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Babri Masjid: When communists fail…

My neighbour of 30 years in Chennai knocked on my door recently and offered what seemed like temple prashad. He said he had gone to Ayodhya as part of a family pilgrimage that included Varanasi. My neighbour's politics is typically Tamil, or Dravidian, if you will. He wears his dislike of...

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Karnataka bandh: Vatal Nagaraj weighs in

Vatal Nagaraj, former MLA and head of Kannada Chaluvaliga, is not supporting the Sept 25 bandh called by political parties in Karnataka on Cauvery but speaks for some in the state when he says Karnataka has exclusive rights over Cauvery. He told inmathi.com: “I stand by my statement that the...

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Is the AIADMK-BJP alliance over?

The Amit Shah visit to Tamil Nadu has signalled that the AIADMK-BJP is almost over. BJP state president K Annamalai has targeted corruption by all Dravidian parties including the AIADMK. Amit Shah conspicuously did not meet Edappadi Palaniswami nor O Panneerselvam, the leaders of the two AIADMK...

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Kalaignar 100: He was a journalists’ delight

Former DMK supremo and Chief Minister of Tamil Nadu ‘Kalaignar’ M. Karunanidhi’s birth centenary year begins on June 3, 2023. A political, cultural and social icon indelibly engraved in the Tamil consciousness, he is and will be remembered forever for his unflagging struggle for social justice,...

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