40 Responses to "Tamil Nadu Election Results – AIADMK Crushes DMK; End of Karunanidhi Era"

1. 

   boopalanj   May 12, 2011 at 4:12 pm

   Went through the profile of Annadurai in the link at the end of your post. Talking about his debating skills, and the anti-Hindi agitations reminds me one of his arguments in Parliament. He reportedly argued,

   “It is claimed that Hindi should be the common language because it is spoken by the majority. Why should we then claim the tiger as our national animal instead of the rat which is so much more numerous? Or the peacock as our national bird when the crow is ubiquitous?”

   If not for their eloquence, it would have been very hard for DMK to sustain in politics those days. [Now it is a different story]

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   Very nice, your Annadurai quote above. 🙂

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     StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 1:36 pm

     Comparing anthropological dynamics to that of rats and crows….nice strawman. Nice debating skills, my ass!

     I wonder if Anna had even bothered to realize the language he was speaking in- ENGLISH. The whole issue about the anti-Hindi agitation was about the language being the Aryan’s (hence INVADER’S) language and that its imposition would lead to a dissolution of Tamizhagam. As if English was his “mupaattan’s mozhi” and learning and speaking it apparently did nothing to dissolute Tamizhagam.

     Nonsensical, politico clap-trap, without an ounce of credibility and logic.

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     Boopalan will likely respond later but we’ll throw in our two-cents.

     Political debates oftentimes have little logic.

     The principal aim of a political debate is to score points at your opponent’s expense and grab the limelight. Logic and facts are often casualties.

     Take this example:

     When India lost several thousand square miles of territory to the Chinese after the 1962 war, there was a Member of Parliament named Mahavir Tyagi who berated then Prime Minister Nehru about the loss of territory, our defeat and the unprepared state of our troops.

     A vexed Nehru Nehru tried to brush off the criticism with the response that the land lost to the Chinese was not valuable and not a blade of grass grew in that God forsaken piece of land.

     Upon hearing the ridiculous response from Nehru, the bald Tyagi got up and pointing to his bald pate declared that just because there was not a single hair on his head did not make it any less valuable.

     Another example is Churchill’s quip that his best impromptu remarks were rehearsed, well, weeks in advance. 😉

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       StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 9:13 pm

       @SI: Point well-taken regarding political comebacks and quips. That remark by Tyagi was indeed chuckle-worthy, but as wrong it may be from a logical standpoint..Nehru deserved such scorn.

       I’m sure boopalanj feels the pro-Hindi politicians deserve the scorn heaped on them by Annadurai, but there’s no way he can defend his hypocrisy vis-a-vis English and Hindi.

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       boopalanj   May 16, 2011 at 10:52 am

       I was merely quoting upon the oratorical abilities of leaders of those days in Dravidian parties who were able to express their opinions in a convincing way, and take them to masses. It would have been very hard for a party like DMK to capture power suppressing a national party like Congress.

       Political debates and public speeches often need to be presented (with convincing elements but not exactly with facts & stats) in a way to draw attention of people and make masses turn towards them.

       For example, On Anna’s take on English and Hindi which you brought up, he argued – “Since every school in India teaches English, why can’t it be our link language? Why do Tamils have to study English for communication with the world and Hindi for communications within India? Do we need a big door for the big dog and a small door for the small dog? I say, let the small dog use the big door too!”

       But the same was put forth by TT Krishnamachari (of the famous TTK group) from Congress, in the following way – which seems – being comparatively logical. [Courtesy: Wiki]

       “We disliked the English language in the past. I disliked it because I was forced to learn Shakespeare and Milton, for which I had no taste at all. If we are going to be compelled to learn Hindi, I would perhaps not be able to learn it because of my age, and perhaps I would not be willing to do it because of the amount of constraint you put on me. This kind of intolerance makes us fear that the strong Centre which we need, a strong Centre which is necessary will also mean the enslavement of people who do not speak the language at the centre. I would, Sir, convey a warning on behalf of people of the South for the reason that there are already elements in South India who want separation…, and my honourable friends in U.P. do not help us in any way by flogging their idea of “Hindi Imperialism” to the maximum extent possible. So, it is up to my friends in Uttar Pradesh to have a whole India; it is up to them to have a Hindi-India. The choice is theirs”

       But Anna’s argument gained limelight for it sounded short and convincing, and became popular among the people of Tamilnadu.

