Kalachuvadu Magazine - July 2017

In this issue

Kalachuvadu July 2017 focuses on two anniversaries. The 100th year of the Justice party and 50th year of DMK assuming power in TN state. Both these events have had a deep impact in the state of Madras and subsequently Tamil Nadu. Ka. Thirunavukkarasu, Aa. Thiruneelakandan and Stalin Rajangam have reviewed the politics of the last century from the points of view of the Left, the Dravidian and the Dalit perspectives respectively. Che. Shanmugasundaram has accessed the impact of three years of Modi rule. Aaa. Sivasubramanaium and H. Peer Mohammed have critiqued the politics around Cow. Prof Satchidanandan Sukirtharajah has discussed the U.K. elections and the aftermath in his column. Karunakaran has reported on the upheavals in the Northern council politics in Jaffna.Ya. Manikandan continues his series on Unknown Bharathy, this time revealing the links between Bharathy and early Buddhist scholar Lakshmi Narasu. H. G. Rasool and Pa. Jayaprakasam have reflected on the life and times of two popular poets who passed away recently, Abdul Rahman and Naa. Kamarajan. Short story by Kumara Nandhan and poems of Sukirtharani, a report on Iyal Viruthu awarded to Kalachuvadu Editor in charge Sukumaran and A. Ramasamy's review of Prasanna Ramaswamy's adapted play ' Varthamanathe Sarithe' mark the cultural pages of this number.