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What was a Hindi-speaking Akhilesh Yadav doing in Tamil Nadu?
It’s always a mystery as to why on and off Tamil Nadu hosts leaders of regional political parties of the Hindi heartland who have no relevance to the electorate in the state. That too by politicians whose USP is die-hard Tamil regionalism and avowed anti-Hindi stand. VP Singh used to be a favourite #Akhilesh Yadav #PMK #PoliticsDecoder #Samajwadi Prty #Tamil Nadu
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Delhi rapes: Why laws alone won’t deter rapists
The nation is fooled into yet another rape-outrage-rape cycle. As usual, Sonia Gandhi, the most influential woman in India, spoke like an opposition leader by saying that “action and not words are needed” while the responsibility to do it lay with her own party. Her party’s home minister launched himself into another #rape punishment #ThatsJustWrong
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How parting ways with Congress will help DMK fight the 2G war
If the DMK had to take great pains to hide its 2G taint and the man behind the scam A Raja during its miserable 2011 assembly elections, the party seems to have become bolder ahead of the upcoming Lok Sabha polls. Instead of pushing away Raja, the party is now rallying #2G scam #A Raja #Congress #ConnectTheDots #DMK
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Mr. Rajapaksa, if all’s well in your country, why are the Tamils fleeing?
Last week Australian authorities were shocked to see that a boat with 66 ragged Sri Lankan Tamils, many of them women and children, sailed into Geraldton port in Western Australia without being noticed by border patrols or intelligence agencies. While the Australians’ astonishment was limited to the breach of border-security, what #Australia #OnOurMind #refugees #Sri Lanka #tamils
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Rajiv assassination convicts: why Article 161 is politically significant in TN
A few weeks back, when actor Sanjay Dutt was awarded a five year jail term by the Supreme Court, the nation was debating Article 161 of the Indian constitution - thanks to Justice Markandey Katju. The same Article 161 is now getting into the popular legal lexicon of Tamil Nadu owing #Article 161 #clemency #ConnectTheDots #DMK #NewsTracker #Rajiv Gandhi assassination #Sanjay Dutt
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How I got my Kindle back: an inter-continental call centre story
The rather inexpensive and super light Kindle Paperwhite has been my inseparable companion as I live between two cities in the South. Hardbound books, particularly with mouthwatering online discounts, are look and feel great, but when it comes to reading and carrying around, the Kindle has no comparison. Its screen looks #Amazon Inc. #Amazon Kindle #Customer Service in India #JustSaying #Kindle #Kindle Paperwhite
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Why students unions like SFI need to dissociate from political masters
Two totally unconnected incidents in two different parts of the country in the last few weeks have turned out to be remarkable early warning signals of a paradigm shift emerging in student politics in India. In one, a young SFI (Student Federation of India) activist died in police custody in West #apolitical student movements #ConnectTheDots #Delhi gangrape protests #Loyola College #SFI #Tamil Nadu #West Bengal
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Attacks on Muslims: Is Sri Lanka now an anti-minority state?
The alarm expressed by the US ambassador to Sri Lanka Michele J Sison over the attacks and hate-speech against Muslims in the island nation on Tuesday is the much-needed international voice against the country’s government that is fast turning into an ant-minority autocracy. This type of hateful sentiment must not be #Anti-Muslim attacks #Fashion Bug #Gotabhaya Rajapaksa #Sinhala Buddhist #Sri Lanka #WhatNext
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Why Modi has to move from good to democratic governance
Most of what Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi said at the Think India Dialogue Forum on Monday on his government’s achievements and his vision for India could have got into international best practice documents on governance, but for his 2002-taint and his limited worldview on rights. The lingo that multilateral institutions #Democracy #Good Governance #Narendra Modi #WhyNow