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"Grateful To Our Parents": Indian-Origin Man Revisits Ancestral Tamil Nadu Village, Reflects On Family Journey
He further said that he feels grateful to his parents and elders for raising them the way they did despite facing many hardships early in their lives.
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7 Villages In This State Celebrate Silent Diwali To Conserve Birds In Nearby Sanctuary
As the boom of firecrackers filled the air across the country celebrating Deepavali with gusto, seven villages in Erode district of Tamil Nadu decided to mark the festival with just lights, and no sound, in a gesture considerate of the winged inhabit
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"Due To Caste": Woman Panchayat Leader Made To Sit On Floor For Meeting
A photograph showing an elected woman panchayat leader sitting on the floor during a meeting she ought to preside over - while others sit on chairs - has sparked outrage in Tamil Nadu and exposed the deeply entrenched discriminative practices
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15-Feet Long King Cobra Rescued From Tamil Nadu Village
A 15-feet long King Cobra was rescued today by forest officials from a village near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The snake was spotted in Narasipuram village in Thondamuthur, a suburb of Coimbatore city.
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Leopard Cub Enters House, Hides Under Cot In Tamil Nadu Village
A leopard cub strayed into a house and hid under a cot in a village in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu today, the police said.
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Overworked Mill Workers Are Now Policewomen: How They Turned Their Lives Around
Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu: Before the break of dawn, Muthulakshmi Mariappan slips out of her home and starts running. In the stillness of the morning, she gasps for breath but eggs herself on to run faster, take longer strides and ignore the thorns piercing her bare feet. For the 20-year-old spinning mill worker, running fast is a prerequisite to be...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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2 Tamil Nadu Villages Linked To Nobel Laureates To Become Wi-Fi Hotspots
Two small Tamil Nadu villages where two physics Nobel Laureates - C V Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - had their roots will be networked by Wi-Fi hotspots on June 20, said a top official of Microsense India.
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Villagers Protest Closure Of Liquor Shop In Tamil Nadu
Protesting the closure of a state-run liquor shop in Anaikatty village of this district near Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, following agitations by tribal women of the neighbouring state, nearly 200 people today blocked the road and demanded its reopening.
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"Grateful To Our Parents": Indian-Origin Man Revisits Ancestral Tamil Nadu Village, Reflects On Family Journey
He further said that he feels grateful to his parents and elders for raising them the way they did despite facing many hardships early in their lives.
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7 Villages In This State Celebrate Silent Diwali To Conserve Birds In Nearby Sanctuary
As the boom of firecrackers filled the air across the country celebrating Deepavali with gusto, seven villages in Erode district of Tamil Nadu decided to mark the festival with just lights, and no sound, in a gesture considerate of the winged inhabit
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"Due To Caste": Woman Panchayat Leader Made To Sit On Floor For Meeting
A photograph showing an elected woman panchayat leader sitting on the floor during a meeting she ought to preside over - while others sit on chairs - has sparked outrage in Tamil Nadu and exposed the deeply entrenched discriminative practices
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15-Feet Long King Cobra Rescued From Tamil Nadu Village
A 15-feet long King Cobra was rescued today by forest officials from a village near Coimbatore in Tamil Nadu. The snake was spotted in Narasipuram village in Thondamuthur, a suburb of Coimbatore city.
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Leopard Cub Enters House, Hides Under Cot In Tamil Nadu Village
A leopard cub strayed into a house and hid under a cot in a village in the Nilgiris district in Tamil Nadu today, the police said.
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Overworked Mill Workers Are Now Policewomen: How They Turned Their Lives Around
Rajapalayam, Tamil Nadu: Before the break of dawn, Muthulakshmi Mariappan slips out of her home and starts running. In the stillness of the morning, she gasps for breath but eggs herself on to run faster, take longer strides and ignore the thorns piercing her bare feet. For the 20-year-old spinning mill worker, running fast is a prerequisite to be...
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In This Drought-Hit Tamil Nadu Village, Only Women Left In Search Of Water
Nagapattinam, Tamil Nadu: As men migrate from drought-hit Tamil Nadu in search of work, it’s the village women who have taken charge of the situation in Nagapattinam district. Severe scarcity of water has not only caused a mass exodus leading to a collapse of the agrarian economy, but has also affected the subsidiary jobs. In Meenambanallur villa...
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2 Tamil Nadu Villages Linked To Nobel Laureates To Become Wi-Fi Hotspots
Two small Tamil Nadu villages where two physics Nobel Laureates - C V Raman and Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - had their roots will be networked by Wi-Fi hotspots on June 20, said a top official of Microsense India.
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Villagers Protest Closure Of Liquor Shop In Tamil Nadu
Protesting the closure of a state-run liquor shop in Anaikatty village of this district near Tamil Nadu-Kerala border, following agitations by tribal women of the neighbouring state, nearly 200 people today blocked the road and demanded its reopening.
