Tamil Nadu

Forest officers in Tamil Nadu’s Anamalai Tiger Reserve scripted the perfect reunion of a baby elephant with her mother. IAS Officer Supriya Sahu shared the cutest picture of the duo snoozing together

IAS officer Alby John Verghese has rescued and rehabilitated hundreds trapped in bonded labour in rural Tamil Nadu. This has led to numerous transformations in their lives.

Why is jasmine oil so expensive? The answer lies in its making — watch this video to see what goes behind the process, and how the final result travels across the globe.

Hotel Rahmath, aka Border Rahmath Parotta Stall, located in Tenkasi, the Kerala-Tamil Nadu border, is a small eatery with limited number of dishes but it is also a tourist and celebrity hotspot.

Áine Edwards, an Ireland-native who worked in Chennai for a decade, helped kids in Mahabalipuram become surfers and skateboarders of repute.

Coimbatore-based graphic designer Shuruti Vengatesh has started ‘Patti's Petti’, an initiative where one can send in their grandmother’s recipes or hacks and see them turned into an illustrated postcard.

Laxmi Ammal and Kasthuri Sivaraman, a mother-daughter duo who are now grandmothers, decided to start the Pico farm stay in Tamil Nadu.

Sekar Poovarasan from Tamil Nadu started Humanity — a roadside food stall that allows customers to pay whatever they can while the poor eat for free.

Tamil Nadu potter M Sivasamy has built a portable and eco-friendly refrigerator using clay, which can keep vegetables, milk, curd, etc. fresh for up to four days, without using electricity.

A part of everyday life in south India, Kolam art is more than a decoration. A sign of generosity, it is also a way to feed thousands