TN Elections 2016 - Opinion/Exit Polls and Reality

Right now the hot topic in television channels and social media is the recently concluded assembly elections for 4 states and a UT - Tamil Nadu,Kerala,Assam,West Bengal and Puducherry. This blog post has nothing to do with other states and only deals with Tamil Nadu. The TV channels has published some data in the name of exit polls and are predicting a comfortable come-back for DMK barring C Voter. Before getting into the details we should understand what does an 'exit poll' mean?

An election exit poll is a poll of voters taken immediately after they have exited the polling stations. Unlike an opinion poll, which asks for whom the voter plans to vote, or some similar formulation, an exit poll asks for whom the voter actually voted.

Source - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exit_poll.

Carefully observe the data, they have published the exit poll results for 234 constituencies while the elections are completed only for 232 constituencies(Aravakurichi and Tanjore elections postponed to 23rd May). Even before the elections, these channels found out to whom people have voted for. This is really mindblowing. It seems time travel has become a reality now, that these channels went to future and got the data for all the 234 constituencies.

When you call what you publish is an exit poll, you should have proper evidences to back your claim. Does these channels have any such evidence? On what basis these channels have published this data? NDTV says ADMK will get 110 seats and DMK will get 109 seats. Does this even appear to be an exit poll? There is a common opinion that it is very difficult to predict the results this time and most of the constituencies will see a close fight between the major Dravidian parties. These channels have just utilized it to their advantage. By publishing such an exit poll data, they will get a very good viewership which would increase their TRP. This only reminds me a scene from an old movie. The hero will be sitting with disappointment, after trying his luck with lotteries. A small boy will collect the lottery tickets lying on road and our hero will say, 'hey these tickets are expired' and the boy will reply firmly 'I know sir, I am collecting these tickets after knowing that they are expired, others' laziness is what feeding me for a long time'. He is someone who makes money out of wastepaper.

"தம்பி இதெல்லாம் குழுக்கள் முடிஞ்சா சீட்டு"

"தெரியும் சார் தெரிஞ்சி தான் எடுத்துட்டுப் போறேன், அடுத்தவங்க சோம்பேறித்தனம் தான் எனக்கு ரொம்ப நாளா சோறு போடுது"

This scene is from the movie 'Dhavani Kanavugal' vintage K Bhagyaraj film.

One of these surveys is based on caste. Its something like people belonging to a so and so community would have voted for a so and so party.One can't insult the Indian electoral system and electorate more than this.

I predicted 160-190 seats for AIADMK before elections. As per the electoral arithmetic, the AIADMK has a larger vote share compared to DMK. So if it's a direct fight between DMK and ADMK, without a wave(pro or anti), naturally the AIADMK should win. There is anti-incumbency factor. Yes the TN Chief minister is battling out the anti-incumbency,no doubt about it. But the anti-incumbency is not so powerful to bring a change of govt. Moreover, only if the anti-AIADMK votes goes to DMK, it will be a setback for ADMK. At present, the DMK is not in a position to cash-in on the situation. Had the DMK been strong enough, they would not have come down to such an extent asking Vijayakanth to join their alliance and Kalaignar made that infamous 'fruit' comment. Vijayakanth made the DMK to wait for long and dumped them. This has reduced the morale of DMK cadre. Other parties that would play a role in the outcome of these elections - 3rd front(PWF), PMK, Naam Thamizhar Katchi and BJP. The expectation was that these entities will take away the anti-ADMK votes from DMK. That seems to have not happened.

In AIADMK, Jayalalithaa changed the candidates frequently. Well, Jayalalithaa is known for this and she doesn't even spare her ministers. I used to make a funny comment that ADMK ministry is like a football team, that every substitute will get a chance to play. So I was not at all surprised by Jayalalithaa's decision to change the candidates. Whereas, the DMK's case is totally different.

