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2020, year of the pandemic: After murder of husband and father, TN woman says cops gave abuse not protection
Greeshma Kuthar •On 8 May, Muthulakshmi's husband Thangaraj and father Palavesam were murdered by a mob of Thevars in Sathankulam's Udayarkulam. This is the same infamous panchayat town where Jeyaraj and his son Benix were killed in police custody
2020, year of the pandemic: For a first-generation tribal college student in TN, getting an ST certificate has been toughest test
Greeshma Kuthar •Dhanalakshmi, an Irula student, was preparing to study agricultural sciences, but official apathy towards granting her a community certificate stands in the way of her aspirations
2020, year of the pandemic: How COVID-19 lockdown in Tamil Nadu washed out this farmer's yearly harvest
Greeshma Kuthar •For Vijayakumari and her husband Sahadevan, every year is a struggle to survive, but the challenges this year were new
2020, year of the pandemic: Left without a stage and live audience, TN storyteller turns to Zoom to perform
Greeshma Kuthar •Making her way back to her native village, Rathy S found herself grappling with a vexing question: How does one perform as a storyteller in this ‘physically-distanced world’?
2020, year of the pandemic: Forced into COVID duty with a newborn, TN nurse reveals unfair treatment of contractual health workers
Greeshma Kuthar •When things went out of control, Sharon, a govt nurse in Tamil Nadu paid Rs 2 lakh to get transferred near her hometown, but her troubles are far from over as she now travels six hours a day to work and back all for a meager salary of Rs 14,000 a month