Appropriating Tamil literary personalities like Bharati for the Hindutva project can only be based on a selective reading of the poet’s life and compositions.

By tracing the roots of democracy on the eve of Constitution Day to a most undemocratic, religiously ordained social order, the BJP government is inflicting humiliation on millions of Dalits and other marginalised sections of the Indian population.

The eminent archaeologist's continued emphasis on the influence of Sanskritic tradition on Tamil was not only met with contestation from some Tamil scholars but also landed him in several controversies.