On 20 June 1968, PM Indira Gandhi delivered a speech in Srinagar warning against communalism, regionalism, and inequality as threats to national integration.
Ashoka’s efforts to reshape Vedic society into a Buddhist one brought lasting harm to Indian society, polity, and economy. Manu’s response focused on rebuilding and reclaiming what was lost.
With the films, Aditya Dhar achieved something Bollywood has been trying to engineer for years—an event blockbuster that dominates both box office and national conversation.
Former CEC TN Seshan was feared, formidable & famously outspoken. He was never partisan. In contrast, Gyanesh Kumar has a cavalier disdain, even disrespect, toward the Opposition.
Sukhu will defer half his own pay for six months; Group C, D employees and pensioners are fully exempt; Opposition calls it a budget that 'has gone backwards'.
Either the author is so removed from ground reality in TN, or harbours pre-conceived biases against DMK /anti-BJP forces. It is true that the ADMK has a leadership crisis, and their vote share will dwindle. Others like BJP / Vijay are trying to fill in the anti-DMK space that may get vacated by the ADMK. It is also true that BJP has been able to present itself as a natural alternative to some groups like ex-ADMK supporters in Western TN, the christian/nadar groups in Southern TN and brahmins across the state (decades back, the Cong used to occupy this space). This has pushed their vote share to the tweens. But to say that DMK has a leadership crisis is laughable. Infact they have gotten much stronger on ground than before – they have been able to do 3 things well: 1. successfully re-ignite the Dravidian identity and Tamil-pride narrative to consolidate the electorate, 2. ensure conversations & PR around local governance and pwd works, and 3. push industrial development and job creation aggressively. They will surely release their familiar 4th weapon – welfare doles – in the coming year. Its not a simple arithmatic. Much of the ADMK vote share will go to the DMK (bulk of the TN electorate has never shied away from swinging between them).
Either the author is so removed from ground reality in TN, or harbours pre-conceived biases against DMK /anti-BJP forces. It is true that the ADMK has a leadership crisis, and their vote share will dwindle. Others like BJP / Vijay are trying to fill in the anti-DMK space that may get vacated by the ADMK. It is also true that BJP has been able to present itself as a natural alternative to some groups like ex-ADMK supporters in Western TN, the christian/nadar groups in Southern TN and brahmins across the state (decades back, the Cong used to occupy this space). This has pushed their vote share to the tweens. But to say that DMK has a leadership crisis is laughable. Infact they have gotten much stronger on ground than before – they have been able to do 3 things well: 1. successfully re-ignite the Dravidian identity and Tamil-pride narrative to consolidate the electorate, 2. ensure conversations & PR around local governance and pwd works, and 3. push industrial development and job creation aggressively. They will surely release their familiar 4th weapon – welfare doles – in the coming year. Its not a simple arithmatic. Much of the ADMK vote share will go to the DMK (bulk of the TN electorate has never shied away from swinging between them).
The AIADMK is a lifeboat for the BJP in Tamil Nadu. But the BJP will always be adrift.