The Hindi-Tamil row has reared its head again, with CM MK Stalin accusing the Centre of imposing Hindi through its three-language policy. Tamil Nadu currently follows a two-language policy.
BJP leaders including Tamil Nadu party chief Annamalai, national secy H Raja & even RSS ideologue GS Gurumurthy have come out in Seeman's support over his views on the social reformer.
At the centenary celebration of the movement against caste discrimination, Pinarayi Vijayan &b MK Stalin also called for states to unite in face of growing infringement on their autonomy.
Actor-politician addresses his first conference of newly-launched political party at Vikravandi. TVK was not going to shrink itself to one specific identity, he adds.
Titled, ‘From Paper to Pixel: Unveiling Dalit Print Culture,’ the exhibition shows the front page of the magazine 'Tamilian' that revived Tamil Buddhism, among others.
Inaugurated by DMK MP Kanimozhi last week, streaming platform aims to spread Periyar's ideology beyond Tamil Nadu. Stalin calls it 'need of the hour' in wake of controversies with BJP.
In 2023, Udhayanidhi Stalin likened Sanatana Dharma to a disease. Now, the DMK government wants to counter the BJP’s Ram temple politics by embracing the Tamils’ own primordial deity.
Dravidian politics has a long history of opposing religion. But if senior Stalin and DMK really want to defeat BJP in 2024, it might be a good idea to tell junior Stalin to pipe down
Organisations like Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle at IITs help marginalised students cope with systemic caste discrimination. They are the strongest pillar of support for students who are regularly harassed and even pushed into suicide.
Lohia-BSP-led social justice movement in North India had a different frame and trajectory than in the South. Periyar and Lalai Singh didn't fit in them.
Like Turkey and Egypt, Pakistan is one of a handful of powers with the human resources and infrastructure to help secure the Persian Gulf as Trump’s America draws down its military presence.
India’s industrial output growth saw a 10-month low in June, with Index of Industrial Production (IIP) growing by mere 1.5% as against 1.9% in May 2025.
ACM Katre was 2nd IAF chief to die in harness. It was at a memorial lecture in his honour where IAF chief AP Singh revealed that India shot down 6 Pakistani aircraft in Op Sindoor.
Standing up to America is usually not a personal risk for a leader in India. Any suggestions of foreign pressure unites India behind who they see as leading them in that fight.
An excellent article on Tamil and the politics of Tamilnadu.