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கலவர பகுதியில், வன்முறை நடக்கும் பகுதியில், போர்கள் பகுதியில் எடுக்கப்படும் படங்கள் உலகளவில் பேசப்படும். ஆனால், கடந்த வாரம் சிரியாவில் பஸ்கள் மீது பயங்கரவாதிகள் தாக்குதல் நடத்திய போது, படுகாயம் அடைந்த குழந்தைகளை காப்பாற்ற அப்த் அல்காதர் ஹபாக் என்ற போராட்டோகிராபர் காப்பாற்ற முயற்சி எடுத்தது உலகளவில் பெரும் பாராட்டை பெற்றது. இதே போன்ற ஒரு சம்பவம், சில நாட்களுக்கு முன் காஷ்மீர் மாநிலம், ஸ்ரீநகரில் நடந்துள்ளது.
ஸ்ரீநகரின் நவாக்தால் பகுதியில் கடந்த வியாழக்கிழமை உயர்நிலைப்பள்ளி மாணவியர் போராட்டத்தில் ஈடுபட்டனர். அந்த பகுதியில் அவர்களை தவிர அந்த இடத்தில், சொற்ப எண்ணிக்கையில் போலீசாரும், பத்திரிகையாளர்கள், போட்டோகிராபர்கள் இருந்தனர். அப்போது எங்கிருந்தோ வந்த ஒரு கல், குஷ்பூ ஜன் என்ற மாணவியை தாக்கி அவரது மண்டையை பிளந்தது. ரத்தம் சொட்ட சொட்ட கீழே விழுந்த குஷ்பு ஜன்னை கண்டு மற்ற மாணவியர் அலறினர். அந்த பகுதியே திடீரென பதட்டமானது. அப்போது அசோசியேடட் பிரஸ் என்ற வெளிநாட்டு பத்திரிகை ஏஜன்சியின் போட்டோகிராபர் தர் யாசின் என்பவர் தன்னிடம் இருந்த கேமராவை தூக்கி எறிந்து விட்டு, காயமடைந்த மாணவியை இரு கைகளிலும் ஏந்தியபடி மருத்துவமனையை நோக்கி ஓடினார். மற்ற மாணவியரும் கதறி அழுதபடி அவரை பின் தொடர்ந்து ஓடினர்.
வழியில் வந்த காரை நிறுத்தி, காயமடைந்த மாணவியை அதில் ஏற்றி மருத்துவமனைக்கு கொண்டு போய் சேர்த்தனர். சரியான நேரத்தில் அழைத்து செல்லப்பட்டதால், தகுந்த சிகிச்சை அளிக்கப்பட்டு அந்த மாணவி உயிர் பிழைத்தார்.
போட்டோகிராபர் தர் யாசின், காயமடைந்த மாணவியை கைகளில் சுமந்து செல்லும் காட்சியை உள்ளூர் போராட்டோகிராபர் ஒருவர் படம் எடுத்து வெளியிட்டுள்ளார். இணையத்தில் இந்த படம் வைரலாக பரவி வருகிறது. போட்டோகிராபர் தர் யாசினை பலரும் பாராட்டி வருகின்றனர்.
இன்றைய பரபரப்பான விளம்பர உலகில் மனித உள்ளம் படைத்தவர்கள் இன்னும் இருக்கத்தான் செய்கிறார்கள் என்று புலனாகிறது

 

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Sukri Bomma Gowda Padma Shri Awardee 2017
Sukki Bommagowda Pama Shri Awardee 2017
Hailed as the “nightingale of the Halakki,” Sukri ajji (as she is called) has kept the songs and poetry of the Halakki Vokkaligas tribes for decades. Hailing from northern Karnataka, Sukri is the representation of a steadily vanishing tribe. This 75-year-old and her small group of singers strive to keep their community’s traditions alive via their songs that narrate their way of life.

