Meet Poochi Venkat, the photographer who has been documenting Chennai’s insect life for 25 years

His new book, ‘Insects: Guardians of Nature’, is the gateway to a tiny but fascinating world.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Yesterday · 03:30 pm

Revisiting demonetisation: In Chennai’s flower market, anger against Modi government is still fresh

Traders have reconciled to their losses but workers are still struggling to recover the wages they lost over five months.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 14, 2017 · 09:00 am

NEET effect: Why Vellore's Christian Medical College is leaving 99 of its 100 MBBS seats vacant

The premier Tamil Nadu college is demanding the right to choose its own students.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 09, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Why Tamil Nadu’s temples are falling into decay, despite no shortage of donations

A Unesco report confirms what temple architects have feared for years.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 06, 2017 · 11:30 am

Seven years ago, India promised health care units for the elderly. Where are they?

Tamil Nadu and most other states have failed to utilise central government funds for the National Programme for Health Care launched in 2010.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 05, 2017 · 02:30 pm

South India is losing its endemic bonnet monkey to an aggressive invader from the north

The species’ population has halved in just over a decade.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 04, 2017 · 12:30 pm

‘Government has failed us’: Protests against NEET intensify in Tamil Nadu after petitioner’s suicide

If not for the newly compulsory national test, Anitha, the daughter of a Dalit labourer, had good enough grades to study medicine.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 03, 2017 · 06:30 am

Vinayaki: The lesser-known story of the elephant-headed goddess, the female avatar of Ganesha

Vinayaki was also considered as one of the shaktis or yoginis of Parvati.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Sep 01, 2017 · 11:30 am

Slaver’s Bay: The little-known history of Dutch slave trade in a small town in Tamil Nadu

Pulicat or Pazhaverkadu was the capital of the Dutch slave business in India.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Aug 29, 2017 · 11:30 am

In Tamil Nadu, 47 of 53 waterbird species are hunted to feed a growing illegal demand for wild meat

Large-scale hunting is leading to a decline in the diversity of waterbirds in the state, say researchers.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Aug 24, 2017 · 12:30 pm

Indira canteens are strikingly similar to Amma canteens, but will they work equally well?

Karnataka recently launched low-budget canteens in Bengaluru, similar to Jayalalithaa’s pet scheme in Tamil Nadu.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Aug 24, 2017 · 06:30 am

Paper trail: How the world’s first Armenian journal emerged in Madras in 1794

On Madras Day, retracing the origins of ‘Azdarar’ and the merchant community that supported it.

Vinita Govindarajan

· Aug 22, 2017 · 11:30 am