Politics is my life, says 49-year-old Marimuthu, who lives in a thatched house Amidst a flock of affluent candidates contesting the April 6 Assembly election in Tamil Nadu, K. Marimuthu, the candidate of the Communist Party of India (CPI) for the Thiruthuraipoondi (Reserved) constituency in Tiruvarur district, stands out in stark contrast.
The 49-year-old political activist, who lives in a thatched house in Kaduvakudi, has spent over half his life as a full-time party worker fighting for public causes. His wife, Jayasudha, is an agricultural labourer. Mr. Marimuthu, who was born into a family of poor agricultural labourers belonging to a Scheduled Caste, makes light of his economic condition. “Politics is my life, and I have no other vocation. My wife is into agriculture, and we cultivate land taken on lease. We get by with whatever we have,” says Mr. Marimuthu, whose two children are in high school.
Residents prepare to put up a hoarding with a photo of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu. (AFP photo)
TIRUVARUR: Hours before US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris were to be sworn in on Wednesday, the residents of Thulasendrapuram her ancestral village in Tiruvarur district began celebrating. With the much-awaited big day finally here, villagers took to bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
Residents performed a special puja at the Sri Dharma Sastha temple and held aloft placards wishing her success. J Sudhakar, president of Mannai Green City Rotary who organised the event, said the villagers were waiting for the moment and they have also appealed to Kamala to visit the village. “We have decided to take all steps to bring Kamala Harris to Thulasendrapuram with the help of Rotarians and a DMK MP,” Sudhakar told TOI.
Residents prepare to put up a hoarding with a photo of US Vice President-elect Kamala Harris at her ancestral village of Thulasendrapuram in Tamil Nadu. (AFP photo)
TIRUVARUR: Hours before US President-elect Joe Biden and Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris were to be sworn in on Wednesday, the residents of Thulasendrapuram her ancestral village in Tiruvarur district began celebrating. With the much-awaited big day finally here, villagers took to bursting crackers and distributing sweets.
Residents performed a special puja at the Sri Dharma Sastha temple and held aloft placards wishing her success. J Sudhakar, president of Mannai Green City Rotary who organised the event, said the villagers were waiting for the moment and they have also appealed to Kamala to visit the village. “We have decided to take all steps to bring Kamala Harris to Thulasendrapuram with the help of Rotarians and a DMK MP,” Sudhakar told TOI.
Sweets, prayers and souvenirs in Kamala Harris’s ancestral village Thulasendrapuram
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Kamala Harris’s ancestral village celebrates her inauguration through the day
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Kamala Harris’s ancestral village celebrates her inauguration through the day
As the countdown for the inauguration ceremony began in Washington D.C., celebrations broke out in Thulasendrapuram, the ancestral village of new U.S.Vice-President Kamala Harris in Tiruvarur district of Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
From children to octogenarians, residents descended on the streets, against a backdrop of lush green paddy fields, to celebrate the “momentous” occasion. The villagers said her assumption of office will strengthen the relationship between the two largest democracies.