Artwork, creative ideas with themes of Thirukkural verses on display at exhibition
The Hindu
An art and photography exhibition was inaugurated at the District Central Library on Monday as part of the programme to celebrate the silver jubilee of the unveiling of the 133-foot tall statue of Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in Kanniyakumari
An art and photography exhibition was inaugurated at the District Central Library on Monday as part of the programme to celebrate the silver jubilee of the unveiling of the 133-foot tall statue of Tamil saint-poet Tiruvalluvar in Kanniyakumari.
The exhibition was inaugurated by District Collector M. Pradeep Kumar on Monday in the presence of A. P. Sivakumar, District Library Officer, and senior officials.
The artworks, expressing creative ideas themed on Thirukkural verses, were put up by students of Design School, and independent artists.
A seven-foot tall Tamil anthology featuring 1,330 stories based on the Thirukkural, written by 133 authors and compiled by S. Vinothini of Ahazhl Trust and Literary Forum, Perambalur, is one of the major attractions at the exhibition.
A display of books on Thirukkural by various authors will be part of the exhibition, which will conclude on December 31, said a press release.
More than 2.6 lakh village and ward volunteers in Andhra Pradesh, once celebrated as the government’s grassroots champions for their crucial role in implementing welfare schemes, are now in a dilemma after learning that their tenure has not been renewed after August 2023 even though they have been paid honoraria till June 2024. Disowned by both YSRCP, which was in power when they were appointed, and the current ruling TDP, which made a poll promise to double their pay, these former volunteers are ruing the day they signed up for the role which they don’t know if even still exists