 

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A porn star turns Christian preacher
It remiunds one Of Saint Arunagirinathar who was a sex pervert before turning to Sainthood
According to a report in The Sun, 41-year-old porn star Crissy Outlaw quit her six-year-old career in the most unusual fashion recently, when she decided to become a preacher for the church. The star claims to have had a “sign from God” tell her to quit the industry. Crissy has starred in over 50 films and made a lot of money before but reduce to a few pennies immediately after she made the shock decision in 2006.

The Christian preacher now preaches to all girls about the downside of the industry to give them courage to not enter it and make the “mistakes” she made. She is also working with one of the world’s largest anti-porn websites

 

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A Fact That Is Not Known To The Outside World About JAPAN
In central Tokyo’s bustling neighbourhoods, it’s common to find signs outside establishments, from barber shops to taverns, stating: “Foreigners Welcome”. That these are necessary only highlights how there are places in Japan — guest houses, massage parlours, restaurants — where foreigners are unwelcome.
Justifications for barring entry to foreigners range from worries about communicating with non-Japanese speakers (although many foreigners do speak Japanese), to the notion that foreigners don’t know how to behave in Japanese settings (such as taking off their shoes and speaking softly). Some claim that the real aim of these restrictions is to keep large groups of loud-mouthed Chinese tourists from “spoiling” the atmosphere. Other foreigners are merely collateral damage.
Results of survey
A new survey carried out by Japan’s Justice Ministry reveals that nearly a third of foreign residents in Japan say they have experienced derogatory remarks because of their racial background, while about 40% have suffered housing discrimination. Of the 18,500 foreigners surveyed, 4,252 responded, the majority identified as Chinese and Korean. Over 40% had lived in Japan for more than a decade.






Racism and the reality in Japan
Keeping in mind the 2020 Olympics, Japan is beginning to address deep-rooted discrimination
thehindu.com

 

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The Azaan call early morning: is it secularism?
Hindu Temples are not allowed to sing DEvotional music over a loud mike. Why this discrimination?
Siddiqui’s post comes a week after singer Sonu Nigam took to Twitter to express his displeasure on being woken up by the morning prayer call. In a series of tweets, the singer wrote: “God bless everyone. I'm not a Muslim and I have to be woken up by the Azaan in the morning. When will this forced religiousness end in India. I don't believe in any temple or gurudwara using electricity to wake up people who don't follow the religion.

 

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The SC order of closing down all the tasmac shops and bars which lie within 500meters of the main road is circumvented by trickery.
The issue pertains to a circular issued by the Commissioner of Municipal Administration dated April 21, directing the officers concerned to pass resolutions to hand over roads belonging to various departments including the State Highways to the respective Corporations/Municipalities. The circular was justified on the ground that it would facilitate easy maintenance of such roads.




DMK moves HC on govt’s alleged attempt to circumvent SC order on bar ban
Two days after The Hindu brought to light an attempt initiated by the State government, to circumvent the Supreme Court order preventing alcohol from being sold within 500…
thehindu.com

 

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Veteran filmmaker and actor Kasinadhuni Viswanath is the winner of the prestigious Dadasaheb Phalke award for 2016, the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting announced on Monday.
The award consists of a Swarn Kamal (Golden Lotus), a cash prize of Rs. 10 lakhs and a shawl.
The award shall be conferred by the President of India at a function on May 3, 2017 at Vigyan Bhawan, the MIB said in its blogpost.
“His contributions have received recognition in the form of Padmashri Award in 1992 by the Government of India for his contribution to film making. He has also been awarded 5 National Awards, 20 Nandi Awards (awarded by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh), 10 Filmfare Awards including Lifetime Achievement Award. His national award winning Swathi Muthyam was the India’s official entry to the 59th Academy Awards in the Best Foreign Film category. His film, Sankarabharanam, is one of India’s most memorable classics, which was appreciated across the world,” the blogpost added.

