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Book tells the tale of how Puducherry got its freedom
The general grievance that there is no properly and accurately written Puducherry’s history in place has been redressed, thanks to the book written by French historian J.B.P More. Some politicians have written about this so have educational textbook teachers and a few historians. But none...
Can concept of Karma help judges decide judgements?
While taking a sympathetic view of a policeman facing multiple disciplinary proceedings in the police department, the Madras high court had said that the policeman should undergo the consequences of only some of his misconduct, not all. Justice S Srimathy, who gave the judgement, cited karma...
DMK alliance: RSS route march brings out fissures
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...
RSS rally: Will AIADMK govt show the way for DMK?
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...
Techmathi: With 5G, India will move at lightning speed
Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated the 5G service today. Network providers like Jio, Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Idea as well as the big telecom-dependent businesses such as Google, Amazon, Nokia, CISCO and TCS are gearing up for it. Here’s the story of how generation changes happened...
PS-1: Mani Ratnam lost in the Chola maze
Ponniyin Selvan sticks to the script. It's less a Mani Ratnam movie and more a faithful adaptation of Kalki's novel. Raja Raja Chozhan was a glorious emperor, about whom Kalki wrote a well-researched story Ponniyin Selvan in the early 1950s – serialized in the Kalki magazine for nearly...
Ponniyin Selvan movie: The strong story that Mani Ratnam films lacked
Mani Ratnam’s films, as most Tamil films tend to be, are just themes. Sequences and situations are written to flesh out the two-three aspects of the theme. His films are shot well; characters say smart things; they dress up nicely; the gloss is never understated; and quite often the songs stand...
Fantasy cricket apps are little different from online rummy
The recent ban on online rummy by the Tamil Nadu government has thrown the focus on online gambling affecting the lives and health of our people. The Tamil Nadu government has decided to pass a law banning online rummy and poker. This was decided at a recent cabinet meeting headed by Tamil Nadu...
How Chola jinx felled Parthiban Kanavu, Raja Raja Chozhan
Parthiban Kanavu and Raja Raja Cholan, two Chola themed movies, proved to be duds in the box office. Boasting of big stars, big writers and grand themes, they came a cropper. And some of the elements that proved to be the nemesis of those films are there in Ponniyin Selvan too. Ponniyin Selvan...
Is MK Stalin secular or pseudo-secular?
Is MK Stalin more committed to secularism than his late lamented father? We can begin to believe so, though our own instincts might rebel against such ‘hasty’ judgments. Secularism is under existential threat in the entire country at the moment. Only a few opposition Chief Ministers stand...
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