GENRE: Features Citizen Matters, Chennai

Want to know if it’s going to rain today? Learn from Chennai’s weather bloggers

January 14, 2021 Bhavani Prabhakar

Tuning in to the reliable forecasts and easy explanations from the city’s weather bloggers has become a habit for Chennaiites. How did the trend evolve?

Will 2020 mark the beginning of a new cultural scene in Chennai?

December 30, 2020 V R Devika

The use of technology, novelty of formats, and the breaking of traditional customs and walls — Marghazi season in the year of COVID could be the portent of what’s to come.

Margazhi in the time of COVID-19: Here’s how you can enjoy the music

December 23, 2020 Aruna Natarajan

Online concerts, home-delivered canteen food – Chennai’s much-anticipated December concerts have changed significantly this year. How do artists and fans feel about it?

Semmancheri residents don’t want food packets. This is what they really need

December 16, 2020 M Palani Kumar/PARI

Cyclone Nivar inundated Semmanjeri – but the misery that followed is nothing new for the people relocated to this area to make way for development projects.

How inclusive is Chennai? Individuals from the LGBTQ+ community speak out

November 22, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

It has been two years since Section 377 was decriminalised in India, how accepting has Chennai society been of residents with alternative sexual orientation?

Child Rights Week: A wishlist from the citizens we rarely hear

November 21, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

As Child Rights Week was observed, we asked children from different pockets of Chennai about their dreams and expectations from the city.

அங்கன்வாடிகள் பூட்டிக்கிடப்பதால் அதன் பயனாளர்களின் நிலை? – ஒரு பார்வை!

October 28, 2020 Vadivu Mahendran

கொரோனா காலத்தில் அங்கன்வாடிகள் மூடியிருப்பதால் மக்கள் படும் இன்னல்கள் என்ன? மக்களுக்கு அங்கன்வாடிகள் எவ்வாறான சேவைகளை செய்து வருகின்றன?

Potters in Chennai staring at a bleak Deepavali…and it’s not just due to COVID

October 27, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

COVID-19 has rendered many potter families in Chennai penniless. But even without the pandemic, theirs is a life of suffering and uncertainty.

In pictures: Chennai’s lakes get monsoon ready

October 22, 2020 Environmentalist Foundation of India

The Environmentalist Foundation of India in collaboration with the Greater Chennai Corporation has been restoring lakes around Chennai. Here are the transformations of some lakes in pictures.

Greening rooftops: 10 ideas from Chennaiites

October 17, 2020 News Desk

From roping in celebrity ambassadors to organising movie nights, the chosen ideas seek to increase the number of rooftop gardens in the city.

The journey of a brand inseparable from Chennai: Co-optex

October 7, 2020 Aishwarya Ram

Almost everyone in Chennai has a Co-optex experience to share. This is the tale of how the brand reinvented itself in recent times to emerge as the perennial favourite of all generations.

How students with hearing impairment are coping with virtual classes

September 30, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Such students need continuous attention and special methodologies in class for effective learning. COVID-19 has made it especially difficult for them.

Chennai is home to nearly 150 species of butterflies. What do naturalists infer from that?

September 29, 2020 Bhavani Prabhakar

Read our article to know where you can watch these winged creatures and how to develop it into a hobby.

The surprising ecological history of Chennai

September 24, 2020 Jayshree Vencatesan, N Muthu Karthick, R J Ranjit Daniels and Anjana Vencatesan

Studies of the present ecology show that Chennai’s past could have been dominated by palmyra trees and thickets.

Lockdown realities: How parents are turning therapists for kids with cerebral palsy

September 7, 2020 Laasya Shekhar

Lockdown has prevented children with cerebral palsy from attending their much needed therapy sessions. But many parents in the city have taken the challenge head-on.