When the curving tip of the aruval is taken out of the fire, it looks almost alive; its incandescent core glowing in the dim light of the grimy workshop where it is being made. In Big Short Film’s ...

MADURAI: A 27-foot-long machete or ‘aruval’ manufactured in Thirupuvanam, the town famous for its huge knives, will be the major attraction of the Sivarathri festival in a village near Usilampatti.

Sivagangai: Karthi Lakshmanan, 29, is a very happy man, also very busy. His latest piece of art-in-steel, an 18-feet aruval, is shaping up pretty well; its black blade glistening bright and the long ...

Suriya is back in court, almost five years after TJ Gnanavel’s Jai Bhim (2021). However, unlike K Chandru, who fought for justice while holding fast to non-violent principles, Karuppu doesn’t shy away ...

An attempt to damage the Electronic Voting Machine with an ‘aruval’ at a polling booth, clash between Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam and All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam men, power failures and a ...

Aruval, a weapon resembling a scimitar or a sword, is commonly associated with murders in Tamil Nadu. However, in an annual practice that dates back centuries, it is the same weapon that residents of ...

Chennai: The notorious rowdy gang, after hacking head constable Rajavel of Royapettah police station with aruval because he intervened in their brawl, had snatched his walkie-talkie set and fled from ...