Sterlite protests: Who was involved and how it built up to the day of the police firing
Mass support for the Sterlite protests drove a diverse cast of characters with their own interests to converge for a common goal.
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Opinion | Budget speech — Much ado about a ‘pseudo event’ on just 10% of actual allocations
What’s the big deal about the Budget speech when it hardly discusses 10% of the actual Budget of the Indian economy? And, where’s inclusivity if the focus is on Hindi PR terms like Amrit Kaal and Gati Shakti. This just doesn’t cut it for Tamil Nadu and non-Hindi-speaking states.
Thoothukudi abuzz that Sterlite could reopen its plant, but will people accept it?
Sterlite has a history of managing to reopen after executive and judicial closure orders. The police firing on May 22, 2018 which killed 13 people, seemed like curtains for the plant. But the management has certainly not given up. The company’s appeal against the government order closing it was...
Tamilisai Soundararajan for President? Who better for BJP than a Tamil lightweight
Telangana Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan could be in contention for the job of President of India, as the term of the incumbent Ram Nath Kovind comes to a close. A threat to no one, Tamilisai’s possible elevation could be just the token the BJP needs to make headway in Tamil Nadu—even if not in vote share.
Here’s how property guideline values, registration charges may change
The Tamil Nadu government has begun the process of revision of real estate guideline values. The government will also reconsider stamp duty and registration charges levied on sale transactions that today stand at a high of 11% taken together. The industry says that reducing the state tax to 7%...
Is young love and eloping necessary to promote intercaste marriage?
Boy meets girl. Something clicks and they fall in love. Parents oppose and the lovers either die or live together with or without their parents’ approval. Parents oppose because the two are of different status, caste or religion. This theme has been done to death in books, TV programmes and...
83: We Tamils are Srikkanths. Mind it!
Everyone in the film, 83 has his moments. Even Kirti Azad and Ravi Shastri have their small share of glory. Sunil Gavaskar, who had a terrible time, was apparently the man behind the most famous ball bowled by an Indian. India’s equivalent of Shane Warne’s ball of the century was bowled by...
Karukurichi Arunachalam: A perfect balance
A friend sent along the link to the YouTube video of a Carnatic music performance. I clicked on it and started listening. Within a few seconds, I had to close my eyes since I was getting lost in the music. Sight and the scenery it was bringing in was becoming a distraction. My thoughts,...
Maridhas has the right to be wrong, so did Karuppar Koottam
A day after the chopper crash in which Chief of Defense Staff Bipin Rawat was killed, YouTuber Maridhas tweeted that Tamil Nadu is “becoming another Kashmir under the DMK regime” and it gives “freedom to form groups that can do any level of treason against the country”. The tweet added that “in...
Are Malayalis happier than Tamils? Quite possibly
In a recent issue, India Today magazine ranked states in India on many parameters such as income, health, governance and ease of doing business. One parameter that stood out was the Happiness Index. According to that index, Kerala is the happiest state while Gujarat is a distant second. Coming...
