Today is the last day of what is considered as the hottest period of the year in the traditional Panjankams, more commonly known as the Kathiri Period. The talk among most common people over the past couple of days, particularly around North Tamil Nadu, is Kathiri Veyyil time is coming to an end so temperatures…
For some of the readers it might come as a surprise to see the headline for today’s post. East coast of Peninsular India being the hottest place in the Indian Sub Continent is not a regular feature during the last week of May considering how hot NW India and adjoining parts of Pakistan is at…
Way back in 2005 Rajnikanth acted in a film called Chandramukhi which saw Vaigai Puyal Vadivelu at his peak matching the aura of the superstar in the comedy scenes right through the film. One of the scenes had the super star, acting as a Dr. trying to answer Vadivelu’s question on whether ghosts exist? Many…
The Indian Sub Continent is unique in many ways, landmass surrounded by three waterbodies , a mighty mountain range to the North in the form of the Himalayas provides for some interesting weather events that are seldom seen simultaneously in the same country. As the capital and surrounding Northwest India reeled under an intense heatwave…
Monsoon (Merriam Webster Dictionary) 1: a periodic wind especially in the Indian Ocean and southern Asia2: the season of the southwest monsoon in India and adjacent areas that is characterized by very heavy rainfall3: rainfall that is associated with the monsoon The word monsoon probably owes its origin to the Arabic word “mawsim” indicating season. Southwest Monsoon, one…
