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Farhana: An opportunity missed
Recent films such as Kashmir Files, Kerala Story and Burqa have courted controversy because of their anti-Muslim bias. The trailer of the Tamil film Farhana which also had stereotypical visuals of people praying five times-a-day, women in burqa, and religious curbs, had sparked concerns that it...
Anti-BJP battle: Congress has miles to go and promises to keep
Congratulating the Congress on its landslide victory in the Karnataka Assembly elections, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin has noted, “They have taught a fitting lesson to the BJP for its vindictive politics, establishing their Kannadiga legacy and pride. The BJP has totally been removed...
Shadow of hooch tragedy hangs over TN govt.
Barely a month after the Tamil Nadu government stated in the Assembly that there had been no hooch tragedies in the state for 14 years, two incidents of illicit liquor, claiming 22 lives so far have put paid to these official claims. The two simultaneous incidents were reported from Villupuram...
The real Kerala Story on Love Jihad
While The Kerala Story purports to claim that tens of thousands of women were converted to Islam in Kerala to be sent to ISIS territory, the true figure is three. Only three women have been documented to have been duped into converting to Islam for the purpose of serving the ISIS in its holy...
Elections: Karnataka sub-regions a pointer for Tamil Nadu
In some ways, the recently concluded Karnataka elections are a return to the state’s history of a multi-cultural society with distinct regions and caste equations. The BJP had tried to push Karnataka society towards uniformity and unipolarity but it has been defeated squarely. Unlike Karnataka,...
How politics created much drama around mediocre Ulagam Sutrum Valiban
One of the all-time blockbusters of MGR, Ulagam Sutrum Valiban (1973), was just yet another characteristic pastiche of song, dance, fight and emotional overkill. Yet it was in the eye of a political storm in the early 1970s well before its release; no stone was left unturned to stop it seeing...
Here’s why we need more people like PTR in politics
Chief Minister M K Stalin has taken away the finance portfolio from Palanivel Thiagarajan and given it to Thangam Thennarasu. PTR will handle IT and he has thanked chief minister M K Stalin for the move. Earlier Stalin had dismissed the PTR tapes as cheap politics. Palanivel Thiagarajan has...
Cyclone Mocha puts focus on coastal areas again
All the eastern coastal states are bracing themselves for the fallout of a weather system, dubbed Cyclone Mocha, which is slowly making its way north in the Bay of Bengal. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) on Tuesday said a well marked low pressure area already in the South Andaman sea...
TN Governor Ravi’s broadsides baring chinks in Dravidian armour
This column had made the point that Governor R N Ravi was not just an administrative choke point for the government but was seeking to amplify the nationalist narrative as a counter to Dravidian ideology and the DMK. Governor R N Ravi was not just a tough customer who stalled government work...
Carnatic music’s pulse Karaikudi Mani’s mridangam falls silent
Mridangam maestro Karaikudi R Mani passed away at 12.30 pm on May 4, 2023. He was 77. Mani was credited with creating a tradition in mridangam playing that was innovative and featured his unique style. His demise has left a vacuum in the world of music. Karaikudi Mani’s could be heard in each...
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