Why Periyar cannot be read without contradiction; Jayamohan explains https://english.mathrubhumi.com/features/mbifl-2026/jayamohan-at-mbifl-revisits-periyar-dalit-history-and-dravidian-politics-gkp6v68e?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #MBIFL2026 #Jayamohan #Periyar #DravidianPolitics #DalitHistory
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Tamil Nadu: Deep Moats Of The Dravidian Citadel
Will the BJP’s desperate efforts to splinter the people along caste, religious, regional and linguistic fault lines bear fruit in Tamil Nadu’s western districts? Meena Kandasamy writes.
#TamilNadu #DravidianPolitics #coimbatore #KonguBelt #BJP #LokSabhaElection2024 #elections2024 #india
https://www.outlookindia.com/elections/tamil-nadu-deep-moats-of-the-dravidian-citadel
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#FactCheck: Amit Shah Is Completely Wrong When He Said Tamil Nadu has ‘Not Witnessed Development’
Tamil Nadu is a humming manufacturing hub – one of the biggest in India – and has steadily outstripped large states in north India. The distance has grown over time. It has only 2% poor, as per government data, versus Gujarat’s 12%, UP’s 23% and Bihar’s 34%.
#FactCheck #elections2024 #TamilNadu #AmitShah #development #industry #manufacturing #HumanDevelopment #UttarPradesh #gujarat #DravidianPolitics #ElectionCampaign2024 #india
https://thewire.in/politics/fact-check-amit-shah-wrong-tamil-nadu-no-development
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Why BJP’s Tamil Nadu Hurdle Persists Despite Efforts
This intricacy of Tamil Nadu's social fabric, where individuals separate their political affiliations from their religious beliefs, may hold the key to understanding the state's political landscape, writes Kavitha Muralidharan.
#TamilNadu #BJP #HinduMunnani #AIADMK #DMK #DravidianPolitics #hindutva #communalism #elections2024 #india
https://thewire.in/politics/modi-bjp-tamil-nadu-vada-annamalai-dmk-aiadmk
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Can Modi's Newfound Love for Tamil Nadu Translate into Votes?
Rooted in the legacy of social justice, Tamil Nadu's unique political landscape presents a significant challenge for the BJP – a challenge that the party is desperate to surmount. Kavitha Muralidharan writes.
#TamilNadu #NarendraModi #elections2024 #BJP #ThanthiTV #katchatheevu #keezhadi #hindutva #communalism #DravidianPolitics #india
https://thewire.in/politics/can-modis-newfound-love-for-tamil-nadu-translate-into-votes
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Political power is essential for a subaltern party: Thirumavalavan
Dalit leader from Tamil Nadu says extraordinary perseverance is needed to place Dalit ideology and identity within the reality of Dravidian politics.
#interview #TholThirumavalavan #VCK #dalits #OBCs #caste #DravidianPolitics #periyar #EVRPeriyar #ambedkar #BRAmbedkar #DMK #AIADMK #TamilNadu #elections2024 #india
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Mari Selvaraj, ‘Maamannan’, and the cinema of caste in Tamil Nadu
A new generation of Tamil filmmakers are confronting the caste-glorification films of the past – but controversy is often quick to follow, and Tamil cinema’s history with caste is more complex than many recognise. Karthik Ram Manoharan writes.
#TamilNadu #cinema #MariSelvaraj #maamannan #caste #dalits #PaRanjith #vetrimaaran #TJGnanavel #ThevarMagan #KamalHaasan #CasteViolence #casteism #DravidianPolitics #TamilCinema #shankar #ManiRatnam #kollywood #history #AntiCasteCinema #LongRead #india
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A Tale of Two Sangamams
A robust counter to the BJP’s Kashi-Tamil Sangamam can be found in the Chennai-Sangamam. Straddling culture and politics, spotting the difference between the two Sangamams is crucial.
#culture #ChennaiSangamam #KashiTamilSangamam #BJP #DMK #DravidianCulture #DravidianPolitics #hindutva #TamilNadu #tamil #TNGovt #UttarPradesh #UPGovt #IITMadras #BanarasHinduUniversity #brahminism #caste #hinduism #india
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‘Unseemly and beyond remit of office’: Editorials on governor RN Ravi’s clash with the TN government
Editorials, while differing in tone, criticised Ravi for “overreach”.
#TNGovernor #RNRavi #governors #TamilNadu #TNGovt #MKStalin #TNAssembly #DravidianPolitics #BJP #media #india
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‘EWS against social justice, state will continue current reservation policy’: TN govt
The 10% quota for Economically Weaker Sections (EWS) will not be implemented in Tamil Nadu as it is against the ideals of social justice, the state government said on Monday, January 9. The state is firm on continuing the present reservation policy (of 69%), the government categorically stated.
#EWS #casteism #caste #EWS #reservation #SocialJustice #TNGovt #TamilNadu #DMK #MKStalin #brahminism #DravidianPolitics #india
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DMK takes exception to TN Governor's remarks on Dravidian rule
DMK leader TR Baalu referring to Governor's sharp criticism on Dravidian rule in TN, said he should ideally be making such comments from Kamalalayam, the state BJP headquarters and not Raj Bhavan.
#TamilNadu #DMK #TRBaalu #TNBJP #TNGovernor #RNRavi #BJP #DravidianPolitics #hindutva #brahminism #MastIndia #india