The DMK party workers themselves were not happy with some candidates and they wanted them to be changed. Incidents of violence were reported too.Being in such a vulnerable position, how can DMK emerge as a super power all of a sudden? Even in 2006, there was not much of anti-incumbency against the ADMK govt, but DMK came to power. In 2006,the Congress party was considerably strong enough to help the DMK win many seats.This time too, the DMK and Congress are fighting the elections together, whereas the Congress is not the same as it was in 2006, as Vasan broke up with Congress and EVKS Elangovan has weakened Congress as much as possible.

To be fair, democracy is much more powerful than what we all think,so had the voters thought somehow they should throw away the current govt, they would have voted en-masse to DMK. And only in that situation DMK can form a govt. The overall polling percentage in Tamil Nadu is 73.76%, which is less than 2011. The CEO Mr.Rajesh Lakhani says it may be due to change in voters list and we should also remember that 2 constituencies goes to polls only on 23rd May.So we can consider the overall polling percentage around 76%(approximately) which is still less than 2011 and slightly more than 2014 LS elections. Generally if the overall polling percentage is not so high, it is considered as advantage ruling party.

I am not a reporter or I didn't do any fieldwork to get these details. These are purely based on what the newspapers and news websites(which I trust) publish. Based on these details and the candidates list, I arrived at the figures 160-190. The DMK, which was written off before 3 months, is suddenly making headlines. Well I am not sure what they did in these 3 months to emerge victorious. The reason for mentioning this is, I am just a random blogger and I am able to provide reasons for arriving at this figure. Infact, I can also write my understanding about each constituency and who may win. I may or may not get it right. My predictions have failed in 2006(predicted an ADMK govt),2009(I predicted a BJP govt at centre and more seats to ADMK in TN) and in 2014 ( predicted more seats to NDA in TN and less no. of seats to BJP at national level). But when all these channels got it wrong in 2011, my prediction came true in 2011.

"ADMK+ has a bright possibility of winning 180+ seats." - I wrote.

So this time, again, my prediction may or may not come true. But my point is, I predict based on some factors and observations, and I am no prodigy to get it right everytime.

But on what basis these channels publish the exit poll data? They were not able to give any convincing reason on how they arrived at these figures. Journalism at an all time low(well as usual). 

I am damn sure,even if any of these so called exit poll results come true, its pure co-incidence and these channels are giving random numbers too.

Consider a situation, 'its an India South Africa match, 4 balls remaining, South Africa need 7 runs to win with A B Devilliers on strike. If someone asks you, will India win, and if you answer no, it doesn't mean you want India to lose, it only means South Africa is going to win and you said this based on ABD's track record. This example is for people who don't know the difference between prediction and wish.

ADMK Election Manifesto and TN Elections - 2016

"--> 20% land on SME industrial parks will be reserved for SC/ST entrpreneurs.

--> Women to get 50% subsidy to buy mopeds of scooties

--> One soverign gold for women ahead of marriages" -

some diamonds from ADMK political manifesto..there is no announcement about improving educational system in TN.. these Dravidian parties has done their best to spoil the educational system and now we don't want national level entrance test.. we are saying it will only benefit Hindi speaking population..this is nothing but an impact of Uniform Syllabus education.. and I see people asking why don't you give education for free.. govt schools provide free education only..we the people don't want to experiment by getting an admission for our kids in govt schools as we feel 'money laundering' private schools are much better than govt schools.. if you have a prob with govt school, you should see how to correct it,going against pvt schools will not help you out.. if you want pvt schools to provide free education, who will provide salary to the staffs? without thinking anything if we keep shouting nonsense like this, we will only get a DMK or ADMK..

--->No FDI in retail

then make it compulsory for all the shopkeepers to give bill for the goods we purchase and publish a whitepaper on the tax collected from even a small bunk shop.. why do we have MRP? to sell Rs.32 soap to 32 itself? MRP only means you can sell upto the amount mentioned,not that you should sell it to the exact amount..

you are saying this is a pro-poor/middle-class budget.. how will it be a pro-middle class budget?by providing cell phones? I am not sure if everything mentioned in the manifesto will be implemented, but if its implemented , there can only be two outcomes, either tax the salaried class or make TN bankrupt by the end of 5 years(assuming ADMK govt comes again)..

