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2 weeks ago | 
thewire.in | kavitha Muralidharan
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3 weeks ago | 
outlookindia.com | kavitha Muralidharan |SHWETA DESAI
Language of Protest: An anti-Hindi march in Tamil Nadu in 1965 | File Photo Language of Protest: An anti-Hindi march in Tamil Nadu in 1965 | File Photo Just before the 2024 Lok Sabha election, cleavages emerged with a specific reference to the North-South divide and it has intensified in recent times.
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3 weeks ago | 
outlookindia.com | kavitha Muralidharan
National The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu nationalist politics is reviving the north-south conflict by undermining federalist principles Geographical Boundaries: India Intra Gangem—a miniature map of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts | Photo: Getty Images Geographical Boundaries: India Intra Gangem—a miniature map of the Malabar and Coromandel coasts | Photo: Getty Images Landscapes mould lives. Geography...
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outlookindia.com | kavitha Muralidharan |Chinki Sinha
Dr Ambedkar with Periyar in 1954| Dr Ambedkar with Periyar in 1954| On November 20, 1916, a group of prominent non-Brahmin traders, lawyers, doctors, landowners, and politicians from the Madras Presidency gathered and agreed to found two institutions. One was the South India People’s Association, a joint-stock company that would publish a newspaper in English, Tamil, and Telugu to present the non-Brahmin perspective.
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3 weeks ago | 
outlookindia.com | kavitha Muralidharan
National Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu, writes in Outlook's latest issue on how this Central government, with its proclivity for disruptive gestures regardless of constitutional norms, could push through a delimitation exercise that will fundamentally undermine India’s federal character Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur India has arguably the world’s most centralised governance structure, a...
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3 weeks ago | 
outlookindia.com | Tanvir Aeijaz |kavitha Muralidharan
National As South India opposes changes like delimitation and the push for Hindi, fearing a loss of political power and cultural harm, the struggle raises larger concerns about fairness and regional rights in India Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur Photo: Illustration: Vikas Thakur “Women and children have no part in war, yet they pay the highest price.” —Leymah Gbowee, Liberian peace activist & Nobel Prize winner In India’s ongoing North-South cultural divide, women and children have, as...
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3 weeks ago | 
outlookindia.com | Palanivel Rajan |kavitha Muralidharan |Sanjay Hegde |Harish Khare
COVER STORY As South India opposes changes like delimitation and the push for Hindi, fearing a loss of political power and cultural harm, the struggle raises larger concerns about fairness and regional rights in India BY Outlook Bureau 30 March 2025 Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu, writes in Outlook's latest issue on how this Central government, with its proclivity for disruptive gestures regardless of constitutional norms, could...
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1 month ago | 
thewire.in | kavitha Muralidharan
Chennai: Before Thol. Thirumavalavan became a prominent figure in Tamil Nadu’s Dalit rights movement and a recognised political leader, he worked as a scientific officer in the Tamil Nadu Forensic Sciences Department. His name first entered the public spotlight in the early 1990s when it was found on a slip of paper belonging to a political activist who was killed in a police encounter for allegedly plotting to assassinate a caste Hindu leader.
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1 month ago | 
thewire.in | kavitha Muralidharan
film It posits him not as a distant, saintly figure but as a thinker whose revolt against dogma and caste oppression feels painfully contemporary. Music is recorded for the film Anbenum Peruveli. Photo: Screenshot from documentary. Support Free & Independent Journalism Good morning, we need your help! Since 2015, The Wire has fearlessly delivered independent journalism, holding truth to power. Despite lawsuits and intimidation tactics, we persist with your support.
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1 month ago | 
thewire.in | kavitha Muralidharan
Chennai: Tamil Nadu chief minister M.K. Stalin has once again stepped into the national political arena by inviting leaders from over seven states for a meeting against delimitation in Chennai on March 22. Stalin had already reached out to chief ministers and political leaders across Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Telangana, Odisha, West Bengal, and Punjab, emphasising the potential threat to southern States’ representation in the Lok Sabha.
