In a country where unemployment is at a historic high, the national anxiety isn’t about jobs — it’s about reach. Aspirations have shifted from employment to engagement, from careers to content.
Difficult for Rajnikanth to follow in the successful steps of MGR, Jayalalithaa, NTR. The questions raised at the end of the column concern people’s daily lives, when they leave a darkened auditorum into the glare outside. Tamil Nadu has been losing economic momentum, there is a culture of subsidies and freebies. Education and employment, agriculture, the state has problems as most others do. What does Rajnikanth stand for, how would he deal with a depleting water table ? There will be a reality check soon.
Difficult for Rajnikanth to follow in the successful steps of MGR, Jayalalithaa, NTR. The questions raised at the end of the column concern people’s daily lives, when they leave a darkened auditorum into the glare outside. Tamil Nadu has been losing economic momentum, there is a culture of subsidies and freebies. Education and employment, agriculture, the state has problems as most others do. What does Rajnikanth stand for, how would he deal with a depleting water table ? There will be a reality check soon.