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Hear about a one-week itinerary for your travel to Tamil Nadu in Southern India as the Amateur Traveler talks to Girin Nayak about his native region.

"The Tamil Nadu Police on Saturday registered an FIR against a Twitter user Mohammed Tanvir, whose profile described him as a journalist, and Bharatiya Janata Party spokesperson Prashant Patel Umrao under various sections of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) for disinformation and claiming that migrant workers have been fatally attacked in Tamil Nadu. 

Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi has sparked yet another controversy by sending out invitations for the Pongal festival with the Union Government’s logo rather than the state government’s, and referring to himself as ‘Tamizhaga Aalunar’ or the governor of Tamizhagam. The governor’s suggestion to rename the state from Tamil Nadu to ‘Tamizhagam’ last week had sparked anger in both the ruling DMK and the Opposition AIADMK. In this episode of the Editorial our Managing Editor Mr Sujit Nair shares his take on the matter. 

Today, Kalki R Krishnamurthy (1899-1954) is best known for his historical fiction—Sivakamiyin Sapatham, Ponniyin Selvan and Parthiban Kanavu—recreating the glorious eras of the Pallavas and the Cholas. The mighty conquests and magnificent art and culture of these two kingly dynasties are brought to bear on contemporary Tamil self-fashioning. In a comprehensive biography of the iconic writer, Sunda (the nom-de-plume of MRM Sundaram, writer and known for his stint in the Tamil service of BBC) shows how, for Kalki, writing was an act of protest as India’s part of freedom movement, assert India’s spiritual/cultural values, and commit to Gandhian ideologies.

Not only does it reveal a writer’s central pre-occupations, the biography is a panoramic chronicle of the era in which Kalki lived.

In sum, the biography turns the story of an individual into the saga of a nation struggling to individuate itself, the journey of a writer as he records its transformations, of a dreamer who believes that writing can charge the mind, change the world.

This episode of BIC Talks is an extract from a BIC Venue event that took place in March 2022 which discussed the English translation of the Tamil biography by Dr. Gowri Ramnarayan who was in conversation with S Theodore Baskaran accompanied by readings by Akhila Ramnarayan and music by Aishwarya Vidya Raghunath.

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Writer-politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi is amongst the most important political figures India has ever seen. He was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu for five terms and leader of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) for over five decades. Still remembered for his fruitful career as a regional leader who helped in the formation of various coalition governments at Delhi, his contribution to Tamil history and culture has been invaluable.

This episode of BIC Talks is about the meticulously researched and deeply engrossing book, Karunanidhi: A Life  that delves into the life and times of this unforgettable man. This conversation with author AS Panneerselvan and journalist Rohini Mohan explores how Karunanidhi became a sort of metaphor of modern Tamil Nadu, where language, empowerment, self-respect, art and literary forms and films coalesce to lend a unique vibrancy to politics.

AS Panneerselvan is the Readers’ Editor of The Hindu, an independent internal news ombudsman functioning with clearly formulated Terms of Reference. Apart from being a regular columnist, he is also a journalism teacher and is an adjunct faculty of the prestigious Asian College of Journalism, Chennai.

Rohini Mohan is a Bangalore-based independent journalist writing on human rights and politics.

This is a podcast which picks up a few interesting things that have appeared in the news in recent weeks. In this episode we have stories from around the world all about animals.

In our first story, we learn that a little puppy was grabbed by an alligator in the USA. You read more about it here:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/nov/23/man-rescues-puppy-from-alligator-without-dropping-cigar

In our second story, we find out about an elephant that fell into a well in India, and you can learn more by following this link:

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/nov/22/elephant-trapped-in-indian-well-rescued-in-12-hour-crane-operation

In our final story, we hear that some of the animals in London Zoo are feeling lonely. You can find out more by watching this video:

https://www.bbc.com/news/av/uk-england-london-54967076

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Chennai City FC owner Rohit Ramesh opens up about the club's journey and challenges in the last couple of seasons as they have made a foray into the I-League, and responds to criticism about the club's home stadium pitch being sub-par. He also lays out the club's vision of growing football in Tamil Nadu and their plans to survive and thrive as I-League and ISL edge towards being re-structured.

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Ravi and Sasi discuss their obsession about latest reality TV star and Tamil Nadu heartthrob - Oviya Helen. Please make sure you check the "Links" for references during the podcast.

• Introduction
• Interest in Bigboss tamil and when it started
• Oviya’s Intro from hosts
• Discussion about Oviya’s good and bad qualities
• A brief overview of other characters:
  • Gayathri
  • Sakthi
  • Julie
  • Snehan
  • Arav
• Isolation of Oviya in the house
• Oviya and Arav’s love
• Snehan support for Oviya
• Oviya’s Exit and Kamal’s reaction
• Winner guesses

Links

• Oviya Helen - The Heartthrob: http://www.firstpost.com/entertainment/bigg-boss-tamil-how-oviya-helen-became-the-premiere-seasons-most-sensational-contestant-3884305.html/amp
• Oviya’s upcoming Telugu movie (Idi Naa Love Story): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIJ10ZMWzKA
• Neenga Shutup Pannunga: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eGjtndc4Gfk
• Oviya Tribute Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mHbwM1TtX0E
• Shakti threatens to slap Oviya: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddWQtic3t1I
• Snehan brings Kamal to tears: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iuFKLtYGLM8
• Oviya final interview with Kamal: https://youtu.be/MtbZWoAU8lI?t=5m10s
• Oviya Anthem for Oviya Army: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRriRknyoM0
• Big Boss Tamil Memes
• • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DwtgbJPrg5s
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4P7LVH4TpWQ
  • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yKlJWZlsJfg
  • https://www.instagram.com/p/BXbdJHAlGNL/