GENRE: Features Citizen Matters, Chennai

Chennai comes together to pledge action for a flood-proof monsoon

September 1, 2016 Deepa Seshadri

1000 people gather for Kelu Chennai Kelu!

Dinners with Dignity – the T Nagar dinner drive for the homeless

August 18, 2016 Bhuvana Rajaram

The Joy of Giving offers so much satisfaction and adds a definite meaning and purpose to our lives. The joy of sharing and giving is especially much more significant when we live in a world

V. Balakrishnan IPS – DCP Mylapore – Man on a Mission

August 11, 2016 Lavanya Donthamshetty

V. Balakrishnan IPS, popularly known as ‘Balky’, is one of Chennai city’s top cops. A student of Mass Communication, he understands the power of communication and the role of media thoroughly and uses the might

Urur Olcott Vizha – A Peek into Chennai’s Past!

August 4, 2016 Monali Bala

How Chennai’s famous Urur Olcott Kuppam Vizha Took Roots When a few disturbed individuals met around a couple of years back, it started a chain of events that seemed like Lego blocks falling in place.

Hitesh – Volunteer Experience at Vegam (Athletic meet for the Differently Abled)

August 1, 2016 Meenakshi Ramesh

My Experience volunteering for Vegam 2016 It’s been two weeks, but the excitement and the spirit of volunteering for Vegam hasn’t faded. July 16th was a big day for all the 1180 differently abled students,

Lessons I Learnt While Dealing with my Father’s Cancer Treatment

July 26, 2016 A Bala

Lessons I Learnt While Dealing with my Father’s Cancer Treatment Six months ago, my father was diagnosed with grade 3 squamous cell carcinoma – that’s the fancier name for oral cancer. Since that day, life

New campaign eyes a Hepatitis C- free Chennai

July 26, 2016 Dr Rifa Tazyeem Khan

New campaign eyes a Hepatitis C-free Chennai It is not one of those killers that are widely discussed or feared by the masses, but an estimated 80,000 people in Chennai currently live with the insidious

Women’s Safety – No One’s Concern?

July 19, 2016 Kameswari Padmanabhan

WOMEN’S SAFETY – A LONG WAY OFF? I was walking home from the grocery store in my neighbourhood of R.A Puram the other day, when the driver of a passing rickshaw stuck out his tongue

Chennai Trekkers clean up Theosophical Society

July 8, 2016 News Desk

For over 10 weeks now, Friday after Friday, volunteers from CTC and other organisations, have been tirelessly cleaning up the Adyar river, inside the Theosophical Society grounds. While it is distressing to see the amount

Say Yes to an inclusive Chennai – take the #selfieonrampchallenge !

July 8, 2016 Satarupa Sen Bhattacharya

The Schizophrenia Research Foundation of India; the Southern Railway Ticket Reservation Centre at ICF South Colony, AnnaNagar; the Hitech Diagnostic Centre on Dr. Nair Road, T.Nagar, the Indian Bank ATM in Chetput opposite the KMC

Why Chennai’s ration card holders are unhappy, despite PDS revamp

July 7, 2016 Nileena MS

Fake ration cards The issue of bogus ration cards is an important concern reported across India, and the central government has announced that ration cards may no longer be used as legitimate proof of identity

Public Distribution System in Tamil Nadu

July 4, 2016 Nileena MS

Even as the Tamil Nadu government has introduced digitization of the Public Distribution System (PDS) and smart PDS cards, ration card holders from many parts of the district complain of lack of access to the

Life in Chennai – A Transgender’s Experience

June 28, 2016 Kameswari Padmanabhan

How a transgender from Sikkim is building her life in Chennai She calls herself Rudy, after she fell in love with Rihanna’s ‘Rude Boy ‘when she was 15. She is trans-sexual. And this is her

Chennai’s garbage : How realistic is the dream of a bin-free city?

June 13, 2016 Nileena MS

In a much-awaited move, the Greater Corporation of Chennai (GCC) is all set to launch its bin-less waste transfer process on a pilot basis in a few of the wards in its newly added areas,

Udavum Karangal: A story of love and compassion

November 13, 2015 Shoma A Chatterji

Pappa Vidyaakar’s organisation, born out of love, passion and commitment to society, has helped over 2000 children and houses around 1880 residences in Chennai and Coimbatore.