Underrated Legends

While the entire nation in the early 1900s was fighting against The British Raj, joining Gandhi’s Non-Cooperation Movement and such, there was a hero...

When we write about the greatness of Tamil or the symbols and people we celebrate, it often becomes a hagiography. Many times, this is...

Kalyanasundaram, a true humanitarian, was born in Melakarivelamkulam in Tamil Nadu's Tirunelveli district, lost his father when he was a child, and was...

Jai Hind is a salutation and slogan that originally meant "Victory to India" but has come to signify "Long live India" or "Salute to India"...

Lakshmi Sahgal, often referred to as Captain Lakshmi, a tribute to her rank when she was imprisoned in Burma during the Second World War,...

S. N. Sundarambal, born on 7 October 1913, in Veerapandi, Tiruppur, was a fearless freedom fighter and tireless social worker whose life was dedicated...

Suryanarayana Sastri (1870–1903), was a Madras Christian College professor and early Tamil patriot better known by his Tamil pen name “Parithimar Kalaignar.” He was...

From a terrorist revolutionary sentenced to a long prison term to a spiritual ascetic and teacher would seem to many to be a far...

Feature Image Credits: Tamil Nadu Now 16 June 1801. Two brothers who were ruling the region of Sivagangai, declared from the ramparts of the Trichy...

Mahakavi Subramaniya Bharathiyar was one of a kind. He was a great writer who wrote in simple language. This quality of his writings appealed...