2. 

   logu   May 12, 2011 at 11:55 pm

   As of now Tamils don’t have a choice between the two tyrants.

   The best option for them is to pray that the lesser evil comes to power.

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   Even in a situation with two evils, it’s better to have a change in government in the faint hope that the loser will learn some lesson at least.

   Good News: AIADMK is leading 2 to 1 against DMK.

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     vjcool   May 13, 2011 at 1:23 am

     And hope the winner doesn’t repeat the same mistakes.

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     Yes, we hope Jayalalithaa has learned from her past mistakes and the crushing defeat of the DMK today.

3. 

   shadowfax_arbit   May 13, 2011 at 2:14 am

   Even Karunanidhi going neck-to-neck in Thiruvarur – lagging and leading. Hope he loses.

   DMK clearly routed. Now we should see what Amma is upto. Die DMK die!!

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   If Karunanidhi loses his seat, SI PROMISES to break a Coconut at the Pulliyar Temple in Flushing, New York. 😉

   We’re also desperate to see M.K.Azhagiri and M.K.Kanimozhi wear prison uniform.

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     shadowfax_arbit   May 13, 2011 at 2:26 am

     Azhagiri in prison for sure. He’ll be first in hit-list.

     Vadivelu played safe by not mentioning amma in any of his campaign. He was on an all-out attack over Vijayakanth and that also backfired.

     God is there 🙂

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     You write: Azhagiri in prison for sure. He’ll be first in hit-list.

     From your lips to God’s ears.

     We must NEVER forget the people who died in Madurai in the attack on Dinakaran newspaper by M.K.Azhagiri’s henchmen (in May 2009). They were innocent people who just happened to be working at Dinakaran.

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       vjcool   May 13, 2011 at 3:31 am

       Hope they don’t play ‘spoilt brat’ in the evening

       SearchIndia.com Responds:

       We think M.K.Azhagiri should start going on a diet in preparation for prison food.

       Let’s not forget the attack on Dinakaran newspaper in Madurai (May 2009) that killed a bunch of innocent people.

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       Naveen   May 14, 2011 at 4:03 am

       Azhagiri should be given the same treatment that his men gave to Dinakaran workers.

       SearchIndia.com Responds:

       We second that.

       Azhagiri behaves like a pig and is unworthy of living among humans.

4. 

   vjcool   May 13, 2011 at 2:44 am

   Hope the projects halfway gets completed on time ….

   Offtopic: couldn’t find ‘The Negotiator ‘ in your list of hollywood movies, great dialogues and acting, normal story, excellent screenplay. worth for the dialogues and acting alone.

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   Hope the Metro projects are accelerated in Chennai.

   We’ve seen Negotiator but never reviewed it. Remember it to be a decent film.

5. 

   sam   May 13, 2011 at 3:04 am

   Jaya Ho! This is the biggest day for Tamil Nadu. Kachada kiya. 191/41

   Shame on Rajini, Kamal. Hail Vijay!

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   Brilliant title – Jaya Ho. 🙂 Just added it to the blog with credit to you.

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     shadowfax_arbit   May 13, 2011 at 4:00 am

     @ Sam >> Shame on Rajini, Kamal. Hail Vijay!

     Why? Infact Rajini has voted for ADMK, which is obvious. http://www.kollytalk.com/cinenews/rajini-votes-for-aiadmk-karunanidhi-blames-him-as-backstabber/ and several other news articles on this.