 

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Chintakindi Mallesham Padma Shri Awardee 2017
Hailing from Andhra Pradesh, Chintakindi is known as the creator of the Laxmi ASU machine, which makes the weaving of the state’s iconic Pochampally silk sarees less laborious and time-consuming. The high school dropout developed the machine to ease the burden on his mother, also a weaver, and has been awarded numerous innovation and entrepreneurship awards for his invention.
Read more: Meet Chintakindi Mallesham: The Inventor of the Laxmi Asu Machine that Relieved the Pain of Several Weavers

 

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Polythene - eating caterpillars may help fight plastic pollution. News
So polythene- eating caterpillars of the future pillars of our nation in our fight against plastic pollution.
With so much of plastic waste in the country, this may lead to the proliferation in excess of caterpillars and we may have to train our people or import people who can "eat the polythene- eating caterpillars" to check the population of those caterpillars and maintain enviro balance.

 

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A man in Japan living over a public Toilet.
In our country It is common even today in some localities, the public toilets are occupied by gypsies and the slum dwellers nearby storing their personal belongings, using it as a bath room and in some case as a living room. But the case presented below is a little different.
A 54-year-old man in Japan has been arrested for living above a public toilet, where he had stored about 300 bottles of his urine. He had been living there for the past three years and also had a gas stove, heater and clothes in his makeshift home above the restroom.
According to a report in Daily Mail, the Usuki police arrested the man, Takashi Yamanouchi, after an electrician, who had come to install a light above the restroom, spotted a man’s shadow and informed the workers at the toilet.
Yamanouchi, who had been homeless for the past 10 years, was charged for trespassing, authorities said.
Police said that the bottles of urine were both in two litre and 500 ml and were neatly arranged. However, police are unsure why he was collecting his urine. ( Planning any agitation?)
In order to arrest homeless Yamanouchi, the authorities had crawl through a 50-square-centimetre service hatch.
Yamanouchi found out this place above the restroom when he saw someone else climbing through the hole and he shared his space with him for a brief period, police said. ( Sharing in distress?)

 

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வேலியே பயிரை மேய்ந்த கதை?
Police caught in the act of thieving?
It reminds me of the story of a frog which was crying saying " Rama, whenever I am in deep trouble, I used to call you. But when you yourself have aimed the arrow at me, whom shall I call for rescue?"




CBI files corruption case against its former director Ranjit Sinha - Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Central Bureau of Investigation on Tuesday filed a case against its former director Ranjit Sinha under the Prevention of Corruption Act.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

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Dr Suhas Vitthal Mapuskar Padma Shri Awardee, 2017






Dr Suhas arrived at Dehu, a village in Pune district, in 1960 as a doctor, and changed its course forever. The doctor took it upon himself to provide toilets for the locals and even devised his own indigenous design for toilets that wouldn’t get washed away in the rains. His efforts over the decades earned him the title of ‘Swachh Dhoot’ among villagers and followers. He passed away in 2015 and has been conferred the award posthumously.

 

