If the Arumugaswamy Commission has uncovered something so far, it is a truism: political gain rules politicians, not loyalty and principles. Setting up the commission was a pre-condition for O Panneerselvam rejoining the AIADMK headed by then chief minister Edappadi Palaniswamy. OPS who was...
After Ilaiyaraja, it’s now the turn of Bhagyaraj to endorse Narendra Modi. The BJP has certainly hit the bull’s eye as far as their choice of film personalities to back them goes. Ilaiyaraja is not just a celebrity but he is someone Tamils see as one of their own, a man so rooted that he...
Tamil Nadu Governor R N Ravi, who is in the thick of a controversy over his 'inaction' relating to several Bills passed by the DMK government and against whom several political activists threw black-flags towards his convoy in Mayiladuthurai on April 19, left for New Delhi on April 20,...
Every Tamil seeking solace often turns to Ilaiyaraja songs. This may sound an exaggeration but has an element of truth, for Ilaiyaraja’s music rules the hearts and minds of Tamils. In the last few days, however, his writing has ruled media space in Tamil Nadu. The preface Ilaiyaraja wrote for a...
The role of political Buddhism has come to the focus with the political and economic crisis in Sri Lanka continuing. A young, frustrated and angry voxpopuli is increasingly demanding that the extremely unpopular President Gotabaya Rajapaksa and his family in government should quit. The...
When Chenna Reddy was Tamil Nadu Governor (1993 – 1996), then chief minister Jayalalithaa boycotted a tea party he gave protesting against his interference in administration. History has repeated after 27 years. With the number of bills and government recommendations pending for Tamil Nadu...
The current crisis in Sri Lanka makes us wonder where Sri Lankan Tamils would be now if Prabhakaran had settled for peace at some point. At the beginning of the Fourth Eelam War that destroyed him and his organization, he said the Sri Lankan government was just not genuinely interested in...
Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic crisis since gaining independence from the British in 1948 and the once ethnically polarised Sri Lankan nation has united and is up in arms against the ruling, all-powerful and corrupt Rajapaksa family. "Go Home Gota" has become the rallying cry of...
Relations between the ruling DMK led by M K Stalin and Tamil Nadu Governor suffered a new low with DMK leaders repeatedly raising the issue of non-cooperation on the part of the Governor, and his delay in providing assent or taking action on the Bills sent to him by the state government for...
India’s island neighbour, Sri Lanka is facing its worst economic and political crisis in over 70 years, with food prices soaring by a record 30 percent in March 2022, alone. Basic necessities are now beyond the reach of most of the island nation’s 22 million population. Shortage of medicine,...
