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Tamil Nadu: DMK-VCK cadre attack Hindu leader and IMK chief Arjun Sampath, prevent him from paying respects to Babasaheb Ambedkar

OpIndia Staff - 6 December, 2020

DMK and VCK workers tried to prevent Indu Makkal Katchi head Arjun Sampath from paying respects to Babasaheb Ambedkar

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Tamil Nadu: UPA ally VCK MP Thol Thirumavalavan says upper-caste women go behind men of other castes as ‘their’ men do not have any...

OpIndia Staff - 28 October, 2020

hol Thirumavalavan belongs to a Dalit community and is notoriously known for making vile comments against other communities.

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Tamil Nadu: Thol Thirumavalavan’s VCK members stab an office-bearer of Hindu organisation Indu Makkal Katchi

OpIndia Staff - 28 October, 2020

Manikandan, who is critical after sustaining injuries, has been admitted to the Dindigul Government Hospital and is currently undergoing intensive treatment.

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Tamil Nadu: Chidambaram MP Thol Thirumavalavan says Sanatana Dharma treats women as ‘sex workers’

OpIndia Staff - 23 October, 2020

"Women are basically created as prostitutes by God. All women are prostitutes as per Hindu Dharma, Manu Dharma. All women are prostitutes. This is what the Sanatana Dharma says", said the MP.

Government and Policy

Economics of Higher Education in India: Tamil Nadu as a sample state

Suren - 26 September, 2020

There is a need to derive an economic solution for the issue of NEET protests that we see in Tamil Nadu and the seeming unfairness.

Political History of India

The Dream of Dravida Nadu: How the movement started with heroic speeches and ended in a damp anti-climax

Suren - 15 September, 2020

For close to a quarter-century, the demand was for a separate State called Dravida Nadu. However, the DMK did not place much thrust on this demand after the first early years and completely abandoned it in 1963.

OpIndia Explains

Why Tamil Nadu govt does not want to see the growth of Navodaya Vidyalayas: Some truths about DMK and anti-Hindi agitations

Suren - 12 September, 2020

Elements in Tamil movie industry started a campaign of circulating their pictures on social media with the caption ‘I am a Tamil Speaking Indian’ or ‘Hindi Theiyadhu Poda’ – ‘I don’t know Hindi, man!’.

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