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DMK poll manifesto: Some good, a lot bad
The DMK manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is typical in the sense that it promises loads of freebies even while fleshing out some worthwhile points regarding the long-term needs of the people. Today, the discourse on freebies has evolved to judging freebie promises on two counts:...
‘Lackluster, visionless Tamil Nadu budget mum on poor finances’
Tamil Nadu budget 2024-25 has several warning signs for the state economy. While there is no official assessment of the economy through a State Economic Survey, the budget does show that blaming the Center will not camouflage deep set problems. Fiscal deficit has increased by some 18% compared...
Global Investors Meet: How the TN govt rolled back its claims
Investors may be drawn to other states by good governance and ease-of-doing business. The Tamil Nadu story is one of human capital, natural resources and good core infrastructure like good roads, ports, airports, waterways, railways and affordable power. Human capital has been depleting because...
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...
CMDA crosses 50 years: Time to assess
Urbanization has reached such a level in Tamil Nadu that the functioning of the CMDA (Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority) is under the lens now. A failing CMDA is an indication of the poor state of urban governance in the state reflected in declining migration from villages. Seasonal...
Vijayakanth – the first Indian politician whose career was railroaded by the internet
This article was first published On Aug 26, 2018 There was something unusual about the Tamil Nadu political scene on Saturday. Vijayakanth was in the news – it was his birthday – and he had not invited troll attention. It seemed as if they had given him a pass because of his failing health. The...
TN’s urban planning ignores climate change threat, causing huge losses
Close on the heels of crippling rain and flood in Chennai during 2021, the 2023 monsoon has wreaked havoc in the city and later in the Thoothukudi - Tirunelveli belt in Tamil Nadu. It is becoming clear that the pattern of urbanisation and urban planning in the State has exposed communities to...
Ground zero Tiruvannamalai: Why does TN fail on road safety?
At least 15 people have died on a stretch of a national highway in prosperous Tamil Nadu that connects Tiruvannamalai and Bengaluru in just ten days during October 2023, bringing the State closer to another dubious road traffic accident record. Only some months ago, Union Transport Minister...
Cauvery: Karnataka activists seek re-assessment by CWRA and CWMC
Even as Bengaluru area, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru City, Mandya district, and Ramangara district experienced total shutdown on Sept 29, activists in Karnataka protesting the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu say what the state needs is an official document on water sharing after the assessment...
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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