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Periyar E. V. Ramasamy statue; Tamil Nadu's two-language policy is the Dravidian movement's civilisational inheritance

The signboard is never just a signboard: Tamil Nadu's language vigilance is the Dravidian dividend

From the 1965 anti-Hindi agitation to this week's Hindi boards in Thoothukudi, every 'mistake' that needs opposition outrage to fix is a test balloon. A government that runs on reels cannot be trusted with a language built on struggle.

2 October 2026 · 2 min read

Voters queue at a polling station in Thiruvananthapuram during the 2011 Kerala Assembly election

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Denied a venue, they came anyway: Gen Z-led voter-roll protest grips Mumbai's Shivaji Park

The Gen Z-led Cockroach Janata Party took its demand for Chief Election Commissioner Gyanesh Kumar's resignation to Mumbai's Shivaji Park on Gandhi Jayanti, hours after police denied permission for the venue. With actors Naseeruddin Shah, Shabana Azmi and Vishal Dadlani joining protesters and a 'Jail Bharo' agitation announced, the row over the Special Intensive Revision of voter rolls has moved from newspaper revelations to the streets.

2 October 2026 · 2 min read