Lamps and light define Bharath’s households, not just its cultural traditions and religious festivals. Lighting a wicker, at least twice a day, is a daily routine, be it a humble hut or a huge palace. Deepavali, the festival of lights, is the highlight of this ageless, deeply ingrained practise whence a simple chore turns into a grand celebration.
TN’s KYC: Know your ‘culture’
The national TV media and even many here don’t know their TN. How can there be cutouts condemning the judge or warning Kannadigas, they ask in all incredulous ignorance. Many of us also share the indignation but swallow it thanks to experience, compulsion or habit. Still some light needs to be shed on what’s broadly called and covered under ‘TN political culture’.
Objection overdone!
The sensational special court judgement in Jayalalithaa wealth case is a watershed. But it is the post-verdict scenario that stumps our senses. The reactions and arguments that are on parade since then raise more questions than the verdict itself does.
