துர்காபாய் தேஷ்முக் இந்திய சுதந்திரப் போராளி, வழக்கறிஞர், சமூக தொழிலாளி மற்றும் அரசியல்வாதி. அவர் இந்திய அரசியலமைப்பு சபையின் உறுப்பினராகவும், இந்திய திட்டக் குழுவின் உறுப்பினராகவும் இருந்தார்.
பெண்கள் விடுவிப்புக்கான பொதுநல ஆர்வலராகவும்,1937ல் ஆந்திர மகளிர் சபையை (ஆந்திர மகளிர் மாநாடு) துவங்கிவைத்தார். அவர் மத்திய சமூக நல வாரியத்தின் நிறுவனர் தலைவராகவும் இருந்தார்.
Durgabai Deshmukh was an Indian freedom fighter, lawyer, social worker and politician. She was a Member of the Constituent Assembly of India and a member of the Planning Commission of India.
As a welfare activist for women's liberation, she started the Andhra Women's Council (Andhra Women's Conference) in 1937. She was also the founding chairman of the Central Social Welfare Board.
This company has made clocks for the Royapettah Clock Tower, Anna University, and Spencer’s Plaza to name a few. For this #TriviaThursday, can you tell us which company is this?
In 1906, Haji Mirza Abdul Gani Namazi, whose family had come to Madras from Iran, began a small watch shop called the South India Watch Company. When it didn't take off the way they had expected, well-wishers suggested changing the name to something more Indian-
- upon which in 1909, #GaniandSons began its journey. In the year 1924, they earned the first feather in their cap when they were appointed Distributors for Westend & Longines watches of Switzerland, making wholesale business an important activity of the firm.
Why: One would wonder what the deal with a simple dish as the buttermilk was.
We would say it's the taste and the loyal customer base. The buttermilk here is loaded with cut raw mangoes (maanga) and boondi, and the taste is heavenly! According to 'The Hindu', the curd for this buttermilk comes from a dairy farm in Walajabad.
It arrives at 04:00 am and around 50 litres of buttermilk is made at 04:00 pm every day. Their USP? They operate only during the late hours of the night! The crowds, both families and friends, that gather to have Chetta's Buttermilk is an experience by itself!
Can you identify which ecologically rich college campus this photo belongs to for today's #TriviaThursday?
Photo credits: Wikimedia Commons | Tshrinivasan
Yes, it's the #MadrasChristianCollege! The campus was originally formed as part of the Selaiyur Reserve Forest and the vegetation is of true scrub jungle that comes under Tropical Dry Evergreen Forest with tremendous species diversity of flora and fauna.
The 365-acre campus is also home to a lot of threatened plant species. There are about 9 different species of mammals, 25 species of birds, 13 species of butterflies, 11 species of reptiles, 1 species of mites, 4 species of beetles and 3 species of spiders are found on the campus
This is a screengrab of the song “Enakku Oru Girlfriend” from the movie #Boys, which was released in 2003. Can you identify the building that has been featured in this scene?
It is #SpencerPlaza on Mount Road, widely considered to be India’s first modern mall
While people in Bombay and Delhi were yet to experience mall culture, it was Madras that trumped them and became home to not only the first mall in India but also one of the biggest in -
South Asia when it opened in 1985. Spencer Plaza, the bright and imposing structure on Chennai’s arterial Mount Road (Anna Salai), is still one of the city’s most popular landmarks.
While the mall itself opened up only in 1985, the history of this venue predates it by more than-
தலித் வரலாற்றில் ஒரு முக்கிய நபரான #அன்னைமீனாம்பாள், ஆரம்பகால தலித் பெண் தலைவர்களில் ஒருவராகவும், தலித் பெண்களை அரசியலில் சேர்ப்பதற்கான முக்கியமான வழக்கறிஞராகவும் கருதப்படுகிறார். சுயமரியாதை இயக்கத்தின் (ஈ.வி. ராமசாமியால் 1925
- இல் தொடங்கப்பட்டது) ஒரு வலுவான ஆதரவாளரும், பெண்ணியவாதியுமான அவர், தீண்டாமை, அடக்குமுறை, சாதி ஏற்றத்தாழ்வு ஆகியவற்றுக்கு எதிரான போராட்டத்தில் பெண்களை கல்வியின் மூலம் தீவிரமாகப் பங்கேற்க ஊக்குவித்தார்.
A pivotal figure in Dalit history, #AnnaiMeenambal is considered to be one of the earliest Dalit woman leaders and an important advocate for the inclusion of Dalit women in politics. A strong proponent of the Self-Respect Movement