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Pride, sometimes, is a legitimate indulgence. For News Today and me personally, small fishes that we are in a turbulent ocean infested by sharks, pride is the only source of sustenance. Continue Reading
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BJP’s death wish
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Friday, 09 March 2018 It takes more than just foolishness to do what a BJP leader has done in ‘Dravidian’ Tamil Nadu. Although the bulk of the nation is under its thumb, Tamil… Continue Reading
God’s new workshop
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Saturday, 19 August 2017 You can take my word as it arises from prevailing experience: sloth is not sinful. Well, it might have been by choice or forced by some physical misfortune, but… Continue Reading
The write way
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Saturday, 29 July 2017 The ground below started shifting long back. An undeniable and uncomfortable sense of irrelevance and lack of purpose was afflicting the writing community for quite some time. The belated… Continue Reading
Raids and reads, recycled
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Saturday, 29 April 2017 As the Dinakaran Touring Talkies rolls cross country, are we really surprised? Nah! And who said the notorious M. Mafia only take and don’t give bribes? Of course they… Continue Reading
The EC way out
Even by semi-official estimates, the slush cash used to bribe the voters of RK Nagar is around Rs 89 crs. Press freedom, previous experience and priority access to ‘sources that do not want to be identified’ allow us to round… Continue Reading
Masters of the game
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Saturday, 08th April 2017 Thirumangalam, in an ironic defiance of its pleasant sounding name, turned out to be most inauspicious for TN’s already fouled poll politics. The by-election, buy-election rather, held there in… Continue Reading
A Talk aloud
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Tuesday, 04th April 2017 When there is nothing to write or no inclination to write on anything, best is to write about oneself. Not an autobiography but the prevailing mood placed on auto-pilot.… Continue Reading
‘Power of Attorney’ politics
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Friday, 17th February 2017 Rational TN can stump lawmen and laymen alike. The happenings here have always been high on absurd theatrics and can easily carry away and confound even the sanest… Continue Reading
Inauspicious Tidings
By : T R Jawahar, E-Mail : [email protected] Thursday, 9th February 2017 It seems to be time for all good, bad and ugly men and women to come to the aid of the party. The provocation for this rising din of… Continue Reading