** Nellore ‘padman’ breaking taboos around menstrual hygiene

Mavuluri Suresh Babu (58), hailing from Railway Feeders Road from Nellore city, has been working as a school assistant (Telugu) in a government high school located at Venduru in Gudur mandal of Nellore district.

 He has observed the difficulties of girls to attend school during the menstruation which made them skip school for three to five days.

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** Man on a mission: preserving Thirukkural on palm leaves

“I am a native of Hoshiyarpur in Punjab, but I grew up in Chennai.

I did my schooling from a Hindi-medium school and realised the potency of Tamil much later in life.

I started learning various literature, and 10 years ago, started reading Thirukkural. It is the only text applicable to all religions and races. It is app

** Delhi government launches first-of-its-kind fellowship scheme for artists

 In a first-of-its-kind initiative, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Friday launched “Street Theatre and Performing Arts Fellowship” scheme to give artists an opportunity to showcase their craft, thereby developing a taste for art and culture among the people of the city.

** Class 10 student on cloud nine after Kerala FinMin quotes his poem in budget speech

Heyz S Jackson of St Joseph’s HSS, Thiruvananthapuram, was over the moon when he came to know that his poem was quoted by Finance Minister Thomas Isaac in his budget speech.

A class X student, Heyz penned the poem in August last when the world was grappling with Covid-19.