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Monday, December 31, 2007
Margazhi drive at pudukkottai
Dear friends,
Here is an interesting event.
Earlier we did a powerpoint show on Theppa thiruvizha held at Pallavan
Kulam. After that we dint do anything special. We want to do such an
interesting assignment once again. I am suggesting Pongal Kolangal and
related margazhi themes. Please find the invitation with this mail.
We are collecting Margazhi colour kolangal, and we are in a process of
publishing them in our website. Already 13days have gone in margazhi,
so please take photographs of your colour kolams, record the margazhi
songs, or any other art forms and pass it across the group, so that
all of them can see, enjoy and appreciate it.
please find the information with this mail. We are doing some field work also.
I REQUEST EACH AND EVERY ONE OF OUR GROUP TO SUPPORT THIS INTERETING
DRIVE AND MAKE IT SUCCESSFUL.
Thank you.
Pandian, can you publish this in the blog also?
Baskaran
please find the invitation here: http://grassfield.org/pudukkottai/pudukkottai-kolam-call4kolams.pdfSunday, September 09, 2007
What went wrong with Santhi?
A failed hero: What went wrong with Santhi
Sandhya Ravishankar / CNN-IBN
Wind in her face, leaping forward across victory lines. That's how Santhi Soundarajan, a promising athlete from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu battled for glory for long.
But now, this 26-year-old seems to be losing life's battle itself. Santhi is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Government Hospital in Thanjavur after an alleged suicide bid.
Santhi had made headlines after winning medals at the South Asian Games in Colombo. But it was failing the gender test at the 2006 Doha Asian Games that made her the talk of the town.
Though she denied the charge, the stain remained. Neighbours believe family feud over money could also be a reason behind the step. After all, the gift of over Rs 10 lakh that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi made her last year was big money for this small town girl.
Neighbours say Shanthi was a quiet girl who didn't have any friends. She kept to herself and didn't venture out much. Her sudden rise to fame and the equally sudden humiliation that followed might have played on her mind. Especially since questions of gender are ridiculed in conservative towns like her native Pudukottai.
Shanthi had dropped out from her BSc Computer Science course. She was unemployed and not looking for a job either. Now to add to her troubles, she'll have to face the legal consequences of her suicide bid as well
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/a-failed-hero-what-went-wrong-with-santhi/48181-5-23.html
Sandhya Ravishankar / CNN-IBN
LOSING LIFE'S BATTLE: Santhi is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Government Hospital in Thanjavur after an alleged suicide bid.
A silver medal at the Asian Games in Doha last year and then stripped of it following a gender controversy. And now an alleged suicide attempt.Wind in her face, leaping forward across victory lines. That's how Santhi Soundarajan, a promising athlete from Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu battled for glory for long.
But now, this 26-year-old seems to be losing life's battle itself. Santhi is admitted to the Intensive Care Unit of the Government Hospital in Thanjavur after an alleged suicide bid.
Santhi had made headlines after winning medals at the South Asian Games in Colombo. But it was failing the gender test at the 2006 Doha Asian Games that made her the talk of the town.
Though she denied the charge, the stain remained. Neighbours believe family feud over money could also be a reason behind the step. After all, the gift of over Rs 10 lakh that Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M Karunanidhi made her last year was big money for this small town girl.
Neighbours say Shanthi was a quiet girl who didn't have any friends. She kept to herself and didn't venture out much. Her sudden rise to fame and the equally sudden humiliation that followed might have played on her mind. Especially since questions of gender are ridiculed in conservative towns like her native Pudukottai.
Shanthi had dropped out from her BSc Computer Science course. She was unemployed and not looking for a job either. Now to add to her troubles, she'll have to face the legal consequences of her suicide bid as well
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/a-failed-hero-what-went-wrong-with-santhi/48181-5-23.html
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