RadhakrishnanRK, PhD.
@RKRadhakrishn
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Journalist and Academic. PhD @VUamsterdam, Senior Associate Editor @frontline_india. Teacher. South Asia, refugees, migration, mental health. RTs I can't vouch.
Chennai
Joined June 2009
My rather rambling tribute to actor-director-philosopher Srinivasan
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The make of the movie is Chinthavishtayaya Shyamala. And yes, the fact that Srinivasan joins an ashram and what happens to him later can’t be depicted in today’s India.
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This is how passengers are made to suffer at @aaichnairport to go to multi level car park. Cramped lifts that don’t have space for trolleys, horribly scary and dirty lifts (Lift P6 I followed the Signboard “Lift Lobby” at West MLCP) ❌ In P6 lift just one trolley can fit! 🙄 Can
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🚨 *Kind Attn*: @ECISVEEP In #TN ,*14,27,979 #pwds citizens exist, but only *4,19,355 have a voice in democracy! *10,08,624 are erased from the voter list*, denied their fundamental right? Marginalized, ignored, silenced. 😔 Is this #Inclusion? We demand action. #Righttovote
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I spent some time in Kanjikode, near Madukkarai, in the mid-eighties. Elephant deaths on tracks was very rare during those years. The expansion of the cement factory in Madukkarai, and the establishment of Walayar Cements on the Kerala side (and the development surrounding these
Zero elephant deaths on railway tracks in the last two years in Madukkarai, Tamil Nadu, on the very tracks that once witnessed tragic losses of precious elephant lives. Last night, I was with my team at the Madukkarai AI Elephant Centre, reviewing the functioning of the AI
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Actor, writer and public intellectual Srinivasan is no more. He was easily one of the most accomplished movie makers of our generation.
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+1 Bengaluru airport commute costs add up: cab users pay Rs 120 toll + Rs 250 airport access fee (for BIAL-authorised cabs). Airport taxis are costlier than regular cabs. BIAL also charges UDF: Rs 260 (domestic) & Rs 1,070 (intl).
@balajiworld @BLRAirport A 1500 cab ride to the city when you’ve spent 5-6K on a flight ticket is by no means ‘cheap’! Why don’t they try and shift the VIP parking? Why is it right outside the arrival gate? Why only shift driven by non company drivers common cabs labelling them ‘unauthorised’?
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BREAKING #MadrasHighCourt CJ's Bench directs T.N. Govt to take a call on suggestions made by various political parties on modifying draft SOP for public gatherings in which more than 5,000 people participate.
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NEW | Vijay’s selective silence: TVK chief targets DMK but spares BJP in post-Karur return @RKRadhakrishn writes. https://t.co/5rD8oakZVa
frontline.thehindu.com
Actor-politician Vijay returns after the Karur stampede, brands DMK an “evil force,” avoids BJP mention, and signals a 2026 Tamil Nadu showdown. Read more.
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He has also accused a top cop of hiring mercenaries to bump him off. An absolutely wild and fantastic claim some may say. When custodial violence is institutionalised and encounter death is used as an SOP, one cannot trivialise these charges.
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To go back to what RK has said, S may not be a saint. But there is tremendous amount of police &judicial sinning as well. Now judiciary should not be looking at individual FIRs/chargesheets alone. It should establish rule of law for all times to come. #HumanRights #justice
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If he is bluffing, I want his bluff to be called. But as a society, why are we just lobbing soft balls at the police? Can't remember a presser where a top cop is asked to respond to some serious charges that apparently has got even the Home Ministry involved
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RK raises some valid points. Much has been said abt S's reluctance to open the door. But what else does one expect? His hand was broken during previous arrest. He was attacked by uniformed women constabulary. All these are on court records. #savukkusankar
My response to my friends who ask me why I oppose the jailing of Savukku Shankar
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@RKRadhakrishn Sir, you rightly point out that #SavukkuShankarArrest is a bad precedent and warn about its consequences. No one can predict who will be in power in a few months. If the DMK loses, the next government may use the same example, and then no one can question their
My response to my friends who ask me why I oppose the jailing of Savukku Shankar
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Outlook’s first issue opened with Kashmir. Copies of the magazine were burnt. Thirty years later, Outlook returned to Kashmir again. Silence in Kashmir. Different times. A different political moment. This is not coincidence. It is continuity.
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உழவர் உரிமை இயக்கத் தலைவர் அருள் உள்ளிட்ட 23 பேர் காவல்துறையால் கைது செய்யப்பட்டிருப்பது கண்டிக்கத்தக்கது.. கைது செய்யப்பட்டவர்கள் அரசுக்கு எதிராக தகாத வார்த்தை பேசிக்கொண்டு இருந்ததாகவும், எட்டு வழி சாலையை எதிர்த்து பேசிக்கொண்டு இருந்ததாகவும், கலவரம் ஏற்படுத்தும் வண்ணம்
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On #GRAMGBill - just reading the name vexes me, says @KanimozhiDMK "why dont you name one bill in a southern language?"
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இந்திய ரிசர்வ் வங்கி வெளியிட்டிருக்கும் Handbook of Statistics on Indian States தரவுகளின்படி, 2024-25 நிதியாண்டில் மொத்த மாநில உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தியில்(GSDP) 16% வளர்ச்சியைப் பெற்று தமிழ்நாடு முதலிடம் பிடித்து சாதனை படைத்துள்ளது குறித்து இன்று பத்திரிகையாளர்களை சந்தித்து
#JUSTIN | RBI அறிக்கையில் தமிழ்நாட்டின் மொத்த உள்நாட்டு உற்பத்தி 16% வளர்ச்சி குறித்து அமைச்சர் தங்கம் தென்னரசு செய்தியாளர் சந்திப்பு Watch Live: https://t.co/G6luC2ZhjF
#SunNews | #TNGovt | #GSDP | #RBI
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My response to my friends who ask me why I oppose the jailing of Savukku Shankar
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Now this! Even when there are voices opposing the police’s high-handedness, such atrocities against people continue to occur with impunity. Given this, I often wonder how certain so-called “rational” sections continue to defend the police’s roughness.
23 people including 21 farmers have allegedly been arrested in a false case in #Polur #Tiruvannamalai for protesting against the illegal mining of sand from Malappambadi lake to lay the roads for the #DMKYouthWing meeting held on Dec 14 (1/6) @xpresstn PC: Uzhavar Urumai Iyakkam
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