Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu lawyers continue to boycott high court proceedings

Tamil Nadu lawyers continue to boycott high court proceedingsChennai, Mar 2 : Protesting Tamil Nadu lawyers are continuing with their boycott of the Madras High Court. Monday marked the eighth of their strike.

Several advocates are on hunger strike outside the high court premises here.

The lawyers are demanding immediate action against police officials who baton charged lawyers in the Madras High Court premises on February 19.

Freedom songs

Some years ago I went on a trip to a southern district of Tamil Nadu with research in mind. At least that was what I told anyone who wanted to know why I was going there.

What I found was a different kind of definition for freedom.

At a little town by the ocean, where the waves could rise as high as the houses when the winds churned the waters, it seemed nothing could hold anyone back. The sea was your backyard and if anyone crowded in on you, the sea would help you flee.

But nothing had prepared me for what that little seaside town also showed me. A glimpse of a community caught in a time warp whose rules of purdah were almost medieval.

“What do you do with your time?” I asked one of the girls I met there.

Lawyers reject decision

The agitating lawyers of Tamil Nadu rejected the SC decision. “The Supreme Court decision is an eyewash, transferring officers is routine. We will not call off our protest till stringent action is taken against police officers involved in the assault,” they said. 

Leaders of lawyers’ associations are away in Delhi, where an SC bench comprising chief justice KG Balakrishnan and justices P Sathasivam and JM Panchal heard their petition on constituting an inquiry committee headed by a sitting judge.

Slumdog kids walking on the red carpet a big statement, says Rahman

Slumdog kids walking on the red carpet a big statement, says RahmanChennai, Feb 26 : A. R. Rahman who won Oscars for best original score and best original song in the movie 'Slumdog Millionaire' has said that the Slumdog kids sharing the platform with Hollywood actors like Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie is a bigger statement than him winning two Oscars.

Rahman returned to his home in Chennai to a rousing welcome early on Thursday morning.

Forty-three-year-old Rahman was received by friends and fans.

List of recipients of Kalaimamani awards released

List of recipients of Kalaimamani awards releasedThe names of seventy artistes who will revive Kalaimamani awards presented by the Tamil Nadu Iyal Isai Nadaga Mandram were announced on Tuesday. These people have been selected for their contribution in the field of art and literature in 2008.

Airoli karateka claims laurels in world meet

22-yr-old Suyog Sonawane won gold in championship held at Salem, Tamil Nadu

Airoli resident Suyog Sonawane has won gold medal at the World Martial Arts Championship that was conducted at Salem in Tamil Nadu. The championship was conducted by the World All Martial Art Federation in which 39 countries participated. There were two forms of Karate which were competed in the championship - Kumite and Kata and Suyog won the gold medal in Kumite, which is a form of fighting.

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