Opinion
Southern states record alarming number of Caesareans
Childbirth (deliveries), till the recent past, was widely done at homes with an old aunt/ granny assisting the delivering mother. Slowly they were...
Political chaos could lead to clarity soon
Now that the government headed by Edappadi Palanisamy has proved its majority (in an ugly assembly session convened for this purpose) in the...
Willingness to address coastal pressures missing
In the wake of the recent oil spill that devastated Chennai’s coast and the sea, the words of Carl Safina are worth recollecting not just to bemoan...
TRAI rules, Arasu Cable give satellite business tough times
Not long ago, revenues from satellite rights contributed greatly to the extent of 25 – 40 per cent to overall revenues of a Tamil film.
End personality driven politics, usher in principled regime
We live in a society where corruption is the norm and not the exception. We have normalised demand and receipt of bribes in almost all walks of life.
Do people have a say in who their MLAs should side with?
The present political impasse has created a situation wherein the people are not in contact with their elected representatives particularly their...
Budget falls short of meeting equitable health for all
The core thrusts of this year’s Budget are infrastructure, livelihood, higher education and youth. We welcome the government’s attention on women and...
Excellence in execution is the key to success
The founder of Infosys Technologies, N.R. Narayana Murthy once said, “Speed, imagination and excellence in execution are three time-invariant and...
