Chennai BLOGS
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When lotus dreams of striking roots under two leaves
April 14, 2025, 11:33 PM IST
One of the most repeated lies in Tamil Nadu politics is that AIADMK and BJP are “natural allies”. The two parties were in alliance for three Lok Sabha elections (1998, 2004 and 2019) and one…
April 14, 2025, 11:33 PM IST
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Why Tamil Nadu government’s measure to protect its fuel tax revenue is justified
May 4, 2020, 7:55 PM IST
The Tamil Nadu government changed the state’s petrol and diesel sales tax structure effective Sunday midnight. The state government earlier levied a tax which was a percentage of the retail price. Now, it has changed…
May 4, 2020, 7:55 PM IST
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Plight of migrant labourers and its impact on economic activities
May 2, 2020, 10:50 PM IST
The current rush of migrant labours due to sudden lockdown of the country in an effort to contain the spread of coronavirus pandemic has become the most glaring issue of the day and an eye-opener…
May 2, 2020, 10:50 PM IST
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Covid-19: Here’s to all doctors who — and my friend in the moonlight
April 13, 2020, 11:09 AM IST
A few weeks ago, we old schoolmates were on a late-night video call (which has now become a weekly fixture). On the screen, we watched each other as we joked, some reclining on the couch,…
April 13, 2020, 11:09 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
Adapt to change: Drought in Chennai and flooding in Assam are two different faces of the same problem
July 15, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
Not for the first time has Chennai’s perennial water crisis resulted in trains being used to ferry water to the parched city. But this time the problem has assumed frightening proportions. Chennai’s problems should be…
July 15, 2019, 2:00 AM IST
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Will AIADMK or won’t it?
February 14, 2019, 4:10 PM IST
Today is supposed to be the last date for aspiring candidates to submit application forms to contest the forthcoming Lok Sabha elections on an AIADMK ticket. The party holds as many as 37 out of…
February 14, 2019, 4:10 PM IST
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An open letter to TN law minister on probe into Jayalalithaa’s death
January 13, 2019, 6:20 PM IST
Hope you had a wonderful New Year celebration. You had much to celebrate. Your government sailed through dissent, desertions and court battles in 2018. As the law minister, you represented Tamil Nadu’s strong stand in…
January 13, 2019, 6:20 PM IST
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2G verdict adds more spice to RK Nagar bypoll
December 21, 2017, 7:30 PM IST
Today saw record polling of nearly 78% for the RK Nagar assembly seat in Tamil Nadu, which has been vacant since the death of Jayalalithaa last December. If the election of April was cancelled here following complaints of widespread distribution…
December 21, 2017, 7:30 PM IST
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First they pirated Mersal
October 23, 2017, 3:41 PM IST
In the pitched faceoff between the Vijay starrer Mersal and the BJP leadership of Tamil Nadu, it’s very cool how the state film industry has spoken up for their peers loud, united and bold. When…
October 23, 2017, 3:41 PM IST
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Will Tamil star Vijay’s ‘Mersal’ create a Peepli Live moment against BJP?
October 20, 2017, 7:22 PM IST
Tamil film star Vijay is in the eye of a storm after his recently released film ‘Mersal’ has come under fire from BJP. The state unit of BJP has taken objection to the reference made…
October 20, 2017, 7:22 PM IST
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Truth about urban flooding: Cities like Mumbai get inundated regularly due to administrative apathy, not climate change
August 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
By Asit K Biswas, Udisha Saklani and Cecilia Tortajada While tropical storm Harvey in Texas has grabbed more international attention, flooding in South Asia has been quite severe: already a thousand people have died. This…
August 31, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
EPS topples OPS: Swearing in EK Palaniswami as Tamil Nadu CM is unlikely to end uncertainty
February 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
Yesterday, Edappadi K Palaniswami became the second chief minister Tamil Nadu has seen since J Jayalalithaa’s demise in December. He heads a 31-member ministry and has been asked by Governor Vidyasagar Rao to prove his…
February 17, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Chennai oil spill: Not such a ‘minor incident’ after all
February 4, 2017, 3:19 PM IST
The rows of people removing sludge armed with nothing more than rubber gloves and buckets has attracted much criticism since the January 28 oil spill started staining Chennai beaches. Critics have been slamming government agencies…
February 4, 2017, 3:19 PM IST
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Leadership failure: Peaceful movement for jallikattu didn’t have to erupt in bloody clashes after achieving goal
January 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
The jallikattu protest has finally drawn blood. After remaining peaceful and apolitical for six days, the movement with Chennai’s Marina beach as its epicentre turned violent on Monday. At least 60 people, half of them…
January 24, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Misplaced activism: Ban on jallikattu is neither desirable nor enforceable, it must go
January 20, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
The growing protests against the ban on the bull-taming sport of jallikattu in Tamil Nadu shed light on yet another case of misplaced animal rights and judicial activism. In 2014, the Supreme Court had banned…
January 20, 2017, 2:00 AM IST
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Sasikala roadblocks Sasikala?
December 17, 2016, 12:33 PM IST
Already Chennai and Tamil Nadu are festooned with posters in which Chinnamma VK Sasikala looms larger than Jayalalithaa. But just as it looked like a done deal that Chinnamma would be anointed general secretary aka…
December 17, 2016, 12:33 PM IST
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Don’t eulogise Amma for her freebie politics
December 11, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
Authoritarian leadership, big corruption, and endless freebies for the masses. These were the hallmarks of Tamil Nadu chief minister Jayalalithaa (popularly called Amma) who died last week. In this week of mourning, she has been…
December 11, 2016, 12:00 AM IST
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Jayalalitha: A towering force for Tamil Nadu’s people
December 6, 2016, 1:31 PM IST
I first met Dr J Jayalalithaa when she came to join Narendrabhai Modi’s swearing in at Sardar Patel stadium, Ahmedabad on December 26th , 2012. She was joy and happiness personified and her greetings to…
December 6, 2016, 1:31 PM IST
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July 11, 2016, 3:57 AM IST
The July 5 judgment of the Madras High Court, delivered by chief justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul and Pushpa Sathyanarayana, opens with Voltaire’s stinging defence of free speech: “I may not agree with what you say,…
July 11, 2016, 3:57 AM IST
May 19, 2016, 3:42 PM IST
May 19, 2016, will go down in India’s election history as one that defied predictions. For one, it razed the forecast of pollsters – and all except for C-Voter – got their numbers way off…
May 19, 2016, 3:42 PM IST
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