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     Yes, after the news leaked out, Rajinikanth had to go and kiss Karunanidhi’s backside. 🙁

6. 

   sam   May 13, 2011 at 5:10 am

   Shadowfax :why?

   Because he, being such an influential figure , possibly the most popular in TN, chose to keep mum even so many times after the people, his rasigars asked him for his opinion….why? Is the 2G shame not enough for the people? These people, like Rajini, kamal, should come out and try to do something good for people, guide them properly!! Instead, they are only concerned bout themselves, opputunists and even cowards!

   I too like them like all but it is very saddening!

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     Naveen   May 14, 2011 at 4:18 am

     I don’t intend to defend Rajini, Kamal, Vadivelu, Bhagyaraj, TR, STR, NTR, MGR and so on but I think the responsibility of making an informed decision is in people’s hands. I personally would not want any of these “stars” to influence my decision making. To quote a line from “Get Smart”, What would we do without their razor sharp political advise? 🙂

     As far as being concerned about onself, everyone is like that including us. These actors, big or small, are no exceptions to that behavior. To me they are entertainers, I pay money to watch them on screen and they try to entertain (whether we get our money’s worth is a different topic 😉 )

     To be a little fair to these actors (including Rajini and Kamal), they do contribute to social welfare schemes, run programs, support social causes (AIDS prevention, Blood Donation etc.). Can they do more? Probably yes but so can we.

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     Agree with everything above. Except, the spelling of onself (sic). 😉

7. 

   shadowfax_arbit   May 13, 2011 at 5:16 am

   Liked this piece in sify

   Jaya TV’s panel now moves on to the spectrum scam. The anchor says, “we’ve heard of scams running into thousands of rupees…into lakhs….into crores. But never lakhs of crores! Even children know of the scam. A grandfather told his grandson, ‘Once upon a time, there was a Raja in a town’ and the child said, ‘Yes, I know, and he stole all the money and went to jail.’

8. 

   iamsumu2   May 13, 2011 at 8:54 am

   In TN its always been a fight between one Mummy (Amma) and another Mummy (Egyptian style -MuKa) and their minions. Lets see if the AIADMK is enterprising enough to rob from the DMK.

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   True, but the defeat of a criminal gang is always cause for celebration.

9. 

   logu   May 13, 2011 at 8:59 am

   This is sweet.

   It is the happiest news for millions of Tamils living in India and abroad for several months. People had rightly vent their anger out against the Karunanidhi clan.

   What was surprising is Jaya’s landslide victory when the pre-poll surveys predicted a close battle. Freebies offered didn’t work, this is a lesson for all parties who lure the people with freebies.

   It’s a shame and embarrassing situation for Congress when they fought for 63 seats and couldn’t even win 6 seats. Now, the onus is on Jaya to run a clean and transparent government. Just like everyone i hope she doesn’t repeat her past mistakes (allowing Sasikala and co to abuse power) and the people to kick out congress out from the center.

   For me, this is one of happiest years in the history of India:

   1. India won the Cricket World Cup
   2. DMK destroyed and the old crooked fox forced to retire
   3. Conspirators of 2G and CWG are brought to Justice (Kanimozhi verdict tomorrow)
   4. This might sound silly, but landslide victories of Jaya and Mamata in their respective states symbolises victory for women power

   SearchIndia.com Responds:

   You write: It’s a shame and embarrassing situation for Congress when they fought for 63 seats and couldn’t even win 6 seats.

   Rahul and Sonia will preside over the demise of the Congress party. Both are Zeroes with nil achievement to their credit.

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     Naveen   May 14, 2011 at 4:21 am

     It would be interesting to see how the allies of AIADMK get kicked out one by one. MUMMY doesn’t need them anymore. Nevertheless, it is a huge leap for Vijayakanth’s political aspirations. He will either be part of the government or become the primary opposition party. I think the alliance already paid off for his party irrespective of what happnes in the next 5 years.

     SearchIndia.com Responds:

     We shouldn’t be surprised to see DMK and DMDK (Vijaykanth’s party) draw closer sooner rather than later.

