Geeta Padmanabhan is a freelance writer based in Chennai. She is also a committed civic activist, interested in improving living conditions in the area she lives in.
Residents in several wards of the city are being given immunity boosters such as Nilavembu Kashayam and Kabasura Kudineer, while several states experiment with alternative medicine in the fight against COVID-19.
MP Jayavardhan assures Marundeeswarar Nagar youth that he will arrange for new equipment for the MGR-era gym that has served generations of the slum population in the area.