I am not sure if there is anything to appreciate in the election manifesto of ADMK..may be we can feel happy that there is no policy difference in handling the properties Hindu and minority religious bodies.. having said that, I see people who openly endorsed free color tvs opposing ADMK's freebies.. dear DMK boys, you started this and ADMK is taking it to next level..if you say this manifesto is bad,yours is bad too.. you people have gifted Katchatheevu and now promising to bring it back.. introduced liquor in TN and now speaking about prohibition..Even DMK promised 2 cents of land in 2006 when statistics proved that so much of land was not available at all :D and it seems only because of that DMK people involved in land grabbing activities.

DMK gave away free Televisions and made people buy set top box. Needless to say it was a monopoly during DMK rule and only SCV benefited because of it. If you have followed current affairs, you may be knowing how dangerous are the Maran brothers. So saying DMK is better than ADMK is nothing more than a joke.

Personally I am not a fan of this freebies politics, but this election manifesto will play a major role in the upcoming elections.. even in 2006 I dont think people elected DMK for color tv, it was the alliance that brought them back to power..even this time a divided opposition puts ADMK in driver's seat.. how this manifesto will increase the fortunes of ADMK? I have been hearing that in some constituencies the field work of ADMK party workers is not satisfactory.. with an election manifesto like this, the field work would gain momentum and that would increase the chances of an ADMK win..

Madrassa students attack and a twist in the tale

2 days before - in Delhi - 3 students, well, 3 Muslim students, were beaten up. Camera starts rolling, these students cry 'intolerance'. They openly alleged that they were beaten up for not chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. And an elderly man(not sure if he is a politician or some 'secular fellow'), starts blasting the culprits and accuses Narendra Modi for what has happened. He demands an apology from the Prime Minister. As usual, our peace-loving brainy journalists, started protesting against the incident, through their 'fiery tweets' and certified this an act of 'communal' intolerance. The same people, who abused 'Hindus' for communalizing the 'peaceful murder' of a dentist. Now there is a twist in the tale. After the police investigation, the students changed their statement and said they were not beaten up for not chanting 'Bharat Mata ki Jai'. They admitted that, they were not asked to chant anything but instead had gotten into an argument which escalated and a few blows were exchanged.

" they were not asked to chant anything but instead had gotten into an argument which escalated and a few blows were exchanged."

http://chdweb.com/madrassa-students-thrashed-for-not-saying-jai-mata-di-cops-rubbish-charge/

Not Asked To Chant 'Bharat Mata Ki Jai', Says Student Who Alleged Assault

http://www.ndtv.com/delhi-news/3-madrassa-students-beaten-up-allegedly-for-refusing-to-chant-slogans-1292035


This post is not about Rajdeep Sardesai or secular champions. What made this boys to openly lie in media? So they were aware of the consequences of such incidents and if a Muslim plays the victim card intelligently, they can conveniently hide the truth. How they are able to spread lies boldly in media? What inspired them to do this? Think patiently, you will understand, even the fight for a pencil or slate between a Hindu and Muslim kid was projected as an act of communal violence accusing the Hindu kid.This is not a joke. This is a fact.

Had this incident created clash between the two communities, who will be blamed for that as well? As usual you have a Narendra Modi to blame. None of these morons who supported these Muslim boys, apologized later. Why would they? Afterall their intention is to project as if minorities are under threat in India. This is a very bad trend. Beware of the lies spreading in mainstream media and twitter/facebook accounts of poisnous fellows. Well, such posts are being taken down by facebook and the people who are posting anything in favor of Hindutva groups are being blocked by facebook too.

