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A young Rajinikanth clad in a white vest, is halfway through an expressive rebuke — perhaps some expletives are also involved. Behind him, is a towering Kamal Hassan mid-smoke, the eerie consternation on his face befitting a ruthless serial killer. Emerging from between Parattaiyan in 16 Vayadhinile and Dileep from Sigappu Rojakkal, are a couple of women hand…
When celebrity fitness expert Namrata Purohit started her first Pilates studio in 2011, there were only a couple of studios in the country. “Only a few people seemed to be aware of Pilates. But we quickly saw footfalls increase,” she recalls. Since then, things have rapidly changed. Her brand, The Pilates Studio which she co-founded…
Sandhya Ramachandran from San Francisco, who is back in Chennai for a break, watched an Instagram reel and decided to visit the Madras Literary Society (MLS) on February 10. She came for the high ceiling but stayed to peruse through glazed pottery work, sketches and murals done by the inmates of Puzhal Central Prison. “I…
A view of the exhibit | Photo Credit: special arrangement How often does an art gallery turn into a stage, blurring the lines between memory and myth, fact and fiction, personal and collective histories? On a bright Tuesday morning, curator P and her zealous assistant guide their guests through a narrative that sits at the…
When the Bluebirds take the stage for ‘The Piano Man’ and ‘The Guitar Man’ at Bay 146 on Valentine’s Day, they will do more than play music. They will revive an era when love ballads and rock anthems shaped romance and relationships. The Chennai-based band, with roots stretching back to 1969, is set to perform…
M.K. Stalin. File | Photo Credit: S. Siva Saravanan A class 6 student from Tirusulam in Chennai received a hearing aid within a few hours of her father handing over a petition to Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin during an impromptu meeting on Tuesday (February 11, 2025). As Tuesday was a holiday on account…
Movies, books, and songs over the years have led us to believe in the idea of a holiday romance. New city, new possibilities… and sometimes new love. This could be a holiday fling that ends when the couple says goodbye to each other, or a relationship that thrives for weeks, months, years… despite the daily…
On a sunny day in January, A. Prakash, 40, sits on a boat in Kovalam, off the East Coast Road (ECR) in Chengalpattu district of Tamil Nadu. He has just returned from a fishing trip where he saw 10 Olive Ridley sea turtle carcasses floating in the sea. “We (fisherfolk) have been seeing many such…
If you are a lover of the arts, there is no better time to be in Chennai. As the all-encompassing ode to classical arts — the Margazhi season — came to an end , contemporary arts started taking over white cubes, museums campuses, shopping malls, and (soon) MRT stations in the city, much to the…
A view of the Madras High Court in Chennai. File | Photo Credit: K. Pichumani The Madras High Court, on Wednesday (January 5, 2025) directed Chennai-based Tractors and Farm Equipment (TAFE) Limited and Massey Ferguson Corporation based in the United States, to maintain status quo until the disposal of a civil suit related to a…
