Hinduism is based on logic; Sabarimala shrine must allow entry of women:...
Swami Bhoomananda Theertha's fight for reforms in temple rituals and religious practices began decades ago. The renowned Vedantin monk based in Kerala was one of the first to demand that women of all...
View ArticleAre you Genderqueer or Trans Male?
FB's 56 new gender options may confuse some and please others, but what do they mean, literally and for social attitudes? While Facebook has added 56 more gender options for user profiles to its...
View ArticleFreebie furore! And thereby hangs a tale
Otherwise bitter political rivals, the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) and the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) undoubtedly agree on one point: both believe their extravagant electoral...
View ArticleFull budget from a CM after 15 years
When O. Panneerselvam raises to deliver the budget address in the Assembly on Wednesday next, he will be the first Chief Minister to submit a full-fledged budget after a gap of 15 years. On March 24,...
View ArticleAIADMK cadre go on rampage across TN
Soon after a Bangalore court convicted All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) supremo and Chief Minister Jayalalitha in the disproportionate asset case, violence erupted...
View ArticleSchemes for transgenders benefit too few
It was with much fanfare that the State announced a special policy for transgenders in the budget this year, but some of the schemes introduced much earlier for their welfare seem to be benefitting too...
View ArticlePWF will work for bettering the lives of tea growers: Vijayakant
Hill town Coonoor or Ooty had changed very little in the past several years as the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have done very little to improve the towns and...
View ArticlePRIDE of place
There is dance, music, speeches, fashion shows, screenings of documentaries and short films and an exhibition of photographs. The excitement is palpable as Manaveeyam Veedhi gets set to host the first...
View ArticleList of candidates belonging to DMK and AIADMK fronts
The following is the list of candidates of the fronts led by the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam: Tiruvallur District: A.Manimegalai (DMK) and Pon. Raja...
View ArticleTamil Nadu election: 19 more caste outfits pledge support to DMK
CHENNAI: Representatives of nine dalit groups and ten other outfits pledged their support to DMK on Tuesday, in the presence of party treasurer M K Stalin and senior leaders like R S...
View Article‘Coimbatore South AIADMK candidate suppressed information’
All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam candidate ‘Amman’ K. Arjunan’s nomination to contest the Coimbatore South Assembly seat should be rejected as he suppressed information in the affidavit,...
View ArticleEverything you need to know about being gay in Muslim countries
The official fiction, Brian Whitaker explains, is that gay people don’t exist in the Middle East. They do – and for many of them, the attitudes of family and society are a much bigger problem than the...
View ArticleTranscending gender barrier
She belies the image of a hijra. There’s no make-up, no gaudy dressing and no exaggerated mannerisms. In a simple cotton green kurta and a handbag slung from her shoulder, Revathi is your regular...
View ArticleAsian Persuasians
Western culture isn't always what it's cracked up to be. Comparative studies of Judeo-Christian versus Eastern religions and philosophies reveal much greater depth and breadth in some areas of...
View ArticlePadmini Prakash: India's first transgender news anchor
Padmini Prakash has become India's first transgender to anchor a daily television news show and she has been grabbing attention in the southern state of Tamil Nadu. Since 15 August - India's...
View ArticleIndia abstains from UN vote on LGBT rights watchdog; activists slam PM Modi's...
-->"India not supporting it in UN shows you are homophobic and a biphobic," said transgender activist Akkai Padmashali. Expressing disappointment over India's move to abstain from voting in the UN...
View ArticleFinally, our voices are being heard in God's Own Country
I am gay, I am lesbian, I am transgender, I am intersex..." screamed the members of the LGBT community as they moved through the streets of Kozhikode. People crowded around them, some curious, others...
View ArticleTransgenders pour heart out in first album for equal rights
NEW DELHI: Music is a universal leveller. And, in a first of sorts, nine transgenders hope to achieve that with their first album—Songs of the Caravan—launched in the capital on Saturday by CPI MP...
View Article'M K Stalin-Vaiko meeting was to win over sentimental people': CPI leader...
Thursday, 30 October 2014 - 12:22pm IST | Place: New Delhi | Agency: ANI Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Share on Google+ Share on Reddit Expressing his dismay over parties patching up for political...
View ArticleSwami Ayyappan: 1975
The first film on a temple in Kerala was made in Tamil, K. Subramaniam’s Ananthasayanam (1942) that told the story of Lord Padmanabha, the presiding deity of the famous Padmanabhaswami Temple, in the...
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