The city once prided itself on civic order. But under the DMK, it has been made to believe that dysfunction is normal, accountability is too much to ask for, and complaints should be whispered, not filed.
The Archaeological Survey of India will host a three-day-long international conference on cracking the Indus script in August. Its title: Decipherment of Indus Script: Current status and Way Forward.
DMK allies like Congress, VCK, CPI (M) seeking more seats, saying it'd increase their presence & help alliance rather than weaken it. DMK says ‘our leader won't let anybody be unhappy’.
The newly appointed in-charges are already in their constituencies, taking stock at booth level. DMK is more serious about 2026 polls than 2021, political watchers say.
According to data submitted by Union Home Ministry in Lok Sabha this February, Tamil Nadu recorded 1,274 cases of crimes against SCs in 2020, 1,377 in 2021, and 1,761 cases in 2022.
Ponmudi removed as DMK deputy general secretary days after he cracked an inappropriate joke at a public meeting in Villupuram. Not the first time his speeches have drawn flak.
At a CPI(M) event in Madurai, Stalin called the BJP govt at the Centre a ‘fascist regime’, while the Kerala CM slammed the ‘imbalance’ of fiscal powers between the Union & states.
Alongside buying into the grift that is dating apps, the girlies are also installing astrology apps like Astrotalk to investigate the same tired mystery—will he ever text back?
Aquaculture is the fastest growing food sector in Africa, offering significant returns on investment for all involved and achieving the continent’s goals for food security, dignified livelihoods and economic growth.
Bihar is blessed with a land more fertile for revolutions than any in India. Why has it fallen so far behind then? Constant obsession with politics is at the root of its destruction.
(Writing in English because the article is in English)
“English is the real official language of India” – funnily I made a similar remark several years ago – “English is the real national language of India.”
Everything in society and polity, including the Constitution itself, privileges English over all our languages. If anyone is responsible for not respecting not just Hindi, but any other Bharatiya language, it is squarely we the people who have shamelessly adopted a foreign language as superior to our own – whether “own” = Hindi, Thamizh, Sanskrit, Bangla, or any other.
Also problematic is how it is stupidly “uncool” to use our own languages. Although nothing is as “cool” as English in popular perception, interestingly Urdu gets a better place here, as it is still considered somewhat “cooler” than the rustic “dehati zaban” – a blanket term used for all Bharatiya languages in Urdu’s geographic proximity.
(Writing in English because the article is in English)
“English is the real official language of India” – funnily I made a similar remark several years ago – “English is the real national language of India.”
Everything in society and polity, including the Constitution itself, privileges English over all our languages. If anyone is responsible for not respecting not just Hindi, but any other Bharatiya language, it is squarely we the people who have shamelessly adopted a foreign language as superior to our own – whether “own” = Hindi, Thamizh, Sanskrit, Bangla, or any other.
Also problematic is how it is stupidly “uncool” to use our own languages. Although nothing is as “cool” as English in popular perception, interestingly Urdu gets a better place here, as it is still considered somewhat “cooler” than the rustic “dehati zaban” – a blanket term used for all Bharatiya languages in Urdu’s geographic proximity.