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There is fresh life all around us as we write this! Fresh grass, tender leaves, new flowers, new sprouts … Yes, a few good showers in the last 10 days have ended the blistering heat of the hottest summer here for ages, bringing great relief. All of us are now looking forward to the start […]

  Wishing all of you a year filled with innumerable moments of Creativity, Learning and Fulfillment. Pongal Celebrations We had a wonderful Pongal this January! Pongal is a Tamil rural cultural festival. It is also a harvest festival. The sun, cows and the natural elements are honoured and thanked this week. The accent is on community […]

The new Thulir School was formally inaugurated on June 17th. Senthil, one of the earliest students at Thulir and now a senior staff, lights the lamp.  

Wishing you a happy Pongal and New Year from Sittilingi! (This newsletter was written and uploaded by Nikhil just before he left Thulir to pursue his interest in music and higher studies. He assures us that he will be back after a break. He will remain a part of the Thulir team wherever he is […]

Happy New year to all of you! May we together make the world a slightly better, wiser, happier and a more healthy and peaceful place this year. Read in this Newsletter about rains in Sittilingi, Raspberry Pi (a mini computer designed for villages without much electricity), craft week at Marudam school, plans for a starting […]

Newsletter – June – July 2014. Rain, rain Everywhere but not a drop here Waiting and waiting for rain, in vain, has become one of our major activities here, and water, our most valuable resource! We can completely empathize with the millions of farmers in our country. This summer has been the most severe one we […]

( This Newsletter has been put together by Nikhil Iyer ) Tiruvannamalai Trip The green grass of sittilingi has dried up into the colour of mud due to the soaring temperatures and lack of rains. The stream which the villagers had depended on for their daily water and agriculture has also dried down to a […]

( This Newsletter has been put together by Nikhil Iyer ) Rains …? The monsoon was a poor one this year too, and has been inadequate to recharge our wells with enough water to comfortably last us till the next rains. There is talk in the village about installing bore wells soon but we still […]