The BJP nominated four prominent figures from the South Indian states - Veerandra Heggade, P T Usha, Ilaiyaraaja and K V Vijayendra Prasad – to the Rajya Sabha on Wednesday.
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Tamil Nadu, the state where the rationalist movement found its political expression in Periyar s Self-Respect Movement and eventually the Dravidian parties, is no stranger to temples dedicated to demi-gods
On August 29, 1952, at a very no-frills space in Woodstock, New York, a piece of music entitled 4'33” was ‘performed’. Once the performance was announced, the musicians sat on the stage with their instruments, ready to play, but without actually doing so. The entire piece consisted of four minutes and thirty-three seconds of . well, nothing!