DMK, MK and K...

Disclaimer: The abbreviations used in this title are supposed to be expanded as Dravida Munnaetra (!) Kazhagam, M. Karunaanidhi and well... um... hmmmm.... Knowledge! :) The author doesn't assume responsibility for any other expansions provided or guessed! ;)

One party that uses (psuedo) secularism to its fullest advantage is the DMK and as it own party members say, DMK is synonymous to Dr. M. Karunanidhi. With all due respect, this interesting character surely deserves special attention!

Let's start from the positives... Beyond question, he has a great command over Tamizh and he uses that to the fullest in all his interviews, writings and speeches even at this age. Undoubtedly one needs to appreciate that. I'm not sure if I'd be able to understand what is being asked at that age. Second, the strategy. When it comes to political planning and strategies, he is one of the best in India or perhaps the world. If a party called DMK has survived this far, the credit completely goes to Karunanidhi and his political brain. That's the best I could think of from the positives front and let me know if I'm missing something.

But using all his political brains and Tamizh knowledge what has he achieved? The only state deprived of Hindi knowledge? The only state where all direct and indirect relatives of the CM and his tens of wives are in key positions minting money? The only state where an open statement against Hindu beliefs are made by the Government and the CM? The only state that promises to abolish cast while devising schemes to increase cast-based reservations based on 1951's Census in all areas including private sector? The only state where people have been tuned to vote merely based on rhyming lines in Tamizh ("sarpam dhaan karpam tharikkumaa... erudhu dhaan virudhu vaangumaa" - as Vivek says)? So many questions flow so easily but none of them could be answered with a happy heart! Just because Jayalalitha was immature enough to publicly demonstrate the wealth she amassed by corruption and because our great leader is smart enough to own half of TN under different names, a person who introduced the concept of bribe and corruption is considered to be a corruption-free leader! Hail Indian politics...

Let us keep our fingers crossed to have more and more dedicated, principle-driven and simplistic leaders like Modi rule TN and India! Vaazhga Tamizh. Jai Hind.