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Friday, December 19, 2025
TopicPeriyar

Topic: Periyar

Periyar would have been happy seeing how couples celebrated Valentine’s Day this year

Were he alive, Periyar would be happy to see such young couples defy rightwing moral policing

Ambedkar is invoked as political capital, not for his actual ideas

Posthumous fame of Ambedkar has become inevitable because he has become a trope for the Dalit mobilisation across the nation.

Periyar and Ambedkar were united in ideology

The only difference between Ambedkar and Periyar is that they were from different geographies, but they were united in ideology.

Ignoring Ambedkar would mean ignoring a significant vote-bank

Dalits across the nation form a very vocal group in India, they represent a large demographic in the country.

Return of the angels

Aims of social justice and purge of Brahminism achieved, Dravidian politics has dumped atheism as freebies are the new god.

On Camera

Why India fell off the global middle-class map

A stunted middle class may be a direct result of extreme inequality. Folks at the top don’t see teeming masses as a meaningful market, except for utilities, soap, short videos, and personal loans.

India’s inflation figures tell a growth story, a cautiously optimistic one

Based on inflation figures for the last three months, RBI is expected to look for confirmatory evidence that can mark the beginning of a sustained decline in core inflation.

Israel has ‘realised who its real friend is’, eyes defence expansion in India amid arms curbs by others

It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.

India’s top airline just handed sarkar the keys. That’s IndiGo’s real ‘crime’

Don’t blame misfortune. This is colossal incompetence and insensitivity. So bad, heads would have rolled even in the old PSU-era Indian Airlines and Air India.