Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu is facing the heaviest rainfall in over 100 years, and it has been raining continuously in Chennai and some neighbouring regions since Monday this week. In such a situation of distress, this is how people in the city are helping each other out in every possible way.

Members of the Tamil Nadu Home Guards displayed their commitment to duty in a very inspiring way when the city was submerged because of the rains and people were crying out for help.

We sometimes hear of NRIs who leave their lucrative jobs in foreign lands and return to India to serve the needy. But have you heard of anyone who cancelled his green card process, left a full-fledged career as general manager of an international hotel chain in the US, studied again to make a new beginning, and returned to India with a new mission in mind? Meet Hari Balaji, US-returned hotelier turned humanitarian, who wants to create a ‘disaster resilient India.’

Chennai is going through a very challenging time, facing its highest rainfall in 10 years and the floods that followed. In such a situation, there are many Good Samaritans who are doing their best to rescue their fellow beings. This is how.

Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadi are still reeling under the battering received from incessant rains. Disaster expert, Hari Balaji, has some urgent and timely advice for the beleaguered residents of the state to help them stay safe.

Heavy rainfall since over 10 days now, and the resulting flood, has brought life to a near standstill in many parts of Chennai. But hope is visible in the actions of individuals helping one another in the best possible manner.

A group of activists working for rights of people with disabilities in Chennai have prepared a list of requirements that will make polling stations differently-abled friendly.

Sushrut Ahale wanted to do something special on his birthday, and to make the day a happy one for many people around him. This is what he did.

The Nilgiri Mountain Railway, which was given world heritage status by UNESCO in 2005, completed 106 years of its existence on October 15, 2015. To celebrate the special day, passengers were given cake and flowers.

Ever since the advent of the internet and e-books, printed books are of no value anywhere now. So thought this US citizen who had books to give away. An ACP in Tirupur, India, disagreed. The books crossed the ocean and found a home in his police station.