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Going beyond Tamil Nadu’s ‘freebies’ narrative
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April 04, 2021 23:43 IST
Other important promises that could touch, and likely improve, the lives of millions rarely make headlines
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Tamil Nadu Deputy Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam presents a free bicycle to a student at Palanichettipatti near Theni on December 30, 2020. | Photo Credit: The Hindu
Other important promises that could touch, and likely improve, the lives of millions rarely make headlines
Disparaging references to “freebies” are a popular trope of media coverage of elections in Tamil Nadu. This Assembly election is no different: free data, free tabs, free washing machines were in the news as political parties released their election manifestos. Electoral promises serve as a road map for elected governments and deserve greater scrutiny. I took a quick look at the full manifestos in English of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam, the Indian National Congress, the Makkal Nee
Dr Muthulakshmi Reddy from Tamil Nadu was nominated to the Madras Legislature’s legislative council.
Even so, around a century later, the issues plaguing women representation in the Tamil Nadu Assembly warranted this report.
Around 10 per cent or less contestants in the ensuing Assembly elections are likely to be female. This belies the fact that Tamil Nadu elected former chief minister J Jayalalithaa six times.
In the recently-released candidate lists, only 14 out of the 171 candidates in AIADMK and 12 out of the 173 DMK candidates are women.
Taking into account all elections since 1967 in Tamil Nadu, on an average, less than five per cent of MLAs are women. Why is this so?
Dr V Shanta, Doyen of Cancer Care, Passes Away in Chennai at 94
Chairwoman of Cancer Institute, senior oncologist, and doyen of cancer care in India Dr. V Shanta, 94, died at a private hospital in Chennai on Tuesday.
Following a complaint of discomfort, Dr. Shanta was rushed to Apollo hospital where an attempt to remove a block in her blood vessel failed and she took her last breath at around 3:55 am. Her body was placed at the Cancer Institute’s old building where she had joined as a resident medical officer 65 years ago.
“We placed her body in the same hall where we had placed the body of our former chief Dr. S Krishnamurthi. He inspired her in many ways,” the institute’s senior epidemiologist Dr. R Swaminathan told
Cancer crusader Dr V Shanta passes away at 93
January 19, 2021
From a resident doctor, she rose to become chairperson of the Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai
Cancer crusader and Chairperson of the Cancer Institute (WIA) Chennai Dr V Shanta passed away here on Tuesday. She was 93.
Shanta was undergoing treatment in a private hospital in Chennai.
In his condolence tweet, Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote, “Dr V Shanta will be remembered for her outstanding efforts to ensure top quality cancer care. The Cancer Institute at Adyar, Chennai, is at the forefront of serving the poor and downtrodden. I recall my visit to the Institute in 2018. Saddened by Dr V Shanta’s demise. Om Shanti.”