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Pradeep Damodaran is the author of three books including the critically acclaimed Borderlands: Travels across India's Boundaries. His most recent book, In Pursuit of Freedom: Travels Across Patriotic Lands, was published in August 2024.
TN’s Language War: Should Rupee be ‘₹’ or ‘ரூ’
NationOpinionPoliticsTamil NaduThe Sunday Stir

TN’s Language War: Should Rupee be ‘₹’ or ‘ரூ’

Pradeep Damodaran16 March 202516 March 2025

Even as the row over two- and three-language policy continues unabated, the TN government has added fresh fuel to the…

Stifled by disputes and allegations, Chennai Press Club to hold elections after 25 years
ChennaiNews

Stifled by disputes and allegations, Chennai Press Club to hold elections after 25 years

Pradeep Damodaran8 December 202416 March 2025

For the past several weeks now, there has been an unusual flurry of activity in an otherwise remote and desolate…

Racism against Indians in Canada has deep roots, reveals ignorance
NationOpinionPolitics

Racism against Indians in Canada has deep roots, reveals ignorance

Pradeep Damodaran14 November 202426 November 2024

Even as thousands of Indian students and young professionals queue up to migrate to Canada, thanks to the country’s liberal…

BJP’s promise of free health insurance for senior citizens over 70 no longer on the table?
HealthNewsSpecials

BJP’s promise of free health insurance for senior citizens over 70 no longer on the table?

Pradeep Damodaran4 August 202427 August 2024

Even as the union health ministry claimed that over 34.7 crore Ayushman cards have been created under the Ayushman Bharat…

Outrage over ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s arrest shows our lack of respect for others’ lives as well as the law
ChennaiOpinionThe Sunday Stir

Outrage over ‘Savukku’ Shankar’s arrest shows our lack of respect for others’ lives as well as the law

Pradeep Damodaran5 May 202427 May 2024

For the past 24 hours, social media platforms have been flooded with reactions, comments, and a diverse range of opinion…

The Mylapore Times Story: How a small newspaper is tiding over challenges from national dailies and the digital tsunami
ChennaiSpecials

The Mylapore Times Story: How a small newspaper is tiding over challenges from national dailies and the digital tsunami

Pradeep Damodaran4 May 20244 May 2024

Traditional print media losing ground to digital platforms, in both advertising and subscription revenues, is no longer news as the…

Young policewoman harassed by predatory prank caller exposing serious breach of protocol
ChennaiCrimeNews

Young policewoman harassed by predatory prank caller exposing serious breach of protocol

Pradeep Damodaran2 May 202427 May 2024

While women receiving prank calls, often abusive and vulgar, from unknown men no longer surprises anyone and is considered a…

In Manjummel Boys, Kamal Haasan’s Guna finds its Andhadhi
ChennaiEntertainmentOpinion

In Manjummel Boys, Kamal Haasan’s Guna finds its Andhadhi

Pradeep Damodaran12 March 202414 April 2024

For the past three weeks, this reviewer has been subjected to raves and more raves about just one Malayalam movie…

When Google Gemini called PM Modi a ‘fascist’
OpinionScience and TechnologyThe Sunday Stir

When Google Gemini called PM Modi a ‘fascist’

Pradeep Damodaran25 February 202412 March 2024

Last week, Google’s AI platform Google Gemini landed on the wrong side of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s gaze after the…

Kathir’s Idhayam indulges in a kind of melancholic love that is no longer conceivable
EntertainmentFLASHBACKOpinion

Kathir’s Idhayam indulges in a kind of melancholic love that is no longer conceivable

Pradeep Damodaran24 February 202427 February 2024

Any serious work of art – be it cinema, literature, music or even painting – is a truthful reflection of…

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