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Price of Bottled Potable Water Around the World
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Bottled Water . Drinking a good amount of water is essential to maintain our health. Water helps us to conserve energy, lose weight, and combat disease by hydration. Though...
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“Callgate” / “Kerala Solar Scam”: Part 2 – The Arrests
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Kerala Legislative Assembly, Thiruvananthapuram. (Photo: C. Ratheesh Kumar) This year the public came to know about the Kerala Solar Scam perpetrated by Saritha Nair and her...
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Bribing Voters Worldwide and in India
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Every one of us yearns to raise our status in society, but politicians entertain hopes of great magnitude. There are many men and women of principle in the world, but once...
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Assamese Gang Apprehended in Chennai for Circulating Fake Indian Currency Notes
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . “City residents should be cautious about transactions involving currency and must alert the police if they find anything suspicious.” – S. George, Chennai Police Commissioner....
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Thai Pongal: The Harvest Festival of South India
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . The Tamils in Tamilnadu, Puduchery, Sri Lanka, and Malaysia, celebrate the festival called Pongal (பொங்கல்) or Thai Pongal (தைப்பொங்கல்). This festival marks the end of the...
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The Pallikaranai Wetland: Part 1 – Flora and Fauna
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Last Sunday I posted an article titled “February 2, 2014 is World Wetlands Day.” Why am I interested in wetlands? Because I am concerned. My home in Jalladianpet is just 2.5...
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The Pallikaranai Wetland: Part 2 – The Once Pristine Idyllic Wetland Is Now a...
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Why am I interested in wetlands? Because I am concerned. My home in Jalladianpet is just 2.5 miles (4 km) from the Pallikaranai wetland in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India. My home...
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A Shortcut to Learn French
. . By T.V. Antony Raj. THE COMMONEST WORDS IN FRENCH In 1958, I opted for French as second language for my Bachelors degree, at St. Xavier’s College, Palayamkottai, Tamilnadu, India. Rev. Fr. Moumas,...
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India and Day 26 – Part 3: The Devastating Indian Ocean Tsunami
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . December 26, 2004 – Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami On Sunday, December 26, 2004, an undersea megathrust earthquake, known as the Sumatra–Andaman earthquake occurred at...
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Dhanushkodi – Fifty Years After the Cyclone of 1964
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . A cyclonic storm now referred to as the 1964 Rameswaram cyclone or the Dhanushkodi cyclone started with the depression that formed in the South Andaman Sea on December 17,...
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My Impromptu Advice to a Youth
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Last week, a youth from Andhra befriended me on Facebook. He had joined Facebook recently. I visited his page and clicked on “Friends” and found to my surprise it showed “No...
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Police Arrest Actress Shruti Chandralekha for Murdering Her Live-in Partner
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . On May 12, 2014, the officials of the Tirunelveli City Police and the District Revenue Department of Tirunelveli assembled at a spot in Asirvatha Nagar in Palayamkottai,...
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Tamil on Mauritian Currency
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . “Mauritius was made first, and then heaven; and that heaven was copied after Mauritius.” – Mark Twain The Republic of Mauritius is an island nation about 1,200 miles (2,000...
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Fake Stories of Snake Swallowing Humans
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . Photograph shows a python purported to have eaten a drunken man in India. (Source: snopes.com) The above image of a snake makes regular rounds of the Internet every few...
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William Marshall Brown, the Atmospheric Figurative Artist
. . By T.V. Antony Raj . The Bait Gatherers – painting by William Marshall Brown, Leamington Spa Art Gallery & Museum, Warwickshire, England . William Marshall Brown, a distinguished Scottish...
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Was Adolf Hitler a Homosexual?
. . By T.V. Antony Raj. . Adolf Hitler . A subject of historical and scholarly debate is the sexuality of Adolf Hitler. Though the Nazi Party opposed homosexuality and persecuted homosexuals, some...
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Jugaad Innovations
By T.V. Antony Raj . . Jugaad is a colloquial Hindi-Urdu word that can mean an innovative fix or a simple workaround, used for solutions that bend rules, or a resource that can be used as such. Jugaad...
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The Pallikaranai Wetland in Chennai: Part 1 – Flora and Fauna
. By T.V. Antony Raj . Pallikaranai marshland (Photo : T.V. Antony Raj) . Why am I interested in wetlands and writing about them? Because I am concerned. I am not an environmentalist per se. I am just...
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The Pallikaranai Wetland in Chennai: Part 2 – Now It Is a Concrete Jungle!
. By T.V. Antony Raj . Why am I interested in wetlands and writing about them? Because I am concerned. My home in Jalladianpet in Chennai, Tamilnadu, India is just 2.5 miles (4 km) from the...
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Miracles Do Happen Even in This Kaliyug.
By T.V. Antony Raj . . In the early hours of August 8, 2015, around 6:30 am, a walking group called “Twalkers” saw a mother and her daughter carrying a travelling bag at the Anna University Campus...
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