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7 reason why you should be proud to be a Tamizhan? | Namaste Chennai

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Recently, there have been lot of emotional outbursts with respect to the love for Tamizh and Tamilnadu amongst the youth. This article is one such product of the love that we have for Tamizh language and here is why you should also be proud to be a Tamizhan: THIRUKURAL: Oh you beauty! 1330 peoms with just 7 words each and yet conveys 1000s of meanings. These poems were written so many years ago and still they make sense; surprisingly the preachings in these poems are still relevant. BHARATHANATIYAM: The classical dance form of Tamilnadu, is more of an art. The origins of this art dates back to 2000 years ago. In recent times, there have been many foreigners who have profound interest in this dance form and have started learning it. KINGDOMS: Once we were the undisputed kings of southern india and south-east asia. The kings spread our culture throughout south-east asia, as a matter of fact still there are temples in Thailand and Indonesia depicting tamil culture. In the

Moms and Kollywood | Namaste Chennai

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Mothers have been one of the best used sentiments in Kollywood ever since "Thaai illamal naan illa", then "Amma endru azhaikaatha uyir illayae" and till "Amma amma, nee enga amma". Starting from MGR till Dhanush, every hero has taken advantage of this mother sentiment in their movies.  Mother is one easily relatable factor for most of the Indian people and movies have been minting money out of it. Mother sentiment strikes chord with all sort of audience, whether you watch movies in Sathyam cinemas or in Parangimalai Jothi cinemas.  The mother character can be jovial and friendly as in the case of Saranya Ponvannan in OKOK or the character can make us cry as in the case of Srividya in Thalapathi. Sometimes, the mother character will play a crucial role in the movie and take it forward like the role of Nadhiya in M.Kumaran S/O Mahalakshmi or the role of Saranya Ponvannan in VIP. The kollywood directors have always be very careful with the r

Scam in Ration shops | Chennai | Namaste Chennai

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Whenever we goto the ration shops, the person sitting behind the desk will tell us to come next week since the stocks are over. Or they will have a standard reply for every situation, but recently there have been reports from one such ration shop in Chennai about forging the common people and one of the customer have recorded the video. Here is the full story: Do not forget to like :  Namaste Chennai For more such stories, do not forget to like : Namaste Chennai

Threat to Superstar Rajnikanth | Namaste Chennai

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Recently there were news spreading across media about the Pa.Ranjith and Superstar's next film under Dhanush's Wunderbar Productions. Now, there has been a threat from Sundar Shaekhar, President of Bharatiya Minorities Suraksha Mahasangh. Here is the letter from him: 

No ball - Crease line technology | Sports | Namaste Chennai

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The on-field umpire plays a major role in keeping the cricket match intact and fair, but in the past there have been so much burden on the umpire's shoulder. But with the advent of the technology, in the recent times the cricket boards have been easing out the pressure off the on-field umpires.  Imagine a mis-calculated decision in an India-Pakistan match and the crowd will go hay-wire, starting with scolding the umpire and even threatening him. The fans are so attached to the game and team, which makes them go berserk.  Fortunately, In what might come as a major relief to on-field umpires and a time saving option for cricket matches, there are reports that a famous tech service company is working on bringing in a prototype for Crease line technology similar to Goal line technology used in football. This crease line technology is to notify the umpire whenever the bowler oversteps by even a small margin ultimately taking some work off the on-fileld umpire. Watch

How was life in the 90s? | 10 things to take you down the Memory lane | Namaste Chennai

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Most of my friends including me were born in 92'-93' in "Madras" and it is almost quarter-century now, we would like you to take a trip with us to that nostalgic era, where we didn't have computers, electronics and so-called materialistic luxuries, but still it was the best times. Here is a list of 10 things to take you down in this memory lane: MILKMAN: In the early 90s, everyday morning there will be a shout-out from the local milkman. He had his own cows and he will do home-delivery of fresh milk. Later, there were Aavin milk booths introduced in the city and the people were fascinated by it. We were given monthly token and when we punch the token onto the booth, the machine will fill our container with the exact amount of milk.  CRICKET: Those were the days, when there used to be lot of cricket grounds and with the entry of SACHIN in the cricket arena, everyone used to go berserk and took up cricket as a religion. This made every kid in the

6 tips to Beat The Heat this summer | Namaste Chennai | #BeatTheHeat

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Everyone are worried about the summer and high temperatures, so here we are to help you #BeatTheHeat with 6 amazing tips. Do not forget to LIKE our facebook page: Namaste Chennai