Coimbatore

Manikandan (centre) during a workshop | Photo Credit: Special arrangement Sometime in the 16th Century, a group of people from Bellary in Karnataka, migrated to Tamil Nadu. They brought with them something precious: their song and dance.…

Organic cotton dhoties | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement From a 21-dish onasadya with avial(vegetables made with coconut and milk), olan (ash gourd with beans in a thick coconut milk gravy), kichadi (gourd in yoghurt curry), pachadi…

Manufacturing unit of Walkaroo footwear at Malumichampatti | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M “Start walking,” says V Noushad, founder and managing director of Coimbatore-based Walkaroo International. The footwear brand joins hands with…

The Milky Way at night sky in Hanle | Photo Credit: Akshay Satish A stunning view of the Milky Way in a 180 degree arc extending from the South to the North at the night sky in Hanle, Ladakh, India’s first dark sky reserve, is an…

Krishnakumar Viswanathan and his cousin Mahadevan Rajamani | Photo Credit: Special arrangement When Krishnakumar Viswanathan and his cousin Mahadevan Rajamani decided to go on a cross-country expedition, they were sure of one thing: theirs…

Broadway Cinemas has opened nine-screen cinemas including IMAX Laser screen and EPIQ premium large format in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: PERIASAMY M The out-of-the world Pandoran objects and creatures from James Cameroon’s Avatar: The Way…

LuLu Hypermarket | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S The first impression takes your breath away. Day two at the newly-opened LuLu Hypermarket, located at Lakshmi Mills Compound on Avinashi Road is nothing short of a celebration.It’s 6pm and…

Master Chef Lian Yun Leif( left) from Golden Dragon restaurant in Taj Coromandel, Chennai and Chef Sarathchandra Banerji, the executive chef at Red Pearl restaurant at Taj Vivanta in Coimbatore | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S Master Chef…

Café All Rise | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S Even until a decade ago, Coimbatore used to be a proper retirement hub. ‘Happening’ will never be the word one would use to describe the city — it has mostly been a quiet place with quiet…

Tamilarasan believes words, even without music, can turn into songs when pronounced right | Photo Credit: Siva Saravanan S For long, V Tamilarasan had been singing a popular Tamil devotional film song without knowing it was actually a rap.…