By Girish Nikam

The voters of India did what was considered by many if not most, as the unthinkable. It voted back a Government at the Centre which had completed five full years and with an astonishing mandate for the leading party in the UPA coalition, Congress, for the first time in 25 years, which has [...]

By Girish Nikam
As the cacophony rises inversely proportionate to the countdown for the results of the marathon five phase Lok Sabha poll, amidst wild speculations, one thing seems to be clear if you cut out all the fluff—– BJP’s Prime Ministerial aspirant, L.K.Advani’s chances of achieving his ambition is becoming more and more distant.
The gaggle [...]

Election Trail-Tamil nadu
By Girish Nikam

As the fifth and final phase of polling concludes today, the big question on the minds of everyone is what is going to be the result. The exit polls on various news channels will give some understanding of what we expect. Meanwhile, here is my own projection of the results, where [...]

By Girish Nikam

After having been banished by his father for years to Madurai, and neglected, in comparison to Stalin, his younger brother, M.K.Azhagiri, the elder son of Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK Supremo, M.Karunanidhi is desperate not to let go off this opportunity which he has got.
Contesting elections for the Lok Sabha for the [...]

By Girish Nikam
Election Trail—Tamil Nadu
What happens in a state where there is no paucity of sops showered on the people? They will look for more! Tamil Nadu has been one State where successive governments have not only offered free sops, but have also successfully implemented them.
Right from the time, when the phenomenal film star, MG [...]

By Girish Nikam
Election Trail—Tamil Nadu
Why has the Tamil Nadu election scene got muddled up, and why is there this general feeling that there would be no sweep in favour of either of the two combines, led by DMK and AIADMK. It is not that there are no hopefuls who still predict, on both sides, that [...]

By Girish Nikam
Election Trail—Tamil Nadu
The politics of Tamil Nadu for a long time had been the story of the bitter rivalry between the two stalwarts of the Tamil film industry, friends turned foes, M.Karunanidhi and MG Ramachandran (MGR). Ever since MGR in the seventies walked out of the DMK, and decided to form his own [...]

By Girish Nikam

When it comes to theatrics no state can beat Tamil Nadu. A state which has based its politics around films and film stars, for the last over 40 years, it comes as no surprise. What makes the present elections poignant is that it just may be the last elections, the Tamil film script [...]

By Girish Nikam

As we enter the final stretches of the Poll marathon, results of which is still two weeks away, one is appalled by how little we are talking of the real issues being faced by the nation in this election. This became more evident when one went around the Western Uttar Pradesh belt, [...]

By Girish Nikam
Five years ago around this time when the elections to the 14th Lok Sabha was
underway, and then ruling NDA was riding the “India Shining” bandwagon, Congress
which had been out of power for the previous eight years, was at its lowest
morale. Even its drum beaters in their war room at South Avenue were refraining
from [...]