Raymond Selvaraj

J. M. Kennedy, an IRS officer, is a Commissioner - GST in Tiruchy, Tamil Nadu. He worked as Director in the Tax Research Unit (TRU) of the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC), Ministry of Finance, at North Block, New Delhi for six years. As Director in TRU, he involved in the making of GST, by…

Aranganathan, fondly known as Thavathiru Kuntrakudi Adigalar became the 45th head of the Kundrakudi Thiruvannamalai Adheenam in 1952. He was called as Adigalar because of his service and also called by the name Kundrakudi Adigalar. He immensely contributed to the development of Tamil and advocated…

V.S. Kumar Anandan was a Guinness World Records holder. His one of many records includes swimming the Palk Strait, from Sri Lanka to India and back in 51 hours, in 1971. While attempting to swim the English Channel on August 6, 1984 he collapsed and died due to heavy currents. Kumar Anandan held…

Pop singer and actor A.E. Manoharan, popularly known as ‘Ceylon Manohar’ died in Chennai. He was best known for the song Surangani. Nithi Kangarathnam who is a pioneer in Tamil pop music recalls the contributions of A.E.Manohar to Tamil pop music.

Tamil Nadu started witnessing more incidents of honour killings in recent years. The killing of Dalit youth Shankar in Udumalpet came to highlight once again after the murders have been severely punished by the court. Kausalya, wife of Shankar, recalls the incident in our new series on “Love and…

Mr Bala alias Balamurgan is an independent cartoonist based in Chennai. He worked as a full time cartoonist in Kumudam, a leading Tamil weekly magazine, for 12 years. Bala was arrested in November last year for publishing a cartoon criticizing the government. The cartoon shows a naked Nellai police…

Renowned British physicist Stephen Hawking, whose mental genius and physical disability made him a household name and inspiration across the globe, has died at age 76. R.Sathyanathan, an expert in Technology, explains the contributions of Stephen Hawking to the world.

Kanchi Sankara Mutt junior pontiff Vijayendra Saraswathi has triggered a row by remaining seated when the Tamil anthem was played at an event, with political parties terming it as an act of 'disrespect' to the language. The invocation song to mother Tamil, known as 'Tamil Thai Vaazhthu', was played…

Indian civil services examination is perceived as one of the toughest exams in India. Over a million candidates apply for less than 1,000 vacancies. Apparently, Purana Sunthari was over the moon when heard the news that she secured 286th rank. The visually impaired 25-year-old Purana Sunthari from…

Imagine if your last name or postcode determined who you could be friends with, who you could marry, and what job you could do. A life defined by your family heritage, known, as your caste is a foundation of Indian society. It seems like a long way from life in Australia. Or is it? Some in…