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தினகரன் கைது
இரட்டை இலையைப் பெற தேர்தல் கமிஷனுக்கு 50 கோடி கமிஷன் ( அதாங்க லஞ்சம்) கொடுக்க முயன்றதற்கு தினகரன் கைது.
இது ஒரு குற்றமா? தேர்தல் கமிஷனுக்குக் கமிஷன் கொடுப்பது எவ்வாறு குற்றமாகும்? அதன் பெயரிலேயே கமிஷன் இருக்கும்போது. அதனால் கமிஷன் கொடுத்தால் தவறு இல்லை என்ற நல்ல எண்ணத்தில்தான் தினகரன் அதற்கான அட்வான்ஸாக சுமார் 1.6 கோடி ஒரு இடைத்தரகர் மூலம் கொடுத்தார். அதுவும் தனக்காகவோ, தன் பிள்ளைகளுக்காகவோ இல்லை. அந்த இடைத்தரகர் மோடியின் ஆள், ஒரு எட்டப்பன் என்று இப்போது கண்டு பிடிக்கப் பட்டிருக்கிறது. இது டிரம்ப்பும் மோடியும் செய்த கூட்டுச் சதஇ. இதனால் இன்று அப்பழுக்கற்ற தினகரன் அநியாயமாய் கைது.
(குற்றம் செய்தவன் வாழ்க்கையில் நிம்மதி அடைவதென்பதேது... பாட்டு போகிறது.) சட். அந்தப் பாட்டை நிறுத்துங்க. அதுக்குப்பதிலா இந்தப் பாட்டைப் போடுங்க
( சோகப்பாட்டு)
கொடுத்ததெல்லாம் கொடுத்தார்.
யாருக்காகக் கொடுத்தார்?
ஊருக்காகவா கொடுத்தார்?
இரட்டை இலைக்காகத்தானே கொடுத்தார்.
அதுவும் தேர்தல் கமிஷனுக்குத்தானே கொடுத்தார்
தன் குடும்பம் தழைக்க முயற்சி எடுத்தார்
அது பொறுக்காமல் பன்னீர் அதைத் தடுத்தார்
அதற்கு பிஜேபி மோடி ஆதரவு கொடுத்தார்
இதனால் தினகரன் இன்று சிறையில் படுத்தார்.
கொடுத்த..............

 

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Dinakaran used "illegal channels" to send bribe money to Delhi: Police.
News in The Hindu
Are there "legal channels" to bribe? asks Dinakaran's follower so that he can follow it in future.

 

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Good news for all salt lovers like me.
Anything in excess including proteins and Vitamins are also not good for a sound health





Eating less salt may not cause low blood pressure: study
No evidence that a diet lower in sodium had any long-term beneficial effects on blood pressure.

 

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Karnataka: Diddalli on fire; Tribals warn of nude protests. News
But the entire credit for nude protests should go to Tamil Nadu farmers who went all the way from here to Delhi for that. These tribals are way backward.

Tamil Nadu is the pioneer even in this field

 

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Adithyanath reduces holidays for government servants and schools
The governments, both State and centre, whether they are known for efficient work or not ( why this doubt?), they are known for the number of official holidays in a year. Then the government servants have their own casual leave of 15 days per year which can be clubbed with regular holidays to get a continuous ten days of leave at a stretch. In addition, they have earned leave at the rate 11 days per year, which can be accumulated up to five years in one's life time, medical leave with salary of five years during the service, about ten to fifteen days in a year when they resort to strikes and agitations, stay in strike which most government employees silently resort to, permissions every month on personal grounds amounting to a few days every year, bus and transport strikes that help them stay away with impunity from office, one third of every day spent in canteens, chitchatting with insiders and outsiders and so on. The net result is they don't get time to work. So no use blaming them. If an officer is strict, he will be so at his own peril. To add insult to injury, either the government does not exist or the existing government does not act. Because of a conscious few, the government machinery grinds on and such of those people get more work and their colleagues who shirk and who have a political backing get promotions.
This attitude helps to do less work with more men and throws opportunity for appointment of more people to do that "less work" and thus helps to solve unemployment problem!
Now Shri Adithyanath , CM of UP is trying to correct this tendency and as one of his measures has reduced the number of declared holidays considerably. The cancellation of holiday for Eid Milad Un Nabi, however may create an impression that he is a Hindutva man dishonouring Muslim sentiments. He could declare it as a special holiday for muslims only.
His move even though laudable is likely to meet with stiff opposition from all the government servants, since it affects their fundamental right to delay, shirk and not to work. This will be utilised by the opposition to criticise him to garner the support of the government servants and their families.
You may remember that Jayalalithaa during her tenure dismissed nearly a lakh of government servants to improve administration, but she miserably failed in the immediately following elections and so reinstated all of them in service subsequently when she rode back to power and also implemented the central scales of pay to her employees with DA rise to go with the centre whenever centre increased the DA of its servants. Since the cooperation of the government servants are absolutely essential for the state schemes to be implemented, she had to yield to their demands. I think that Adithyanath may also face a similar situation in future and that may affect the prospects of the party in UP in the ensuing elections. That is the problem with democracy. In spite of being very strict, he must use carrots for promoting efficiency in service for which there is no provision at present in government service.




