In the name of Culture

During the Post Independent India’s Brahman rule, the so-called Dravidian upliftment champions trumpeted that they were the Saviours of Dravidian Culture from the then oppressive Brahmans and emphasized the need for self-esteem. Nothing wrong about it.

But what we see today in the name of Dravidian rule is the complete hijack of households in the name [...]

Andes for Aymara

What a coincidence? After my earlier rant about my personal situation with intersecting thoughts on Democracy, I happened to watch John Pilger’s documentary, “War on Democracy“. I will highly recommend it to anyone that likes to know about wretched U.S foreign policy in Latin America. In a generation that is viscerally engineered by mainstream media, [...]

Premature Obituary for Democracy in Madurai

I think it is time that newspapers start writing their share of obituary for Democracy in Madurai. It is a shame that assholes like Alagiri will end up being elected representatives for Madurai Lok Sabha seat. Why aren’t newspapers reporting on the gross amount of violation of Election Commission norms at Madurai? What a shame? [...]

A national shame called “Ragging”

Looks like someone has taken courage to put his academic career in the line of fire and come up with the dirty truth about the world of ragging behind the hostel closed doors. The recent ragging incident in Coimbatore is just one among many that could have gone unreported but for the courage of the [...]

Vaiko is Mr.Psycho

[A Open Letter to Mr.Vaiko]

I read about your incendiary speech at Chennai in support of the banned terrorist outfit LTTE. You never seize to amaze me with your relentless support for Sri Lankan Tamils. But then, I suppose, your recent speech just went over the brim and spilled the dirty beans. As a person that [...]

Dirty Nexus & Politik

Stumbled across the Save American College Campaign site that has been put up by an anonymous student group claiming to hail from Thoothukudi. I had actually heard through word-of-mouth about the Student strike at American College, in support of their Principal; sometime back in August 2008. Even I had personally witnessed peaceful protests by student [...]

The Gaza Peace Express

The other day, I had written down a conceptual thought about “Gaza Peace Express”.

The set of snaps will cover parts of Northern Africa till the middle east and may be extend to parts of Central Asia. This set of snaps will include portraits or wide angle shots of people specific to the region (from the [...]