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       Naveen   May 18, 2011 at 12:41 am

       I think Amma as CM and Captain as Opposition leader will reach an agreement to remain friendly although they are on opposing sides and target the eradication of DMK vote bank in the next 5 years. Who knows? they may come together again in the next election just to keep DMK out.

       SearchIndia.com Responds:

       DMK has looted tens of thousands of crores in the various scams.

       Some of that money will go toward destabilizing Jayalalithaa’s government. Power is highly addictive and to stay without that is like a crack addict without his evening fix.

10. 

    logu   May 13, 2011 at 9:01 am

    SI: Folks, don’t you think M.K.Azhagiri will look nice in a prison uniform? …

    Absolutely, it’s tailor-made for him….

11. 

    logu   May 13, 2011 at 9:14 am

    In the profile of MK Stalin you should have mentioned his other side of being a “goonda” in his own right, in his younger days he’s alleged to have been involved with a popular TV newsreader.

12. 

    StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 11:22 am

    @Fellow Tamils: Rejoice in your hollow victory, my friends. So DMK and their cronies screwed you over and looted you dry…now someone else is going to do it.

    As far as TN is concerned, it’s either tweedledum or tweedledee in an endless musical chair. Those rah-rah’ing Jayalalitha need only look at the lavish wedding she threw for her “son” and what happened to Balu of Balu Jewelers in the after-math.

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    True. Very true that Tamil Nadu is caught between the Scylla of DMK and the Charybdis of AIADMK.

    But still the fall of a corrupt, decrepit pig who ruled for only the benefit of close family members and cronies is cause for celebration.

    Rejoice Tamils.

    Five years hence, if Jayalalithaa has not delivered the goods then you can dance over her political grave too.

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      StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 1:44 pm

      @SI: “Five years hence, if Jayalalithaa has not delivered the goods then you can dance over her political grave too.”

      …and then proceed to vote for Karunanidhi, who by some miracle of modern science, will find a way to stay alive and functional.

      SearchIndia.com Responds:

      It would truly be an extraordinary miracle were Karunanidhi to survive even a couple of years.

      Upon the patriarch’s death, we see nothing but internecine squabbling among his litter.

13. 

    Twig   May 13, 2011 at 2:40 pm

    Friday, The 13th should be celebrated as the luckiest day by Tamizhs.
    Whatever be the state, TN is considerably a stable state and the people seem to become mature all of a sudden
    by dethroning Karunanidhi.

    As usual people of AP take long time to match up with intelligence of fellow people states. They have voted Jagan into state assembly. That he is a crook, ultra corrupt politician, used his father’s position to advance his business doesn’t make any difference to AP people. Pathetic!

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    1. You write: As usual people of AP take long time to match up with intelligence of fellow people states.

    But you can be proud of two ‘great’ recent Telugu works of art Nenu Naa Rakshasi and 100% Darling. 😉

    2. BTW, Jagan won the Kadapa Parliamentary seat not assembly seat (as you write above). Jagan’s mother Vijayamma won the Pulivendula Assembly seat. Source: http://www.thehindu.com/news/states/andhra-pradesh/article2015034.ece?homepage=true

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      StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 9:03 pm

      @Twig: “TN is considerably a stable state”- Bwahahahaha!!

      “and the people seem to become mature all of a sudden by dethroning Karunanidhi.”

      So, when people of TN voted him into power after Jayalalitha’s reign during the early 2000’s (remember the episode in 2001 when he was dragged out of his bed, beaten, and arrested by Amma?), they were immature? As if Amma is any cleaner.

      “As usual people of AP take long time to match up with intelligence of fellow people states.”

      They’re no smarter nor dumber than their Tamil cousins vis-a-vis politics.

      SearchIndia.com Responds:

      Jayalalithaa’s first priority has to be to thoroughly screw Kalanidhi Maran & his Sun TV.

