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Sunday, February 22, 2026
TopicKashi Tamil Sangamam

Topic: Kashi Tamil Sangamam

Modi-Shah’s 2024 goal is to diminish Dravidianism. It is the next frontier

The Modi-Shah-Yogi Trimurti has decided to bring an Article 370-like disruption in Tamil politics in 2024. BJP wants to squeeze out the separatist Dravidian impulse from Tamil cultural politics.

BJP all set for Kashi Tamil Sangamam 2.0 ahead of 2024 polls, but says it’s ‘not an election campaign’

Cultural exchange event to start Sunday with PM in attendance. Tamil Nadu BJP's spiritual & temple development wing chief says part of activities to 'take central govt initiatives to people'.

How Sitharaman’s ‘Kashi yatra’ could help BJP boost Tamil connect, counter DMK

Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman is on 2-day visit to Varanasi to attend Kashi Tamil Sangamam, a month-long cultural event organised by Union govt with some 2,500 attendees from TN.

Varanasi’s mini-Tamil Nadus live in mutts, family shivalayas and stories of saints

Centuries-old cultural connection between Varanasi and Tamil Nadu has resurfaced in public conversations since PM Modi inaugurated the Kashi Tamil Sangamam at BHU recently.

Modi’s Tamil-Varanasi outreach is BJP’s ‘Look South’ strategy. Fort DMK better watch out

BJP adopts different approaches for different states. Bulldozer in UP, ED raids in Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal. For Tamil Nadu, it is looking at Tamil culture.

On Camera

Youth Congress, your foolish protest helped the Modi govt climb out of the AI summit hole

In tactical terms, the shirtless protest was worse than a self-goal. Suddenly, the fiascos of the AI Summit were forgotten, and the Youth Congress’s disruption became the issue.

In the West, there’s anxiety. In India, optimism—Rishi Sunak says India poised to be leader in AI

On Wednesday, the former UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak was speaking in New Delhi at a Carnegie & Observer Research Foundation event on AI.

MoD, IAF agree on some exemptions to HAL for Tejas Mk1A, but no compromise on ‘must-have’ capabilities

IAF is fine with accepting the aircraft with 'must-haves', even if some other steps remain pending, which may take at least another year, it is learnt.

No country is ever fully sovereign. Cold War era taught India its real meaning

India’s fraught neighbourhood places multiple constraints on its strategic choices. It leaves no time to take a deep breath, lean back and reset.