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This is a decent opinion piece by R. Jagannathan who elsewhere jumps from one subject to another in a single article. The overall thrust of this particular piece is good.
However, Jagannathan overstates the Christian population of South India. This is what George Kurian’s and David Barrett’s World Christian Encyclopedia routinely did through dubious census methodology that they never disclosed.
Christians are not 25% of Andhra Pradesh. In Kerala, the Christian population, like the Hindu, is declining proportionately when compared to the Muslim population. Be accurate with your numbers, Jagannathan.
All the author talks about (and the parties care about) is winning elections and expanding footprint. To what end, I’d like to ask? What is the behemoth doing, with all its power and resources at the centre and states, to actually improve the lives of people? It’s terribly saddening, this state of affairs.
Annamalai can be a future Yediurappa, but not Himanta of Tamilnadu.
Having said that it was Annamalai who initiated the idea of a change from Dravidian model of governance. BJP leadership was misled to sideline him. This led Vijay to build up on the idea of non-DMK, non-AIADMK model.
Annamalai should be brought back soon as TN BJP president and his target of attack should remain the DMK and its cohorts. First target should be to capture the opposition space.
Not sure why this blatant bigotry is given a platform on the print. I beg the BJP and it’s supporters to leave TN alone and sell their hatred politics elsewhere.
Is Vijay really a Christian? He goes to temples and follows a Vedic astrologer and built a Sai Baba temple for his mother too.
I think BJP should only focus on freeing temples from govt control, and promote better temple management.
Baby Stalin is trying speak in forked tongue, by saying he is only against caste discrimination. BJP should call out that bluff, by talking of Dalit atrocities by OBCs under Dravidian rule.
Talk about low quality education in govt schools, and the fooling of public through freebies.
While there is truth about divide caused by periyarist ideologists, the derogatory ‘Madrassi’ for any south indian in the north also has led to carve a separate identity for the south indian.
The tensions in Bengaluru, Karnataka are a case in point. The local culture customs and language are not respected and thrashed.
The local populance is rather expected to adopt new language and adapt.
It is this sneering and supercilious attitude of the north that has created this chasm in identities.
This is a decent opinion piece by R. Jagannathan who elsewhere jumps from one subject to another in a single article. The overall thrust of this particular piece is good.
However, Jagannathan overstates the Christian population of South India. This is what George Kurian’s and David Barrett’s World Christian Encyclopedia routinely did through dubious census methodology that they never disclosed.
Christians are not 25% of Andhra Pradesh. In Kerala, the Christian population, like the Hindu, is declining proportionately when compared to the Muslim population. Be accurate with your numbers, Jagannathan.
All the author talks about (and the parties care about) is winning elections and expanding footprint. To what end, I’d like to ask? What is the behemoth doing, with all its power and resources at the centre and states, to actually improve the lives of people? It’s terribly saddening, this state of affairs.
Annamalai can be a future Yediurappa, but not Himanta of Tamilnadu.
Having said that it was Annamalai who initiated the idea of a change from Dravidian model of governance. BJP leadership was misled to sideline him. This led Vijay to build up on the idea of non-DMK, non-AIADMK model.
Annamalai should be brought back soon as TN BJP president and his target of attack should remain the DMK and its cohorts. First target should be to capture the opposition space.
Not sure why this blatant bigotry is given a platform on the print. I beg the BJP and it’s supporters to leave TN alone and sell their hatred politics elsewhere.
Is Vijay really a Christian? He goes to temples and follows a Vedic astrologer and built a Sai Baba temple for his mother too.
I think BJP should only focus on freeing temples from govt control, and promote better temple management.
Baby Stalin is trying speak in forked tongue, by saying he is only against caste discrimination. BJP should call out that bluff, by talking of Dalit atrocities by OBCs under Dravidian rule.
Talk about low quality education in govt schools, and the fooling of public through freebies.
While there is truth about divide caused by periyarist ideologists, the derogatory ‘Madrassi’ for any south indian in the north also has led to carve a separate identity for the south indian.
The tensions in Bengaluru, Karnataka are a case in point. The local culture customs and language are not respected and thrashed.
The local populance is rather expected to adopt new language and adapt.
It is this sneering and supercilious attitude of the north that has created this chasm in identities.