Jagadeesan Rajendran
Cinema in Tamil Nadu: Social justice must reach the last row too
A trip to the cinema was once affordable for every Tamil household, rich or poor, sharing the same screen from different rows. As prices climb and affordable seats shrink, this piece asks whether Tamil Nadu’s social justice tradition should extend to the multiplex too.
When image shapes democracy: Question before Tamil Nadu
Elections decide who governs, but democracy is tested afterwards — in whether people keep evaluating leaders, or let long-held admiration stand in for scrutiny. Tamil Nadu, with its singular political history, now faces that question anew.
