/the-ba-in-the-bapu-part-4-kannan-t/ (15) Gandhi later headed off to the round table conference at London. When he returned as a disappointed man to Bombay on 28 December 1931, more arrests were awaiting him and the nation. He was arrested on January 4th, 1932. 75000 more arrests followed in […]