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Topic: MGR

MGR fanclubs were DMK’s backbone. It made Karunanidhi uneasy

R Kannan -
In ‘The DMK Years: Ascent, Descent, Survival’, R Kannan draws on multiple first-hand accounts to chronicle the story of the DMK party and Tamil Nadu politics.

Ramps to reservations — Karunanidhi’s political legacy includes infrastructure for disabled

A.S. Panneerselvan -
In ‘Karunanidhi: A Life’, A.S. Panneerselvan writes about Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the man who became a metaphor for modern Tamil Nadu.

Palaniswami is Tamil Nadu’s survivor-in-chief, he doesn’t need to be Jayalalithaa or MGR

N Ramakrishnan -
That the AIADMK govt didn’t fall and served out the full term is a testimony to Palaniswami’s political instinct and capability.

Kamaraj, MGR & Jaya, BJP is using them all to fight ‘North Indian outsider’ tag in Tamil Nadu

Revathi Krishnan -
With no local icon, BJP's election campaign in Tamil Nadu is leaning on its 'politics of borrowing'. Congress says people won’t fall for it, DMK takes a dig for using K. Kamaraj.

Sasikala learnt from Jayalalithaa the art of making comebacks. In retreat lies her politics

Rohini Swamy -
Sasikala is no stranger to highs and lows, just when you thought she would fade away into oblivion, she makes a comeback.

AIADMK founder MGR was also the first film actor to become a chief minister in India

Revathi Krishnan -
Maruthur Gopalan Ramachandran, popularly known as MGR, is fondly remembered as that actor who made millions swoon and was a champion of the poor.

Janaki Ramachandran, the first woman chief minister of Tamil Nadu who ruled for 24 days

Aananth Daksnamurthy -
The intense political rivalry and machinations between Janaki and Jayalalithaa changed the course of the AIADMK after MGR's death.

Here’s why Arun Jaitley didn’t shake hands with PM Narendra Modi

Rahiba R. Parveen -
The union minister, recovering after a kidney transplant, is following the ‘Namaste’ line of treatment that requires strict precautions.

Prakash Raj on playing Karunanidhi in Iruvar: He told me I came close but not enough

Prakash Raj -
We met regularly, and he adored me. I fought with him too, but he always took my criticism in his stride and was open to debate on any subject. 

Remembering Jayalalithaa: Those she put in power are parading her coffin for votes

Apsara Reddy -
It is so sad that no one is standing up for a woman, who was a strong protector for the entire state.
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Opinion

Bihar mimics 19th-century American South. Citizenship is now weaponised to exclude voters

+TFP Ashutosh Varshney -
Disenfranchisement by institutional fiat is profoundly undemocratic. The effect of the ECI's new documentary process in Bihar will tilt the scales in favour of the BJP.

Radhika Yadav’s murder proves the khap panchayat never left—it just moved back into the family

Bihar ADG linking farmers to rising crime uncalled for. Data just doesn’t support such claims

Economy

India-US set to ink mini trade deal soon, reach understanding on agricultural & dairy products

Keshav Padmanabhan -
Mini deal will likely see no cut in 10% baseline tariff on Indian exports announced by Trump on 2 April, it is learnt, but additional 26% tariffs are set to be reduced.

Defence

Not just AK-203, India & Russia to jointly manufacture AK-19 and PPK-20 for domestic use and export 

Snehesh Alex Philip -
India-Russia JV is also racing to deliver 7,000 more AK-203 assault rifles by 15 Aug. These are currently being made with 50% indigenisation and this will surge to 100% by 31 December.

National Interest

Strategic partner one day, tactical nightmare the next: India’s learning Trumplomacy the hard way

Shekhar Gupta -
Public, loud, upfront, filled with impropriety and high praise sometimes laced with insults. This is what we call Trumplomacy. But the larger objective is the same: American supremacy.

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