I don’t want to talk about MGR as a CM, a subject that deserves a thorough and ‘critical’ study. Rather, today’s topic is what made MGR the CM: songs…
Periyar & his Parivar unplugged!
Left, Right, Centre, Left of Centre, Far Right, Liberal, Conservative and several such sundry stuff: These ideological labels that litter the lexicon are a legacy of the Western…
Festival of Lights: Some sidelights
The phrase ‘Hindu mythology’ is a misnomer, invented by muddled or motivated minds. The fact that modern archaelogical tools or anthropological studies
‘Neo’ Robin Hood Rahul’s unkindest cut on Manmohan Singh
Hidden in plain sight in the Congress manifesto 2024 is this bombshell, rather a boomerang. Under the head ‘Economy’, there is a declaration in bold print: ‘TIME FOR A RE-SET’.
Time for a time-check
We don’t usher in, or step into, the new year. It dawns upon us, come Jan, come what may. Time and tide wait for none and are not certainly heralded by a mere flip of a new calendar.
Water’s Woes
My name is water. The need to introduce myself are many and in the current context in Chennai, most urgent.
Adieu, actor!
Lord Brahma does not make ‘ em any more. The Creator, apparently, exhausted all his energies and imagination in creating Sivaji Ganesan, who, to put it very simply, will remain the only one of his kind.
God of all things
Counting the roadside idols on Pillayar Chathurthi (PC) day … night, rather, has always been a favourite pastime of mine, writes TR Jawahar in his PointBlank column
An appeal to honourable CM Stalin
DMK MP and former Minister A Raja has given us an impression that diseases like HIV and leprosy carry social stigma while he made a remark about Sanatana Dharma. Hope CM Stalin would undo the damage caused by his remarks, writes TR Jawahar
As the Centre withers away
India’s federal structure provides for power to the Central Government for some major decisions and autonomy for States on many others.
