Tamil Nadu

For one, the state has good connectivity and better road conditions. Next, it has some of the most spectacular temples in the country.

After being on the radar for recording a staggering gender gap in its under-five mortality rate, the state has finally managed to redeem itself and bridge it in 2016, according to the Registrar General of India’s latest report.

She spoke to him openly about the shame her mother felt every day from having to defecate in the open and convinced him to build a toilet.

Ponga in Tamil means to ‘boil over.’ One of the most popular harvest festivals celebrated in South India, ‘Pongal’ derives its name from this very tradition of cooking the newly harvested rice until it overflows from an earthen pot.

The story of Fathima Beevi, a woman who dared to go beyond the obvious and went on to become India's first female Supreme Court judge.

These inmates serving life sentence are converting shredded demonetised notes into stationery for the state government and its agencies to use.

Chiharu Obata and Yuto Ninaga travelled to Madurai, all the way from their homeland of Japan to have their dream wedding in the traditional Tamil way.

The Edakoodam was invented in the 16th century and is made of wood!

Born to Jagaveera Kattabomman and Arumugathammal on 3 January 1760, Veerapandiya Kattabomman belonged to the Bommu and Aathi Kattabomman clan in the village of Panchalankurichi in Thoothukudi district of Tamil Nadu.

Here is the untold story of how forest officer Hugo Wood came to the rescue of Anamalai forests at a time when they stared at a bleak future.