Tag Posts: South india
Aishwarya Manivannan: The Tamil Martial Art of Silambam in a Saree
On “National Handloom Day”, celebrated on August 7th in India, Aishwarya Manivannan a Tamil Nadu based artist, designer & practitioner of Silambattam released a video celebrating her love for Silambam & Handloom. Dressed in a cotton saree, Aishwarya showcases Tamil Nadu’s traditional martial art form and the versatitlity of the saree. Silambam or Silambattam is […]
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A Tamil Garden at the 2016 Chelsea Flower Show
Photos by Helen Fickling & Charles Hopkinson For five days each year, London houses its own little Garden of Eden in the heart of the city. Every May, since 1912, gardeners from all across the world make their way to the Chelsea Flower Show, turning the capital in to a heavenly paradise with their beautiful, […]
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Amma Canteen: Seven cents a meal in Tamil Nadu
The Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa’s “amma canteens”, which serve cheap meals to hundreds of thousands of people daily, have become immensely popular with the poor and the middle classes. The BBC’s Geeta Pandey samples the treats at a canteen in Chennai (Madras). It’s just a few minutes after noon on a hot summer […]
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Story of a girl – “I Married a Stranger..”
I was on the bed, feeling terrified. I opened my diary and wrote, ‘I married a stranger’ and quickly hid it under the bed. My whole body was shaking. “What do I do?” I questioned myself. “Do I act like a virgin?” “But what if he finds out? Do I tell him to wait for […]
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Ellen makes Tamil food on American television
Ellen makes some wholesome South Indian Tamil food ‘Thayir Sadam’ with Padma Lakshmi. Chennai born Tamilian Padma Lakshmi is a former American model, “Top Chef” host and cook book author. On the Ellen DeGenres Show, Padma spoke about her new memoir entitled “Love, Loss And What We Ate,” and managed to get the popular television […]
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