      This Kalanidhi Maran aspires to be the Rupert Murdoch of India. As if one sleazebag in the world were not bad enough.

      Without the rabble-rousing Sun TV, DMK will be royally screwed….kinda like the Republican Party without Fox News.

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        StrYngLad74   May 13, 2011 at 9:24 pm

        Just curious…how does she go about screwing Sun TV, probably the most popular (?) among all Tamil-language channels?

        Whatever is her M.O., she’d have to go through my mom who would most definitely collapse out of shock should Sun TV not exist.

        SearchIndia.com Responds:

        When you have the governmental machinery at your behest, it’s not hard to find opportunities to browbeat, harass, threaten and make life difficult for your opponents.

        File endless cases against Sun TV, even if most of them are on specious grounds. Tie them up in legal knots.

        Arrange for their top executives to jump ship by harassing them endlessly.

        Do a deal with the Congress to harass Sun TV at the central level via the I&B ministry and Ministry of Finance.

        When you are dealing with sick f*cks like the Marans, it’s open season as far as the modus operandi.

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          logu   May 13, 2011 at 11:36 pm

          Look at the number of crappy movies these sun TV crooks are dishing out month after month…The recent movies like, From Singam to the recent disaster Engeyum Kadhal , they were releasing movies back to back for every month and none sent the box office ringing… Where did SUNTV get all the money to produce all these craps. True, they had been the only successful tamil channel without any hiccups since the cableTv emerged in India but would they spend that money on these craps….

          SearchIndia.com Responds:

          For Jaya’s regime to survive without stress, Sun TV should be harassed endlessly.

          BTW, even the titles of our movies are weird. Look at Engeyum Kadhal, Ko, Singam, Nenu Naa Rakshashi, 100% Love, Nuvvostanante Nenoddantana.

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          boopalanj   July 5, 2011 at 12:45 pm

          There are two ways that have been around in the forms of discussions,

          > Bringing up Government’s Cable TV corporation to a good state to compete with the SCV (sumangali cable vision of Sun, and Royal Cable vision of Azhagiri through which they control the market). [It was actually initiated by Jaya in her last term, and was brought up by karuna when the rivalry grew up between azhagiri and maran bros.]

          > Legal actions over Sun network. For ex: one of them – http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/sun-tv-official-sent-to-two-day-police-custody/articleshow/9114573.cms [COO of SunTV was arrested]

          SearchIndia.com Responds:

          When Sun group/Sumangali head Kalanidhi Maran is arrested, we’ll head to Flushing Pillayar (Ganesh) Temple in NYC and break a coconut!

          When Azhagiri is arrested over the Madurai violence and if he’s convicted, we’ll shave our head or do something equally notable!

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            boopalanj   July 5, 2011 at 12:57 pm

            Just look at Sun network’s whopping growth over the years.

            Sun TV was started with few lakhs of rupees as initial investment in 1992.

            Today they control the market (from newspapers to aviation industry) with these in their hands – (from wiki)

            20 TV Channels across South Indian languages
            45 Radio stations across all India
            2 daily newspapers in Tamil language
            4 weekly magazines in Tamil language
            Sun Pictures, a leading film production and distribution company
            Sun Direct, one of India’s leading DTH companies, also first to carry HD channels in India.
            Sumangali Cable Vision (SCV) – Multi System Operators (MSO).
            Sun 18 south – to distribute its channels.
            Spicejet airways.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sun_Group

            And Kalanidhi’s net worth is around USD 4 Billion.

            http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kalanidhi_Maran

            SearchIndia.com Responds:

            Can’t stand the Sun scumbags, particularly after we learned that Kalanidhi Maran’s role model is another Chutiya Rupert Murdoch (whose newspaper group, by the way, is currently under investigation in the UK for hacking into a kidnapped/murdered girl’s cellphone.

