Tamil Nadu

The Anatomy of an Oil Spill: Notes from Ennore’s History

Ennore offers a vantage point to understand why governments and technocrats have no permanent solutions to end environmental harms caused by the fossil fuel industry.
▶05-Mar-2024
Aditya Ramesh, Bhavani Raman
Book
NREGA: A Report on the States

Working of NREGA in Tamil Nadu

Despite the Ministry of Rural Development not always being helpful, Tamil Nadu has managed the National Rural Employment Guarantee scheme better than many other states. But much remains to be done if…
▶01-Dec-2023
Karuna M.

Freebie or Freedom? Tamil Nadu’s Free Bus Travel Scheme for Women

Few have tried to understand the significance of the free bus travel scheme that a handful of states have introduced. In Tamil Nadu the benefits for women have been definite and palpable, though…
▶20-Nov-2023
Sumana Narayanan

Constitution, not Caste, Must Govern Temple Space

Despite Tamil Nadu’s history of anti-caste movements, continued reports on the denial of temple entry to Dalits indicate that the space has to come under greater legal and public scrutiny. The state…
▶08-Jun-2023
Dhivya Sivaramane
Review

The ‘Model’ of Social and Economic Change in Tamil Nadu

‘The central idea is that the anti-Brahmin movement — which developed into the Self-Respect Movement — became the site for the construction of an inclusive Dravidian identity that could build a “…
▶21-Feb-2022
Satish Deshpande

The Fault Lines in Tamil Nadu that the DMK Now Has to Confront

The DMK faces new challenges in expanding social justice alongside economic modernisation: internal fault lines have emerged in the form of cracks in the Dravidian coalition of lower castes and there…
▶27-May-2021
Kalaiyarasan A, M. Vijayabaskar

Tamil Rationalism and Hindu Temples

The Tamils' Self-Respect Movement of Malaysia that successfully preached rationalism and at the same time fought for temple entry for Dalits is a historical example of how contesting beliefs can…
▶06-Nov-2019
Vignesh Karthik KR, Jeyannathann Karunanithi

Electoral Choices of Govindan the Carpenter

If you belonged neither to the rich nor poor nor the middle class, but to the aspiring artisanal entrepreneur strata, what factors would have influenced your voting decision? Speculations on Govindan…
▶31-May-2019
Kesava Menon