Just see how the peace-loving journalists reacted.

Chidambaram's 'sudden doubts' over Afzal Guru's role

Former finance minister Mr.P Chidambaram,who also served as home minister in the previous govt, has made a controversial statement today.

There are doubts over Afzal Guru’s role in Parliament attack: P Chidambaram 

http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/there-are-doubts-over-afzal-gurus-role-in-parliament-attack-p-chidambaram/articleshow/51130246.cms

P Chidambaram says, that is, now Mr.Chidambaram says, there are doubts over Afzal Guru's role in Parliament attack. dear Chidambaram, the mercy petition filed by Afzal Guru's wife was pending before the President of India when you were the Home Minister. You could have very well recommended the President to   accept the mercy petition sir.

When Supreme court rejected Afzal's appeal your party was in power. Infact your govt was supported by the Communist party until 2008. the prosecution should have argued in favor of govt,which means, against Afzal Guru. The apex court has rejected his appeal and upheld the death penalty awarded to Afzal in lower courts. While the Supreme court rejected Afzal's appeal against the High court order, it commuted Shaukat Hussain Guru's death sentence to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment and it acquitted S A R Gilani citing lack of evidence.

"At the same time, suspicion however strong, cannot take place of legal proof. Though this conduct was not above board, the court cannot condemn him in the absence of sufficient evidence pointing unmistakably to his guilt," it had said

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/Supreme-Court-was-suspicious-of-S-A-R-Gilanis-conduct/articleshow/18423951.cms

Afzal's defense, filed a plea which sought the review of his death sentence which was again dismissed by Supreme court in 2007 saying "there is no merit" in it. Coming back to Congress, Delhi government(Congress) dismissed his mercy petition in the year 2010. Mrs. Sheila Dikshit was the CM of Delhi then.

On 3rd February 2013, the honorable President of India, Mr.Pranab Mukherjee rejected Afzal Guru's mercy petition. As per my understanding, the home minister of India, should recommend the President to reject the mercy petition. It was again when your party was in power, his mercy petition was rejected and Sushil Kumar Shinde was the Home Minister then. He was hanged when your party was in power. His body was not handed over to his family. His family was not informed about the decision to hang Afzal prior to hanging. The Home Minister sent the information about Afzal's hanging through speed post to his family which reached them 2 days after hanging. Afzal Guru, in his last letter, wrote that he was not given enough time to write a detailed letter to his family.

Mr. Chidambaram, your party is responsible for executing Afzal Guru. You were the Home Minister of India for 4 years (2008 - 2012) and the mercy petition was pending before the President of India since 2006. 3 years after hanging Afzal Guru, making a statement like 'I was not the home minister when he was hanged' is just laughable and shows how much your party has been cornered.

Afzal Guru's death penalty was awarded by a trial court, then upheld by a High court, then by a Supreme court. The plea seeking review of the death sentence too was not successful. So Mr.Chidambaram, you mean to say that all these courts made a mistake by awarding death penalty to Afzal Guru? And you were not aware of the mercy petition pending before the President when you were Home minister? Or 'someone' stopped you from acting on the mercy petition? If so who is that 'someone'?

I can only say this is just a proof that the congress party will stoop down to any extent for gaining political mileage.

JNU, Freedom of expression, Patriotism, Communism and More..

The entire nation is concerned about what is happening in Delhi, especially the Delhi Jawaharlal Nehru University. Well, if people who are reading this blog say they are not bothered about what's happening in Delhi, I am sorry you are an alien and you are not living in India. Such is the reaction of the mainstream media and the social media to the recent developments in Delhi JNU. 

