The trust has its headquarters in Chennai and also operates in Chengalpattu and Thiruvallur districts. It has more than 500 volunteers, mostly in the age group of 18 to 25.
When the digital format was introduced, theatres started continuously screening only those films that were in the digital format. It was the fear of old films fading away from the big screen that set G Chokkalingam on the path to digitising Karnan.
'Alwar kadai' in Mylapore catered to many famous personalities like former Tamil Nadu chief minister C N Annadurai. Its founder R K Alwar's daughters are taking forward his legacy.
Rare Books, run by S A Govindaraju in Chennai’s RA Puram, is over 40 years old and boasts of about 5,000 rare volumes and clippings some of which date back to the 17th century.
Rough Note Children’s Literature Festival: As a part of the fest, children belonging to the age group of seven to 16 are invited to send their poems and short stories (both fictional and non-fictional).
