Wednesday, June 09, 2010

Karunanidhi Turns 87 - Screws up Chennai Traffic

On June 3rd, DMK party cadres chose to celebrate their "thalaivar" birthday in a manner known to all of us - disrupting traffic in main parts of the city thus putting all office goers into utter difficulty. While the people waited in the hot sun, Laddus were distributed to mark the special occasion. Luckily, I escaped by starting early to office and evaded getting stuck on road since I usually take the suburban train.

DMK believes in Tamiz as foremost language and raise a huge cry for Tamiz such as உடல் மண்ணுக்கு உயிர் தமிழுக்கு(roughly translates to - this body for Earth and life for Tamiz). It is a known fact that many such quotes are publicity stunts.

Then, why they chose an ENGLISH date i.e. June 3rd to celebrate? They could have chosen a date based on Tamiz calendar and distribute "Halwa" packets to every Tamizan.

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