More in Elections 2011
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An Ode to Karunanidhi
Even as Tamil Nadu rejoices (including me) at the fall of the DMK government (quite possibly the most corrupt ever in TN’s history), it is time to pay our respects to arguably one of the greatest political brains of India in the 20th Century. Oh yes, MuKa is definitely not...
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TN 2011: Towards a post Dravidian era?
The DMK has just been handed one of its biggest defeats. Political analysts say the worst is yet to come for the pioneer Dravidian party. Karunanidhis’ list of woes almost appears endless: corruption cases, family bickering and a generally vindictive political opponent with a huge mandate in power. This is...
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Assembly Election Results 2011 – Live!!
A Center Right Town Hall live event produced by @CenterOfRight via CoveritLive to go over the live results of the assembly elections held in Assam, Tamil Nadu, Kerala and West Bengal as they come in. This an @Offstumped initiative – co-hosted by Centre Right India. Do join us. 0800 hrs...
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A primer on West Bengal Assembly Election 2011
Six years is a long time in politics. I don’t know how many remember today that in the 2006 West Bengal state election Mamata’s Trinamool Congress (TMC) aligned with BJP (and few other small parties) to form a Mahajot (United Front) with an avowed objective to defeat the Left Front(LF)....
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Kerala 2011: The Hand, Lotus and VS
Much water has flowed since the previous post analyzing the Kerala polls scenario and this one. Many flip flops and incidents later the political winds in Gods Own Country still have the same smell and tone. There are still no “Waves”. The talk has now shifted from “Waves” to “undercurrents” and therefore it becomes a minefield for any armchair analyst to assess the situation correctly.
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TN State Assembly Election Podcast
As the campaign on TN assembly election closed yesterday and voting happens tommorow, CRI Associate Editor Prasanna has a fascinating 60 minute conversation with Badri Seshadri and K Balakrishnan on the issues and likely outcome of TN Assembly elections.
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Kerala 2011 : Understanding the Communist – Communal state
This post is part of CRI Elections 2011 Series. CRI commentariat will be extensively analysing the series of state elections – Assam, West Benga, Tamil Nadu and Kerala – scheduled for the year 2011 Come April 13th, the electorate of Kerala would rush in herds (pun intended) to the 2200...
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TN 2011 – Dalit Politics in Tamil Nadu by Girish LN
(CRI commentariat is extensively analysing the series of state elections scheduled for the year 2011. We began with a primer on the prospects of two principal players-ruling DMK and opposition ADMK in the state of TN. Fellow CRI contributor Amar Govinarajan wrote on caste cauldron that is TN politics. In this post GirishLN analyses the Dalit equation...
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Tamil Nadu fishermen – murder on the high seas
It is to the credit of unrelenting Tamil blogsphere and Twitterati backed by grass groots activism by some organisations that the issue has for the first time survived the scissors of news-cycle management in Delhi. The plight of Tamil fisherman was until recently given less than adequate, some say negligble, coverage. In the duty of directing the nation’s attention towards the recurring brutal murders it can be safely said that most establishments were most certainly callous and delinquent.
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TN 2011: Beyond One Caste Politics
The turbulent and troublesome past 5-6 years for PMK may be a valuable lesson for the newly rising Kongu party. Confining a party to a narrow regional-caste range spells defeat. Simply casteism can quickly run out of steam in terms of votes captured. It is true that community organisations are a great stepping stone to political organisation and mobilisation. However, such organisations cannot be sustained on chauvinism alone.
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2011 State Assembly Election Tamil Nadu-Part 1
(CRI commentariat will be extensively analysing the series of state elections scheduled for the year 2011. We begin today with a first of a several part analysis on the electoral landscape of Tamil Nadu. Part 1 is a primer on the prospects of two principal players-ruling DMK and opposition ADMK. Fellow CRI contributor Amar Govinarajan will be collabarating in this...