When art and journalism fuse
On Saturday 20th, The Inquirer team went for the opening of PONDY ART photography exhibition in the Old Distillery, in Pondicherry. Olya Morvan is a Franco-Ukranian photographer who spent two years of her...
Category: Special Features
Malabar home films, in the path of Iranian films
All these films have been highly popular among the community and also well received in outside the country like Qatar, Saudi Arabia and other European and American countries where Malabar Muslims live as...
From ‘Hits’ to being a ‘Hit’: A Success Story of a Subaltern Film Pandit
Today social networking sites have become an integral part of life of almost all youths and professionals. This computer mediated communication has also enabled business professionals to serve their purpose of business networking...
Vanchiyar Kaandam bestows a new facet to Silapathikaram
Silapathikaram is a story which has been told and retold by many, mostly upholding the moralistic tone in it or stressing the lesson of an all forgiving and chaste wife who in spite of...
A cup of tea brimming with legacy and mysteries
Do you like to have a tea? No one can avoid such a question when we are really tired. Traditionally every Indian home welcomes a guest with a cup of tea. No matter rich...
A memorable and healing trip to Palani
That morning I woke up listening to the melodious sound of the devotional hymns sung from the nearby temple. “Yes, this is the day…. this is the day…” I murmured ecstatically with my...
Auroville Marathon 2011
The Auroville Marathon has placed Pondicherry on the marathon map of India. The day break of Feb.13 at the Auroville forest saw unprecedented activity in the usually quiet area. A few hundred people had...
Threads of Banaras
Banaras silk is famous all over the world, but today many weavers are out of job. One of the many features that have raised Varanasi to the fame it enjoys today is its silk...