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            Dr.Logu   July 5, 2011 at 1:20 pm

            It looks like the perpetrators of himalayan scams are having a gala time in Tihar jail
            http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics/nation/life-in-tihar-tea-with-jail-official-chatting-with-friends/articleshow/9073627.cms

            At this rate, place will become like a filmshooting spot with kanimozhi penning poetry and Raja dancing

            SearchIndia.com Responds:

            We read that the Jail Supdt has been transferred to Andaman. 😉

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            Dr.Logu   July 8, 2011 at 1:53 am

            Get ready with your coconuts……

            To quote Matthew 7.7 “Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.”.

            http://www.thehindu.com/news/national/article2207283.ece

            SearchIndia.com Responds:

            Good riddance to bad Rubbish RubPiss. 😉

14. 

    MAK   May 13, 2011 at 3:26 pm

    Off-Topic : I found this quite funny.

    http://slatest.slate.com/posts/2011/05/13/bin_laden_porno_us_officials_say_they_recovered_pornography_coll.html

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    The big question is whether the porn supposedly found in Osama’s lair featured humans. People living in Pakistan have a morbid fascination with bestiality.

15. 

    Naveen   May 14, 2011 at 4:00 am

    I think people were just not bothered about the alternative. They just wanted the old thug and his family out, which is a good thing and the right thing.

    I just hope that MUMMY is more democratic and wiser this time around. It is not such a bad thing for the politicians to actually serve the people…

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    How wonderful it would be if MuKa doesn’t wake up from its sleep today.

16. 

    shadowfax_arbit   May 15, 2011 at 1:01 pm

    Jaya seems less aggressive now as compared to her previous tenure.

    In a video footage during the massive lead, when her party men had gone berserk with celebrations outside her residence, she emerged in the balcony looking extremely calm and composed.

    Btw, she’s not taking oath as CM in the new secretariat building (built by Karuna), stating that it looks like a circus tent and involved lot of corruption, instead in some university campus.

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    You write: Jaya seems less aggressive now as compared to her previous tenure.

    Maybe she forgot her tablets the other day.

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      boopalanj   May 16, 2011 at 6:58 am

      No CM has taken oath in any secretariat building. While Jaya always goes for Madras University Hall, Karuna took oath in Nehru Stadium last time.

      This time, government officials had both places booked for the swearing-in ceremony.

      The new secretariat building project was started at an estimated cost of 600 crores rupees, but it seemed to have ended up swallowing around 1200 crores rupees. And it is also rumored that the german-based builder had an official who was a friend of Karuna for 40 years, and money was swindled through this channel.

      SearchIndia.com Responds:

      Karunanidhi and his family members should never wield power again.

17. 

    shadowfax_arbit   May 16, 2011 at 1:10 pm

    >> People have given me proper rest – DMK leader M. Karunanidhi

    I thought you would have put this as ‘Quote of the day’.

    SearchIndia.com Responds::

    When MuKa gets ever-lasting Rest, we’ll put that up as Quote of the Day and dedicate it to you. 😉

18. 

    sam   May 17, 2011 at 12:22 am

    7 ordinances signed on 1st day, 70% chain snatchers run away back to AP. New commisionor appointed for chennai city. All portfolios distributed. Hmm.. amma on the move already.

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    Hopefully Jayalalithaa is a wiser leader now.

19. 

    STG   May 28, 2011 at 12:11 am

    I was just going through the profile of Jayalalitha (http://www.searchindia.com/search/indian-politicians-jayalalitha.html) and found you wrote that she was defeated in May 2007 Legislative assembly elections…it should be May 2006. Just my two cents 😉

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    Thanks.

    Will fix it AM our time.

20. 

    Naveen   June 15, 2011 at 6:07 pm

    On a related note… http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/TN-saved-after-Jaya-won-assembly-polls-says-Rajinikanth/articleshow/8866812.cms

    SearchIndia.com Responds:

    Saw a brief mention of it elsewhere.

    Rajinikanth is like the windmill – will title in any direction, particularly the winning direction.

    If DMK had won, the fella would have been kissing Stalin’s backside.

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