Tamil Nadu

“I come from a small village in Tirunelveli district, so I know what it’s like for students from these parts," says Dr Mari Raj - who is fighting for equality and justice.

"Chinnathambi is a very calm elephant. He never troubled anyone and even after all the troubles and physical damages he went through, he was very quiet and patient. All he is doing is finding a way back"

He may have been mocked as a 'half-naked seditious fakir', but his iconic makeover went on to become the quintessential symbol of the common man and his spiritual strength.

He noticed the perpetually low parent turnout at the Parent Teacher Meetings in the school. On inquiry, he discovered that a majority of the students had lost one or both parents to suicide.

The complete credit for this near impossible transformation goes to Dr Asokan and his dedicated team comprising nurse Balamani, livestock inspector Senthil Kumar and his assistant Marimuthu, Ganesh, a biologist, and his assistant Kesavan.

63-year-old Senthamil Selvan narrates his six-year journey into converting once barren and uncultivable land into a beautiful farm.

It comes as no surprise that members of the Constituent Assembly—the framers of our Constitution—held fierce debates on the subject of language.

“The benefit of using Azolla is that it is locally available and inexpensive. It is cheap and renewable."

"We realised that when the dogs were there, thefts in the area reduced. So we called up the Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) to get the dogs vaccinated and sterilised."

As many as 229 residents of Madathattuvilai have donated their eyes in last one decade—making it a trailblazer among cities and towns across the country.