Agree with him (or not), no other political party or leader contesting elections today in India will even attempt to distribute booklets to public (Koyembedu bus stand) containing verses of Manusmriti and what it says about non-Brahmins and women. We have to wait for the impact.
He uses Hindi to obfuscate the truth about his involvement in a crime. He collaborates with Tamil criminals. This has nothing to do with being slapped for speaking in Hindi.
Finished my night duty and came back at around 12.40 a. m. to be greeted by a pack of 5 dogs sitting in front of my gate. I love dogs but dogs roaming around in packs is a bit unsettling.
@chennaicorp
please help.
My mother who retired from BSNL often said that it was BSNL that paid for my education. Sad to hear that BSNL employees haven't been paid for February. Imagine all the missed EMIs and home loans. Nightmare. Looks like a systematic attempt to shut down BSNL.
.
@rajinikanth
has very few options now. 1) Swallow his pride and support AIADMK-BJP. 2) Lead the alliance with BJP. 3) Strike an alliance with Kamal Haasan and form a third front - the media will cover the hell out of it.
In all three scenarios, I would pick the third option.
I met Arnab in February 2018 (I think) in Chennai and I was so close to joining the channel before its launch. Pulled the plug at the last minute.
Kadavul irukkaaru Kumaru
There is a reason why BJP wants to erode AIADMK's base: Because AIADMK is merely a party opposition to DMK, not an ideological opposition. BJP believes that if they destroy the party Opposition to DMK, they can become both the ideological and a party Opposition to the DMK.
MNM believes that Congress leaving DMK is a real possibility now and are working towards that. Second rung leaders in MNM say that it is a natural ideological alliance.
@ikamalhaasan
has reportedly made sure that his schedule is flexible for the next two days. Talks possible?
@ikamalhaasan
talks about fan fights: they will be surprised how we (
@rajinikanth
and I) talk in private. We don't bother about these fan fights because a game needs two goal posts
@the_hindu
MNM founder and Coimbatore South candidate
@ikamalhaasan
writes a cordial letter to the candidates fielded by other parties. He says, "I wish that the elections are held in an honest and transparent manner. No matter who wins, it means that the people have won."
@THChennai
@sumanthraman
@arivalayam
He is saying if population keeps getting provoked (by BJP's anti-federal, centralised) policies, it may break the country. Which is what most people are saying anyway. What's the problem in this?
Yearly ritual for T Nagar and West Mambalam residents. To witness our subway full of water. We just need a ritual now something like Azhagar festival when this happens. So that we can start celebrating it. Instead of feeling disappointed that nothing has changed in 30 years.
@rajinikanth
has arrived at the opening of new office of
@ikamalhaasan
's Raj Kamal International and will jointly unveil K. Balachander's bust in the office premises on TTK road.
@the_hindu
I agree with
@Actor_Siddharth
that journalists must think about what can be/cannot be asked to actors during promotions. Quality of films will improve only when quality of film journalism improves. Mistakes may happen sometimes, but good journalism is not about being a bully(1/n)
Despite the drubbing and ridicule in the State Assembly elections and his close coterie deserting him accusing him of 'autocratic functioning and lack of political knowledge',
@ikamalhaasan
is up and about campaigning for the local body polls. What an attitude! Never say never.
There are very few non-political personalities who have wielded a great influence in lives of Tamils in the last few decades. They are Vadivelu, Ilaiyaraaja and SPB (not in any particular order). Such a HUGE influence on our lives. Hope SPB survives this scare.
Just got off the phone with a source close to PMK leadership. I was told that there is a real fear among the district secretaries that PMK majority of the vote bank might move to AIADMK if PMK goes with the BJP.
My story about the impact of Pa. Ranjith (
@beemji
) and Mari Selvaraj and others in Tamil cinema.
"From ‘Attakathi’ and ‘Kabali’ to ‘Pariyerum Perumal’: How this decade changed caste representation in Kollywood."
Makkal Needhi Maiam office bearer, Ponnusamy files a complaint against Mr. Senthil Vel who runs 'Tamil Kelvi' Youtube Channel for apparently 'defaming Kamal Haasan'.
@THChennai
What about Luxe theatre owned by Reddy brothers that was forcefully taken away from them with the help of people in the government?
An iconic brand was forced to sell. They took the first opportunity to sell their business to PVR. Please don't give such certificates sir.