What has actually happened in Delhi JNU? The left wing students sought permission for organizing a cultural event in the university and the permission was granted too. In the name of cultural event, they started raising slogans against the hanging of Afzal Guru, man who was convicted for his involvement in Parliament bomb blasts. While protesting, they raised slogans like "Bharat there Tukde Honge"(meaning India will be broken into pieces), “Bharat Ki Barbadi tak Jang rahegi jang rehegi”( the fight will continue till India is destroyed), “Kashimire ki ajadi tak jang rahegi, jang rahegi,(the fight will continue till Kashmir is liberated)”, “India go back”, “Hum Lekar Rahenge Azadi Azadi, Azadi, (We will take freedom come what may)” “Pakistan zindabad”, “Kitne Afzal maroge ghar-ghar se Afzal niklega (Afzals will come out from every home)”. Source -

http://www.dailypioneer.com/todays-newspaper/dsu-activists-raised-anti-india-slogans.html

https://www.facebook.com/Newsxonline/videos/vb.30702412762/10153581181722763/?type=2&theater

The right wing students union, ABVP (Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP)) objected to this act of left wing students and complained about this to the university authorities and the VC has ordered for an inquiry.A Bharatiya Janata Party MP Maheish Girri lodged a complaint against the “anti-constitutional and anti-national elements”  who participated in the demonstration. The police arrested Kanhaiya Kumar , the president of the left dominated JNU students union and charged him with sedition.

While taking this Kanhaiya Kumar to court, some lawyers  attacked him. A BJP MLA O P Sharma assaulted a communist leader outside the Patiala house court. Kumar was remanded to judicial custody till March 2 by a Delhi court.

This is what happened in JNU. Our media and journalists conveniently ignored so many things and they have given a wide coverage to O P Sharma and the lawyers who attacked Kanhaiya Kumar and some journalists. At any cost, violating law and carrying out physical attacks on anyone is unacceptable and its not an act of nationalism but an act of hooliganism/goondaism.  No doubt about it.  Delhi police is responsible for the law and order in Delhi and obviously they have to take up the responsibility for the attacks on the journalists and Kanhaiya Kumar. But is the entire issue restricted to this barbaric act alone? 

The left wing supporters are openly supporting the slogans raised in the event in the name of freedom of expression. While they are so sincere in calling the act of O P Sharma and lawyers as hooliganism, they have maintained a studied silence about the slogans raised in the event. They just keep repeating that freedom of speech/expression should not be crushed. My question is, why are you making such an incomplete statement? Just complete your statement like this - freedom to abuse the nation with slogans like 'India will be broken into pieces' should not be crushed.

The students union and the arrested guy claims they have full faith in Indian constitution and they don't need a certificate from RSS/BJP on patriotism. This is the problem with these left wingers, they are highly obsessed with RSS that they name them for everything that is happening in the country. They claim they have done no wrong. If that is the case, why did these people get permission in the name of cultural event? Should they have not mentioned that the event planned was against the hanging of Afzal Guru and it was also about demanding freedom for Kashmir in the permission requested?Why was that not mentioned?

Briefing about the “incomplete information”, the varsity Registrar Bhupinder Zutshi said, “There was nowhere mentioned in the permission request that the event will be on Afzal Guru, they just said that they wanted to organise a cultural event. How can any talk about disintegration of nation be national?” - http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-news-india/afzal-guru-event-anti-india-slogan-at-jnu-campus-disciplinary-enquiry-ordered/

Afzal Guru was hanged in the year 2013. He was given a fair trial from a special court to Supreme Court and it took 7 years for the successive presidents to reject his mercy petition. He was hanged when Congress was in power and Sushil Kumar Shinde was the home minister then. This was the statement he made last year about hanging Afzal Guru.

“After the SC ruling and rejection of the mercy petition, people were expecting that Afzal will be hanged,”  - Sushilkumar Shinde

http://indianexpress.com/article/india/india-others/afzal-guru-not-hanged-for-political-reasons-sushilkumar-shinde/

It has been 3 years since Afzal was hanged. What was the reason to organize an event against it now? Is there a way to bring him back alive? There is a difference between debating about capital punishment and a court judgement. Finally these people ended up blaming Pranab Mukherjee for rejecting Afzal's mercy petition. There is a poster doing rounds against Mr.Mukherjee and being circulated by left wingers and the poster makes an obvious reference to his caste.I don't really understand, in what way Hindutva/Brahminism/RSS is related to Afzal's hanging. Afzal was convicted by the honorable supreme court of India, his mercy petition was rejected by honorable president of India(who is from congress) and hanged during the congress rule which is against all these Hindutva/RSS etc. 

