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Meet 96-Year-Old Kamakshi Patti: A Dedicated Civil Activist in Besant Nagar, Chennai

Meet 96-Year-Old Kamakshi Patti: A Dedicated Civil Activist in Besant Nagar, Chennai

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It was not easy to get an appointment with 96-year-old Kamakshi Subramanian or Kamakshi paati as she is known in Adyar and Besant Nagar neighbourhoods. When we reach out, she is at a dharna she has organised at Elliot’s beach against the proposed construction of a public toilet along the walking track. A passionate and […]

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Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming

Want to learn how to swim in the sea? Chennai now has instructors who specialise in open water swimming

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Minutes before getting dropped off mid-ocean at Kovalam (Covelong) for our first open water swimming lesson, Murthy Megavan, the founder of Murthy Surf School, tells me that I am to strap on my life jacket and wait at a spot 100 metres from the shore, marked only by random bobbing waves. “Just relax and talk […]

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