Independent journalist, Chennai
In Keezhamaligai village in Ariyalur district in Tamil Nadu, men carefully paint mangoes on the walls of newly built homes, the fruit’s yellow mirroring the searing sun. Five mangoes on every house exert the presence of the locally dominant political powe
Hindustan Times / April 2017
The Dalit scholar Muthukrishnan, from Salem, Tamil Nadu, had also been aligned with the Ambedkar Student’s Association when he studied at Hyderabad.
2017 / March 2017
On 12 March, Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU) was jolted by the alleged suicide of 27-year-old Muthukrishnan Jeevanandham — a PhD student and a Dalit from Salem in Tamil Nadu — in the Centre for Historical Sciences (CHS) Department of the university. "We
Firstpost / March 2017
On January 28, MT BW Maple was leaving Chennai’s Kamarajar Port after emptying liquefied petroleum gas just as MT Dawn Kanchipuram, loaded with petroleum oil lubricant, was pulling in to berth at the Ennore port. The ships collided. On February 3, the mis
The Hindu Business Line / February 2017
Many political watchers in Tamil Nadu heaved a sigh of relief as the Supreme Court verdict came in on Tuesday — a unanimous ‘guilty’ from the two-judge bench. The political uncertainty that has gripped the state since February 7 appeared to have been res
Hindustan Times / February 2017
Outside the AIADMK (All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam) headquarters in Chennai on Wednesday, a live counter rang in everyone’s minds to keep track of how many MLAs had come out in support of VK Sasikala, the ruling party’s general secretary in-char
Hindustan Times / February 2017
Wednesday was O Panneerselvam’s day in the sun. The caretaker chief minister of the southern state was flooded with well-wishers and supporters, following his late night announcement of a break with the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam’s general s
Firstpost / February 2017
Through a mutilated door, the old women watch M Kalaimathi, a middle-aged woman who is waking her two children to go to school while her husband is out at sea. Despite her eldest son's warning, the milk bubbling on the stove ascends and falls, as her lank
Firstpost / February 2017
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