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Shobana Radhakrishnan

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Chennai, Madurai, Tamil Nādu
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Palamedu Jallikattu: A golden run for tamers

Palamedu Jallikattu: A golden run for tamers

MADURAI: Gold coins were showered as rewards throughout the seven rounds of Palamedu Jallikattu (bull-taming …

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Growing TN cities pin hopes on new urban development bodies

Growing TN cities pin hopes on new urban development bodies

MADURAI: The state government's decision to constitute urban development authorities in Madurai, Coimbatore, …

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Waterbodies in Tamil Nadu gasping for life

Waterbodies in Tamil Nadu gasping for life

MADURAI: There was a time when life was centred around waterbodies. Those days are history. As times changed,…

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Madurai: Commuters drive on the road to trouble

Madurai: Commuters drive on the road to trouble

MADURAI: With monsoon fast approaching, Madurai corporation's move to fill potholes on roads with gravel to p…

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Close shave for students as ceiling caves in at government school near Madurai

Close shave for students as ceiling caves in at government school near Madurai

DINDIGUL: A portion of the dilapidated ceiling of Vedasandur Government Higher Secondary School caved in on S…

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Elathur lake: A conservation model focused on nature, not human leisure

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By Shobana Radhakrishnan Verified
| Good Food Movement
On a Sunday evening, as the sunset’s glow faded over the Elathur lake in Tamil Nadu, a group of visitors gathered for what seemed like an ordinary nature walk. Darkness settled across the water, and thousands of birds appeared in waves across the sky. They circled above the lake before descending onto the branches of dried trees—sentinels rising from the Elathur’s waters.
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In this Tamil Nadu village, the palmyra has inspired a homecoming

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By Shobana Radhakrishnan Verified
| Good Food Movement
Pandian D. stood barefoot at the base of a towering palmyra tree, its trunk rising like a pillar into the bright, sunny sky. He carefully tightened a rope loop around his ankles and began climbing the tree, moving upward in a quick, practised rhythm. Within moments, the 42-year-old had scaled to the top and balanced himself among its branches.
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On Tamil Nadu’s coast, a living seed bank conserves 2000+ rice varieties

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By Shobana Radhakrishnan Verified
| Good Food Movement
On a bright January morning in Tamil Nadu’s Kuravapulam village, Sivaranjini S. closes the door to her kitchen, picks up a spiral-bound notebook, and walks into the paddy fields adjacent to her home. Her husband, Saravanakumaran P., follows her into the fields, adjusting his blue rubber boots as he walks past a line of palm trees that mark the boundary of their land. At first glance, this farm in the Nagapattinam district resembles any other paddy field in coastal Tamil Nadu.
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