Television images of Tamil Nadu politics have been depressing and bizarre by turn. But even as we lament the AIADMK’s resort politics, let’s not forget that Narendra Modi’s Gujarat was one of the first states where in 1995, MLAs were actually airlifted to Khajuraho to prevent ‘poaching’.
But the big news from Tamil Nadu is not its politics but its civil society. The Tamil potboiler dominates the national news map at a time when the Tamil identity is more confident and assertive than ever before. Only last month thousands of young people converged on Marina beach to protest against the apex court’s strictures on Jallikattu, speaking out forcefully in defence of a Tamil tradition.
When Sasikala seized power, Tamilians protested vociferously, the Read More
