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All is not well with Indian science
Serious doubts about the efficacy of the Indian Science Congress have emerged; no meaningful discussions and debates come out of it anyway The cancellation (postponement, according to office bearers) of the 109th edition of the Indian Science Congress which was scheduled to begin on 3 January 2024 has brought to light...
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CPI-M rule: The untold Kerala story
05 January 2024 | Kumar Chellappan -
Turning India into a republic of villages
31 January 2022 | Kumar Chellappan -
Third Front not just yet
21 December 2020 | Kumar Chellappan -
India needs Palkhivala now
25 January 2020 | Kumar Chellappan -
Tamil Nadu’s Don Quixote
27 July 2019 | Kumar Chellappan -
Chennai has its answers
02 July 2019 | Kumar Chellappan -
The Emergency saga
25 June 2019 | Kumar Chellappan
No outsiders in Kerala
The Congress and the CPI(M) pretend to be arch rivals in the State even as they work together at the Centre. They alternate power in the State to keep a third entity out Every election in Kerala, whether it is to the Lok Sabha or the State Legislature, brings to mind...
In a state of turmoil
Tamil Nadu is at the crossroads today as the political leadership has become power-hungry and is least concerned about the State’s welfare. There’s none who can show the way The second phase of the Lok Sabha election took place in Tamil Nadu on April 18. In my earlier articles focussing on...
A comedy of errors in TN
Post the deaths of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi and the resultant leadership vacuum, democracy has lost its remaining semblance of civility Beejankuram, meaning embryo, is the name of a Malayalam short story written way back in the 1970s by Vadakke Koottala Narayanankutty Nair (popularly known as VKN), the czar of laughter. The...
Dravidian pride at stake
With the Congress and the BJP stitching alliances with DMK and AIADMK respectively, some interesting action awaits Tamil Nadu with both regional parties having to battle contradictions Well, Tamil Nadu is ready for the quinquennial Lok Sabha election which may take place in the month of April. With the Dravida Munnetra...
Convenient allies
With neither Jayalalithaa nor Karunanidhi around, Dravidian parties have so far managed to tide over the political slugfest by national players. But will their strategy work this time? Carlos Bilardo, manager of the 1986 World Cup winning Argentina national football team, had something in common with late J Jayalalithaa, the All...
In search of a thalaiva
During earlier elections, there was clarity of thought and ideas among the lead players. But the absence of Jayalalithaa and Karunanidhi has made the State look like a rudderless ship As Tamil Nadu is getting ready for the “festival of democracy” or the general election, the scenario is that of watching...