We do not realize what we have until it is lost. Good law and order &a peaceful society are often taken for granted.
@AIADMKOfficial
has delivered this in last 10 years.
@arivalayam
must give a commitment that their party men will not indulge in strong arm methods if they win
@sumanthraman
@arivalayam
Because nobody talks of federal rights like us. May be, Bengal? We are a union of states. The Union govt should not be more powerful than the State.
"Tamil Nadu has been historically been a place of major political happenings. Including Mahatma Gandhiji discarding his cloth. I too want to create a political revolution. If there is a change now, future generations will live better": Rajinikanth
@the_hindu
Former President of India, APJ Abdul Kalam's close aide, Ponraj joins Makkal Needhi Maiam, on the party's founding day celebrations here at Sai Ram Engineering College on Sunday.
@THChennai
Students respond to
@CMOTamilnadu
’s NEET plea by enrolling in record numbers for this year's examination.
Students from TN have no time for petty politics played by the
@arivalayam
Govt.
Family Man 2: If a person who has no clue about Tamil-Sinhala conflict in Sri Lanka sees it, they would end it with no perspective on the conflict except that there is a possibility of Tamil rebels collaborating with Pakistan and that GOI works with Sri Lanka to eliminate rebels
However, so many non brahmin heroes, directors and producers have made movies (Ejaman, Chinna Gounder) that blatantly invoke caste pride worse than Thevar Magan. None of them have received as much criticism as Kamal Haasan and Thevar Magan. Why?
Silly that PMK is picking on
@Ahmedshabbir20
and other journalists for asking tough questions in a PC organised to explain PMK's reasons for joining AIADMK alliance. He raised questions that would have been asked anyway. Nothing indecent. Don't understand why PMK is SO touchy.
I cover MNM and speak to their core team of EC members every day and, based on my conversations, most are strongly secular.
@ikamalhaasan
must realise that his wishy-washy comments on BJP is making those around him nervous and can result in people leaving the party. (1/n)
@sumanthraman
@arivalayam
Not really. We have ceded our right to levy taxes in our State among other things. It is not imaginary. We must oppose Centralisation vehemently. If we aspire to have a successful economy like the United States, we must give more and more power to the States.
Sharp and correct stand taken by
@ikamalhaasan
. While we need to speak about the absurdity of slapping a case for creating a 'tool kit' for protesters, the logic of sedition laws, an instrument used by British, in India should be debated.
கல்லூரி மாணவி, சூழியல் அக்கறையாளர் திஷா ரவியை கடுமையான வழக்குகளில் கைது செய்திருப்பது அதிர்ச்சியளிக்கிறது.
தேசதுரோகம் எனும் பெயரில் மாற்றுக்கருத்துக்களின் குரல்வளையை நெரிப்பது, ஜனநாயகம் அளித்திருக்கிற கருத்துரிமைக்கு எதிரான கொடுஞ்செயல்.
Sai Deepak's intellectual achievement has been to use 'decoloniality' to justify Brahminism. This is why he is so popular among the young upper castes.
@krithikasivasw
@chennaicorp
Some do. But we would like to walk without getting scared. Also, they chase delivery people on bikes sometimes in the night. Could lead to an accident.
In the interest of national integration,
@mkstalin
should demand that regional languages such as Tamil, Malayalam, Kannada, Telugu, Marathi, Gujarati and Bengali be taught in schools across the Hindi belt. We will see how politicians there react.
Delhi CM
@ArvindKejriwal
says if AAP forms govt in Punjab in 2022, then party will give Rs 1000 per month to every woman in the state, who is above 18 years of age.
@kittybehal10
If the pandemic is an ‘Act of God’, how do we describe the mismanagement of the economy during 2017-18 2018-19 and 2019-20 BEFORE the pandemic struck India? Will the FM as the Messenger of God please answer?
Apparently, in Dharmapuri town, Pa. Ranjith-Vikram starrer, Thangalaan, hasn't released in the only swanky multiplex recently built. It has released in an old theatres called GM Theatre and Sri Hari theatre. Imagine. This animosity should end.
FYI that so called meme was denigrating tamil women.
Are you subscribing to such filthy portrayal of women
@khushsundar
It’s a disgusting portrayal of women and you call that “suppression of people’s voices”
People’s Voice will speak in 2024
The ground floor of our apartment is submerged in knee deep water while the water level outside is much higher. The water has entered their homes. Kamakoti street off Lake View road near Public Health Centre in W.Mambalam. There is an old age home opposite.Pls help.
