That Nero fiddled while Rome burned is familiar history. Chennai, last week, wasn’t exactly burning, thanks probably to the fuel shortage, but it came to a complete standstill, literally on the roads. Yet Nero’s modern counterparts in power here were engrossed in a preview of a film scripted by Kalaingar. Continue Reading
Strange are the ways of rationalists. And stranger still are the ways of the secular rationalists. Selectivity is the hallmark of their approach while hypocrisy is always built into whatever they say and do, though these two too rarely tally. Continue Reading
Every politician, several successive governments, quite a number of service organisations and a plethora of legislations have over the years sought to improve the lot of the mil-lions of Dalits of the country. Yet they remain where they are, as perennial untouchables Continue Reading
Nelson’s eye, like Madras Eye, appears to be contagious. What was an affliction confined only to the DMK has surely spread to the BJP too if one were to read a meaning into the latter’s continued dithering on the use of Art.356. Continue Reading
I swear I am not going to write about Veerappan today. If the brigand thinks that by kidnapping a few from my fraternity, he can just walk into these columns, he is sadly mistaken. Does he believe that I do not have even the minimum gumption to refrain from writing about him Continue Reading
When equity demands that one must grant even the D its due, it would be grossly unfair to deny the exorcists their share. In any case, they would seek to themselves apportion their share of credit, which is truly a lion’s shares if detractors and cynics, Continue Reading
Few governments can achieve so much in just two years. Arid it is also equally rare to see a ruling party that has kept most of its pre-power promises. Indeed it is a measure of the diligence and commitment of the DMK mandarins hailing from the barracks of the Arivalayam… Continue Reading
Between the Fourteenth of February when serial bombs rocked Koval and now, which is roughly about three months, Tamilnadu Chief Minister Karunanidhi has done several somersaults on the issue. Continue Reading
As India gate crashes to take its rightful place in the comity of nuclear powers, every Indian who values his self-respect and understands his self-interest has reason to be proud and elated. After decades of hypocritical dithering and painful procrastination Continue Reading
Most respected Shri. AtaIji behariji vaipayeeji,
Congratulations. If my memory is right your government has just crossed fifty days in office which is almost four times thirteen and so an admirable record for any BJP government. Of course we do realise that these fifty days itself had been like a yugh what with one controversy Continue Reading