Tamil Nadu meeting. (Representational picture)
What is in a identify? In Tamil Nadu, a identify could also be an indicator to one’s political leanings, nationalist ardour or the ideology of the dad and mom of the
particular person.
After India’s independence, particularly in southern Tamil Nadu, many had been named ‘Bose’ after freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.
Similarly, the names of ‘Gandhi,’ ‘Nehru’ and ‘Jawahar’ are additionally widespread in the state, the target being perpetuating the hallowed reminiscence of freedom fighters.
Also, pure Tamil names and these in reminiscence of leaders of the Dravidian and Left motion are widespread.
The topic of names is in focus once more because the sixteenth Tamil Nadu Assembly has two ‘Gandhis’ one of them a Minister, a ‘Nehru’ who can also be a Minister and a ‘Stalin’ who’s the Chief Minister.
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As is well-known, late DMK patriarch M Karunanidhi (1924-2018) named his son Stalin (Born March 1, 1953) after Soviet ruler Joseph Stalin who died on March 5, 1953.
Though Joseph Stalin might have been a overseas premier and a dictator, Karunanidhi named his son out of his admiration for the Communist ideology.
R Gandhi and KN Nehru, as Ministers for Handlooms-Textiles and Municipal Administration respectively would report back to Stalin!
Nehru, a occasion heavyweight in the Cauvery delta area gained from Tiruchirappalli West and Gandhi from Ranipet section in northern TN and BJP’s MR Gandhi, a veteran occasion chief emerged victorious in Nagercoil constituency in Kanyakumari district in the April 6 Assembly polls.
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