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Become a Podcaster – Full day interactive workshop in Chennai

podcasting The Workshop This one-day workshop on Podcasting provides hands on experience in Podcasting. The participants will learn about Podcasting, its advantages, How to record, edit, and export audio files using software. The workshop is highly interactive, designed on un conference format. ...

World Classical Tamil Conference – a perspective

Taken from The Hindu. Article by Kalaignar M Karunanidhi, Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu. Although Tamil and a few other languages such as Greek, Latin and Sanskrit enjoy the status of classical language in the academic world thanks to ...

Jakkuboys – The Lighter side of the Office (tamil)

This was an amazing movie! A simple storyline with lots of humour.  All characters did a wonderful job. The script was well written by Thiru. Murali Krishnan and acted out very well. You would simply love it. Hats off to the people behind this. Produced by Scube Productions - ...

Naa auto kaaran..auto kaaran – a TukTastic Samson!

Samson I was awestruck when I read about an auto driver in Chennai who was tech savvy! Meet Samson the Auto Driver! Surely I will make it a point to meet him on my next trip to Chennai! It is indeed something ...

Murugan Idli Shop, Chennai – tasty idlis

An unexpected stop at a famous destination for idli fanatics. We went to Triplicane to do some last minute shopping for Eid. Once we were done with it, my wife, another obsessive Idli consumer, asked if we could have something to eat - Idlis maybe? Luckily we were on Triplicane ...

The ‘Puthur Kattu’ (Bone Setting) experience in Chennai

Two months ago my dad tore a ligament on his right shoulder while carrying my daughter Afifa out of a car. Actually we thought he dislocated his shoulder because of a very audible 'crack' emanating there. He is all but 65 years young so you can imagine what pain he ...

Singapore – Madras connection

Madras has been the birth of many cuisines, art, music, entertainment etc., and Singapore has been richly influenced by it. This article by Rupa Gopal for The Hindu has brought out some of the influences of Madras on Singapore. I read it today and just wanted to let others also ...

List of Government & private hospitals treating A(H1N1) (Swine Flu) in India

The pandemic of the 21st century that was perceived as 'mild' in India till the first death was reported from Pune, has now got the country in the grips of fear. The initial symptoms of the Swine Flu or the H1N1 Influenza includes: cough, fever, sore throat, body ache, headache, chills ...

If you are in Chennai… do this!

The article below is by my friend Priya Subramanian. Some of her experiences in Chennai and places to visit. Very useful for people wanting to know more places they can shop, eat out etc. Enjoy! Last time while I was at Chennai, I totally went nuts on eating out, shopping and ...