Women

Compulsory registration of pregnancy. Well conceived. TN's Plan to improve maternal and baby health. The Tamil Nadu State Government is planning a laudable scheme. The idea is to make formal registration of pregnancy mandatory. The...

  Nahid Afrin faces 'fatwa'  Nahid Afrin, a 16 year old girl from Assam has received a 'fatwa' for singing on the TV reality show Indian Idol. The clerics of 46 Muslim organizations from Assam have issued this...

South Korea and Tamil Nadu South Korea's Constitutional Court has upheld the Parliament's decision (a few weeks earlier) to impeach the President, Park Geun-hye on account of corruption. The more one reads about the events in...

  continued from Part 1 .... Cool Chilli's Comments on the Caesarean Option  The procedure has its uses. It is useful to help save the lives of the mother or child or both in certain situations. Obviously these situations cannot...

Maneka Gandhi upset with Caesarean Deliveries ratio Mrs Maneka Gandhi, the Union Minister for Women and Child Development is seeing red with the Medical fraternity. She wishes the Medical Institutions across the country to display the...

  Proxy Palani woos masses. Tries to appease Women in TN  EK Palaniswamy  has set the ball rolling as Chief Minister (by proxy for Chinnamma). He has offered some populist measures targetted at women. Amma (Jayalalithaa) counted on...

General Rawat warns Kashmir youth not to support Terrorists A few days earlier, General Rawat sounded out local Kashmiri youth on the hazards of their supporting insurgents. Rawat was forced to give voice to his...

The Land of Kanyas and Kumaris. Wise and Brave Women as well. - Mrs Vikram (A reader) Our’s is a land that has produced numerous women warriors and legends.  Rani Velu Nachiyar bravely fought the...

    Sasikala becomes General Secretary The AIADMK has formally appointed Ms. Sasikala Natarajan as its General Secretary. She replaces Jayalalithaa the former Chief Minister and her erstwhile companion. Stories of intrigues in Tamil Nadu politics rival the ones one has...

Taimur one thinks, Kareena's choice doesn't seem Saif. Broadly, the birth of a baby in the family gladdens one's hearts. It signifies the continuity of the family line. It is a source of joy for...