Over 24 years ago, Coimbatore was rocked by back-to-back bomb blasts at 18 places including the railway station, hospitals, markets and so on, claiming over 50 lives and injuring thousands. The gory scene of mutilated bodies lying in pools of blood amidst deafening cries of agony is still...
The death or disappearance of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, one of the most charismatic Indian freedom struggle leaders, has till date been the most mysterious of political secrets of India. He was officially declared dead in an air crash at the Taipei airfield (Taiwan) on Aug. 18, 1945 (going...
The ruling DMK has hardened its stand against Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) activities in Tamil Nadu after the Coimbatore car blast and the subsequent criticism of State BJP leaders who alleged ‘failure of intelligence machinery’ and Governor RN Ravi complaining of delay in handing over the...
With most parts of Chennai witnessing no inundation during the first spell of north-east monsoon rains, the opposition AIADMK, even while pointing to the waterlogging in some parts of North Chennai, took credit for the ongoing storm water drain works and shifted the focus to ‘rain relief...
The Thevar Jayanthi function on October 30 has brought out the caste conflicts within the AIADMK with former Chief Minister Edappadi K Palaniswami (EPS) finding himself at the receiving end for his decision not to visit the memorial of freedom fighter Pasumpon Muthuramalinga Thevar at Pasumpon...
Even as the Tamil Nadu BJP gave the predictable communal colour to the Deepavali-eve car bomb blast in Coimbatore, and geared up to cash in on the situation, Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has taken the wind out of the saffron opposition by acceding to its demand for a National Investigation Agency...
Despite having near total control over the AIADMK general council and legislature party, the BJP seems to be mounting pressure on former chief minister Edappadi K. Palaniswami (EPS) to join hands with his former deputy O Panneerselvam (OPS). It is to be seen if he would risk losing the party...
Head constable Raja had come to distribute food packets so his fellow policemen could be fed and have the energy to battle rioters. He was in plainclothes and doing his duty. Ordered by his superiors, he climbed on top of an Eicher police van and shot at protesters with a 0.410 musket – a gun...
During an interview with inmathi.com, data scientist R S Neelakantan said that irrespective of whether you are rightwing, leftwing or centrist, you wouldn’t want babies to die in society. Neelakantan also hints that what makes us save our babies also has little to do with the economic...
I have written enough on Thol Thirumavalavan, prominent Dalit leader from Tamil Nadu. I would not have been tempted to write another but for dear friend N Ravi Kumar’s portrayal in these columns recently. The account seeks to portray Thirumavalavan as a great crusader for secularism and claims...
