Author: Santhosh Mathevan

For meme creators from the south, the BJP has always been troll material. Adding spice to their creativity was the beating the party is taking in the Assembly polls in five states, of which four are from north India. It has acted as a trigger to flood social media with memes since morning.

It’s not just volunteers, but a whole lot of public sector workers who are working day and night without proper food and sleep on ground zero to restore the cyclone Gaja-hit delta districts back to form.

Food, shelter and clothing have always been taught as the three basic necessities of life. A disaster like Cyclone Gaja destroys them all in no time.

With an aim to take part in Asian Games and bag a medal for the country, S Shruthi from Saligramam is all set to take part in the national-level athletics meet, representing Tamilnadu.

Kollywood has this obsession of making movies with caste pride – it is the same industry that makes a number of movies against communal discrimination, as well. When we take debutant filmmaker Santhosh Thiyagarajan’s Seemathurai, it is of the first kind.

It is estimated that two lakh electric poles were damaged or brought down when the cyclone barrelled down the districts of Thanjavur, Pudukottai, Tiruvarur and Nagapattinam. All these poles have to be either replaced or re-installed to restore power supply to the affected areas.

As we have been witnessing a number of adult comedy movies in recent days, IEMI, unlike others, has a proper story and screenplay. However, like every other film, the movie also has its own share of sleazy shows and objectification and humiliation of women.

Communalism persists even during the hardest of times in Nagapattinam as there is are SC camps and camps for other people. The oppressed classes do not get proper relief.

Something, from within, made the three friends, Pragathees Pandiyan, Anbarasan and Parthiban, rise up from their own loss and put their village, Alathambadi, back on its feet.

Not an easy announcement for both ends – the one who makes it and the crores who listen to it. Actor-politician Kamal Haasan’s statement Tuesday came like this as he informed, “Indian-2 will be my last film.”