If and when the Cauvery Management Board is constituted, one of the questions that the Board may have to tackle is: What is the quantum of water that will have to be released for agriculture in Chennai? “Agriculture in Chennai? Surely you intended to say agriculture in Thanjavur, right?” I can hear you exclaim. Just chill, I meant Chennai only,… Read more →
Some of the most well-known ball tampering incidents over the years Chennai, Mar 28: The ball-tampering issue was a vexatious controversy involving Australian and South African Test teams, but thanks to the quick and smart handling of it by the various stakeholders — this is the beauty of collective working — it has ended up as a full-blown international cricketing… Read more →
This week’s biggest revelation is: Your pointless Facebook status messages (“Bliss is having Thayir Vadai at A2B.” ) may not be exactly that pointless. There are apparently top-notch technology companies that are ready to — to use a very dignified phrase — give plenty of sh** to your tedious posts. We are of course talking about Cambridge Analytica the company… Read more →
Statutory warning: No animal was harmed in the making of this report. But there are a couple of tasteless jokes on Simbu. There is a crisis in Tamil film industry that there has been no new releases for the last two weeks and they have been re-releasing films like Vedhalam and Mersal. This makes it clear that there is a… Read more →
How to sound authoritative on science without knowing anything (in other words, how to be like varsity VC) Chennai, Mar 15: The death of Stephen Hawking has robbed the world of a scientist who lucidly explained many of the deep truths of this universe, except the one whether he was actually a cosmologist or an astrophysicist. The obituary references to… Read more →
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