The Justice A. Arumugasamy Commission set up to inquire into former Chief Minister and AIADMK supremo Jayalalithaa’s death has recommended that her aide V. K. Sasikala, her doctor K.S. Sivakumar, the then Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan and former Health Minister C. Vijayabaskar be...
Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) leader Thol Thirumavalavan has taken the centre stage in opposing saffron politics in Tamil Nadu, with nearly all the DMK allies, including MDMK leader Vaiko,the Left parties and DMK’s parent body, the Dravidar Kazhagam, strongly backing his programmes and...
More than the novel and film Ponniyin Selvan, the BJP’s bid to make use of the film to depict emperor Rajaraja Chola as a Hindu icon has washed away some of the harsh criticism against the medieval king by Leftists, Dalit activists and Periyarists. The debate has helped the Chola emperor gain...
With the elevation of Kanimozhi as the DMK deputy general secretary, party president and Chief Minister MK Stalin has put an end to accusations of obstructing his step sister’s growth with a view to promote his son Udhayanidhi Stalin as the party heir. Though Kanimozhi is also one of the family...
The films of Vetrimaaran have politics. His movies are to do with power, authority and a politics against it In Adukulam, he explored the power dynamic between the guru and the disciple. In Visaranai, he critiqued lawless authoritarianism. In Vada Chennai, he talked about political forces...
The PFI, Popular Front of India, has been banned and the National Intelligence Agency has filed many cases against it for on several charges such as chopping off the hand of a college professor, of people associated with organisations espousing other faiths, collection of explosives to target...
The plans of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) to carry out route marches at 50 places in Tamil Nadu has brought out the fissures within the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) alliance as the Dravidian party’s allies are visibly unhappy with Chief Minister MK Stalin’s soft approach in practice...
Following the state police submission to the high court that permission for an RSS rally would be considered if it were not to be held on Gandhi Jayanthi (October 2), the court ordered that the rally be held on November 6. The RSS rally has had a troubled history with state governments often...
Conceding the long-pending demand of the Tamil Nadu government, the union government has finally approved the inclusion of the Narikuravar community, a semi-nomadic tribe, in the list of Scheduled Tribes. The community was so far listed among the Most Backward Classes. The decision is expected...
Amit Shah’s jibe on Rahul Gandhi’s dress and the row over him meeting a radical Catholic priest in Kanyakumari indicate how the BJP will try to counter the Bharat Jodo yatra. Rahul Gandhi’s choice of Kanyakumari as the starting point for his yatra is symbolic in several ways. Kashmir to...
