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Tamil Nadu

Udhayanidhi Stalin’s jeans & tees dress code reaches HC

A youth icon for the ruling DMK, Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, a public servant, has drawn the attention of the High Court for sporting jeans and T-shirts featuring the party’s election symbol of the ‘rising sun’ at official events.

Periyar and Gandhi~I

Periyar was initially an enthusiastic supporter of Gandhi from the very inception of the Non-Cooperation Movement as he was aware of the narrow social base of the Congress and the dominance of lawyers within it before Gandhi took charge. The advent of Gandhi was significantly transformative as his political and social activities were such that everyone could participate and his principles could ‘be understood by all‘. The atavistic orientation of Gandhian principles like khadi, prohibition and abolition of untouchability were refreshingly new and novel