UP: Adityanath govt cancels 15 public holidays in schools, colleges
An official release later clarified that government employees were free to avail restricted holidays on these days.

 

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An ad in a toilet

 

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குடியைக் கெடுக்கும் குடி. டாஸ்மாக் குடி
தமிழ்நாட்டையே கெடுக்கும் குடி. மன்னார்குடி
( மன்னார்குடி மக்கள் மன்னிக்கவும்)

 

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தினகரனிடம், டில்லி போலீசார் கிடுக்கிப்பிடி விசாரணை நடத்தும் நிலையில், இந்த பணப் பரிவர்த்தனை விஷயத்தில், அவருக்கு நெருக்கமான அமைச்சர்கள் யாரேனும் உதவி யுள்ளனரா என்ற விபரம் தெரிய வரும். அவர் கள் பெயரையும், வாக்குமூலத்தில், தினகரன் தெரிவிக்க வாய்ப்பு உள்ளது.
ஏற்கனவே, வருமான வரித்துறை கண்காணிப் பில் இருக்கும் அமைச்சர்களின் பெயரை, தினகரன் சொல்லும் பட்சத்தில், அவர்களை நோக்கி, வருமான வரித்துறை திரும்பும் என தெரிகிறது. மேலும், தினகரனின் உறவினர் களும், தங்கள் மோசடியும் அம்பலமாகுமோ என்ற பீதியில் உறைந்துள்ளனர்.

 

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Social Media
When I go through the comments and reactions of some in facebook , Thuglak Fan club and certain other groups, I really felt for a moment whether I should continue to write in such a media where some riffraffs are using the most obscene language against people and personalities. While the main write-up is subject to approval based on the topic presented, there is no censor on the comments and replies where people write all rubbish and filth attacking in the vilest terms people and leaders whom they hate.
While we have every right to agree or disagree, the way in which criticisms are made makes me shudder with shame and contempt and I have a mind to quit the social media. This media have become the tool of those ugly elements to spew venom on people in the crudest and ugliest way possible. The misinformation and hate that is spread through media offsets the advantages it gives and helps to poison an entire community against another and this may ultimately spoil the slender harmony that is existing at present. I find more emotions and hatred in what they write than reasoning. It is unfortunate that today Tamil Nadu is governed by raw emotion in the name of rationality by rabid elements. Tamil Nadu needs to be saved from these evil hands before it is too late.

 

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The story of another Jansi Rani

Lost in the pages of history is the tale of an incredible warrior and woman named Jhalkari Bai.




Hailing from a humble background, she rose the ranks to become an advisor to the legendary Rani Laxmibai. In fact, so courageous was she that during the battle of fort of Jhansi, she disguised herself as Rani Laxmibai and took command of the army, thus giving the real queen a chance to escape in the meantime.




A prominent fighter during the Rebellion of 1857, one woman driven by sheer fortitude and courage was able to strike fear in the hearts of the British army and leave behind a rich legacy for millions to emulate.

This is her story.




Born on November 22, 1830, Jhalkari, was born to Sadoba Singh and Jamuna Devi in Bhojla village near Jhansi. The only child to her parents, her father had to raise her as a single parent when her mother passed away unexpectedly when Jhalkari was still very young.




Since the family was poor and part of the Kori caste (a Dalit community that was oppressed), she didn’t have the opportunity to go to school and get a formal education. However, right since her childhood she was taught to wield a weapon skillfully and given horseback-riding lessons.