@chennaicorp
@sumanthraman
@arivalayam
So what? We are talking about Union govt trampling on the rights of the States. It doesn't matter whether Congress brought in the law or that DMK was in power. State rights should be protected irrespective and it is not an imaginary concern. State taxation rights is V important.
Let the boat club residents lay their own roads, build their own drains, clean their own homes and dishes, self-drive their own cars....etc etc without 'Boatclub outsiders'. Then they can stop others from walking inside their 'neighborhood'.
The kind of MLA we all deserve. For two lifts, he has gone and met India's Railway Minister.
If you want American visa, he will go and meet America Janadhibadhi.
I spoke to
@ikamalhaasan
on need to plug the missing link that is citizens' participation to fight Covid-19, police and political patronage, litigation as political strategy.
@sumanthraman
I think you have made an unfair comment that goes against the spirit of what she said. Jothimani's right - Lord Ram has little to no resonance. Lord Ayyappan and Lord Murugan are more deified than Lord Ram. Tamil people are devout, but religion is not an emotional issue here,imo.
Sources say
@ikamalhaasan
is likely to pick between Alandur, T. Nagar or Mylapore. While MNM polled sizeable number of votes in South Chennai and did well in brahmin areas, the party feels that the actor is disliked by the community and have doubts if he would get support.
Frmr MNM
@ckknaturals
says he and other main office bearers have no idea from where the party got money and who funded the party since March 1, 2021. Who funded the party for the final month? Did it influence the decisions taken by the party?
"Some say we are not experienced. Yes, we are not experienced in corruption, taking bribes, using caste calculations or doing a riot. We are not experienced in falling at the feet underneath the table," says
@ikamalhaasan
at Madippakkam public meeting.
MNM president
@ikamalhaasan
urges TN govt to investigate the allegations against a teacher in PSBB school. He also says that the allegations against other schools should also be investigated.
Enjoyed
@Suriya_offl
's Jai Bhim. The makers seem to used one case to explore several issues reg how police deal with those who are politically, socially vulnerable and electorally insignificant. It is unfair to compare it with Samudhrakani brand of 'advise' cinema.
#VERIFIED
👉Reality of Shramik train from Tamil Nadu to Bihar
👉Watch Migrant workers & students on board make SERIOUS allegations in MY REPORT WITH VISUALS
👉'No food/water for 30 HOURS'
👉'Takes 48 hours by train. But this special train is still running even after 50+ hrs'
Many in Makkal Needhi Maiam say that Kamal Haasan
@ikamalhaasan
was fantastic and spoke with clarity on several issues for over 2.5 hours. Video is likely to be made public soon, I hear.
@the_hindu
Kamal Haasan makes these dubious comments and then pleads with everyone to not label him as a Sanghi. If he keeps making these comments, it becomes obvious that he is trying to normalize the BJP and their political agenda in a state where they are tottering. (4/4)
Wondering if MNM's performance across TN, especially in Chennai, be affected because Kamal Haasan is concentrating in Coimbatore South to ensure his victory?
If some one smokes weed in Amsterdam and posts a video about it, then does the State government have a right to take action after that person returns? Asking for a friend.
West Mambalam: Lake view road stretch near by public health Centre, Kamakoti st, Ramakrishna Puram 3rd St and parts of Thambiah reddy rd is under hip deep water. No power for more than 30 hours now. Patients struggling. Requesting
@chennaicorp
to deploy pumps.
Maari wrote a brutal open letter to Kamal Haasan criticising Thevar Magan. I largely agreed with it then. But, apart from the song 'Potti Padadi Ponne', which feeds into the Thevar pride narrative, the film itself is critical of caste pride in rural TN.
The last minute withdrawal of Superstar from entering politics after decades of building up to the moment in his speeches and films has certainly dented his carefully built image. After refusing to take on the political establishment, the 'build up' songs sound so hollow.
After portraying security threats in Kashmir, Kerala and Tamil Nadu (Muslims and Tamil rebel movement), I sincerely hope, for the purposes of balance, that Family Man 3 will focus on Indian majoritarian Right wing and their violent conspiracies.
#Familyman2
Congress president Sonia Gandhi to appoint new leader for Tamil Nadu Congress Committee soon and TNCC wants Rahul Gandhi to become the president of INC @ TNCC general body meeting.