No End in Sight: The Unheard voice of TN FARMERS!

Right from the beginning, the Tamil Nadu government didn't have the heart to recognize the increasing number of farmer's death in the state. The worst drought in the last 144 years gave the farmers only choice of suicide. Even after nearly 400 farmer deaths in the delta region, a Tamil Nadu minister shamelessly stated that...

A Rumination upon Our Nation’s Language Politics

There’s no mention of Hindi being a national language in our constitution. Judiciary system has made and I hope that it will continue to make assertions that Hindi is not the national language. But the general instruction given to us by majority of Hindi speakers (or from those who had accepted this general, false assumption)...

‘e’lections and ‘e’-ngineers!

It is a red hot sunny election time in the state I am presently living. I am in Tamil Nadu, one of the big states going for its assembly polls. I met few computer engineers around a month back. Lot came out with anger against the present politicians of the state. Most of them are...

Start! Action!! Camera!!! : TN lives inside Dream Factory

Nevertheless to say, Tamils are intellectuals. They can become head of Google too. On the same token, Nevertheless to say, Tamils live in film mania. Start! Action!! Camera!!! : In the later part of 1960s, Tamils wanted to safe guard their language and did want to fight for the cause of the language. They found...

Mummy Returns: AMMA is back!

  It is land of freebees; Strong hold of Dravidian politics. To put it simple, it is called ‘AMMA NADU’ by few. J Jayalalithaa is contesting in a bi-election. She is already back in action as Head of the state, Chief Minister of Tamil nadu. Jaya is contesting in Radha Krishnan Nagar (RK Nagar). RK...

APSC Ban: Threat to Freedom of Speech?

APSC (Ambedkar Periyar Study Circle) is facing heat from HRD and IIT Madras management for their vocal power which did not get likes from the ruling party. Tamil Nadu is bastion of Dravidian politics. Dravidian politics is against caste system. The father of Dravidian politics is Thanthai Periyar (Father & Respected ) EV Ramasamy Naickar....

Dravidian Politics and the State of Tamil Nadu: Budding Days to Bifurcation

    Countries around the world set their eyes glued to India whenever the country rolls out its largest democratic event, general elections. This time there were around 82.4 million eligible voters who had the royal right to exercise their power. The world awes at the organization and planning and conduction of this unparalleled show...

Sans Sanskrit ? Sans India ?

''Samastha Jeeva Sukhino Bhavantu'' Sanskrit is the Greek and Latin of Sub-continent. Undoubtedly, it is a language of richness. The New government in New Delhi tries its level best for resurrecting the language of glorious past. The only language which was equally contemporary and more alive than Sanskrit is Tamil. 'Sanskrit week' was called by the...

Vacuum in Tamil Nadu’s Politics

The bastion of Dravidian politics which is experiencing revolving door politics between two Dravidian parties seems to be witnessing a political vacuum. Tamil Nadu is presently under the rule of AMMA Jayalalithaa’s All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK). The opposition space is facing a political vacuum for multiple reasons. The natural opposition of AIADMK,...