Tales of her bravery continue to be told in various households in Jhansi. It is said that once when dacoits tried to raid the house of a businessman living in the village, it was Jhalkari who single-handedly drove them away. She is also said to have killed a tiger with her axe when the animal tried attacking her once in the jungle.

There is also a popular tale about how she once took on a leopard (again in the jungle) with just a stick.




Jhalkari may have never met Rani Laxmibai had it not been for her betrothal to Puran Singh, a soldier in the queen’s army. Said to be a soldier of great caliber, his skills were quickly recognised by the generals in the court. And it was also around this time that the fateful meeting between Jhalkaribai and the warrior queen would take place.




During Gauri Puja, Jhalkari went to the fort along with a number of women from the village. It was there that the legendary ‘Jhansi ki Rani’ spotted her. And she was taken aback by the uncanny resemblance she shared with Jhalkari, and inquired about her immediately. When the queen was briefed on Jhalkari’s brave acts, she was quickly inducted into the women’s wing of the army. Here she was trained to shoot and ignite cannons as the army was preparing for a British invasion.

 

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“Why is it that it is very difficult to make a distinction between a poor farmer and a rich farmer... When you say farmer, people think that you are going after the poor farmer... So what is it about political discourse that does not allow these distinctions to be made? Why can’t we say, rich regardless of where they get their income, should be taxed,” Chief Economic Adviser Arvind Subramanian said.
Tax the RICH farmers who amass wealth but hide under the disguise of a poor farmer.There are many rich farmers who use the small lease holders and farmers under them to take loans and then fight to get them written off. It is time that those farmers are taxed,





Rich farmers should be taxed, asserts chief economic adviser
Arvind Subramanian also stressed that there is a need to make a clear distinction between poor and rich farmer.
deccanchronicle.com

 

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he target of installing 30,000 bio-toilets for 2016-17, set by railway minister Suresh Prabhu in the budget speech in February 2016, has been surpassed by 13.33%, with 34,000 bio-toilets installed. Ten of the 16 zones, including Southern Railway, have exceeded their target; North-Eastern Railway (NER) and South Western Railway (SWR) retro-fitted 231% and 206% of the targets. Southern Railway added 42% more bio-toilets over the target, or an additional 924 units.
Bio-toilets ensure that fecal matter from trains does not fall onto the tracks. It is bio-digested in a tank using indigenous technology and a non-corrosive liquid is discharged.
This is long over due. By way of a joke, I used to say that the richest track in the country is the railway track. We all know how our railway platforms stink. the entire railway line is a receptale of fecal matter and the workers on the tracks are the most affected. Until now Railways were contributing their own proble4m of insanitation and thanks to the biotoilets, it is becominh a thing of the past. It looks as though the day is notfar off for our railways present a pleasant picture.



Target surpassed: 33% more bio-toilets on trains - Times of India
Chennai: The railways may be slowly limping back on the passenger and revenue fronts after two rough years, but installation of bio-toilets on trains has exceeded targets,…
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

 

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Two-third of the railway track handled passenger traffic, which accounted for one-third of the revenues. Whereas the freight, which accounted for two-third revenues, was given the least priority. “So, when the Dedicated Freight Corridoors (DFC) come up, major trunk routes will operate on them, so that other track are freed for passenger traffic,” the Railway Minister Suresh Prabhu said.
The railways would provide confirmed tickets on demand on all trains by 2020, he said on Friday. This would be possible once the existing network capacity is freed up for passengers by opening up dedicated freight corridors (DFCs) by 2019 and increasing the capacity on the existing routes.


If implemented, that will be a boon for the travelling public. However the priority is SAFETY for the passengers.




Ticket reservation on demand on all trains by 2020: Suresh Prabhu
‘Dedicated freight corridor and capacity massive capacity augmentation will make it possible’
thehindu.com