There is nothing wrong in suspecting the involvement of any terrorist/political outfit in a protest against something which happened 3 years ago and happened when a different govt was in power. The home minister said the event had Hafiz Saeed's 'support'. The media and left wingers/seculars/liberals immediately jumped into action and derived the conclusion that Rajnath Singh's statement was based on a fake twitter handle in the name of Hafiz Saeed. They are not ready to give the space for the authorities to complete the inquiry in this issue.

There was another student, Umar Khalid, who is now absconding was allegedly seen shouting those anti-India slogans in the presence of Kanhaiya Kumar. This Umar Khalid's father was part of the banned outfit - Students Islamic Movement of India (SIMI). The man claims he dissociated himself from SIMI well before it became a banned outfit. But why is his son absconding?

The argument is that Kanhaiya Kumar was arrested because he was against the RSS/ABVP ideology. Are all the anti-RSS/BJP people being arrested? This fellow was a students union leader and the police claims they have valid proof against him to slap sedition charges. The left wing mouth pieces say the police has no proof against him. A video showing Kanhaiya Kumar shouting anti-national slogans has gone viral and it was aired in Times Now tv channel. All other television channels like India Today,AajTak,NDTV etc claims the video is fake and it was doctored one. They have gone to the extent of saying it was Arnab Goswami who doctored the video. 

Suddenly Arnab Goswami is being hailed as a nationalist by a section of people. The fact is Times Now's TRP is much higher than other channels. Times Now and Arnab are shrewd enough to understand the situation and cover the events in such a way that their TRP goes high. While all other channels were covering the JNU issue in same angle, Times Now just covered the other side of the coin. They were able to create a curiosity and people who believe that anti-national activities happened in JNU, preferred Times Now. Going against the popular opinion is a trick which will work out if handled well and it is working wonders for Times Now. Atleast I don't want to join the 'hail Arnab' chorus.

These left wingers and liberals speak so much about freedom of speech,freedom of expression, tolerance etc. But they are unable to tolerate Arnab Goswami and they wants the nation to boycott him. If Barkha Dutt has the right to tweet lies, if Rajdeep Sardesai has the right to distort the facts, if Sagarika Ghose has the right to abuse right wingers and if all this comes under the freedom of speech category, Times Now and Arnab has all the rights to cover JNU issue the way they wants.

According to these left wingers/communists/liberals/seculars slogans like 'the fight will continue till India is destroyed' should be allowed in the name of freedom of speech/expression, but Kamalesh Tiwari(a Hindu fanatic) should not be allowed to abuse Prophet Muhammad. (If you want to know what he said, go through this link - http://zeenews.india.com/news/india/this-is-what-kamlesh-tiwari-said-about-prophet-muhammad-which-infuriated-muslims_1833716.html ). This Kamalesh Tiwari was arrested by the police after they received a complaint against him for making these remarks. One month after he was arrested, a Muslim outfit organized protests against this Kamalesh Tiwari and Hindus were attacked and vehicles were burnt in the protests. This happened in Malda(West Bengal).

These people who wants the anti-India slogans to be allowed, didn't fight for Kamalesh Tiwari's freedom of speech. Infact, they were not satisfied with just the arrest of this Kamalesh Tiwari and except Z news, not a single media house reported about the Malda violence. The moment you ask why the Malda violence was not given importance, you will be branded a 'bhakt'. The bottomline is clear - if Hindus are killed/attacked, it should be tolerated and any statement against it will fetch you the title 'bhakt'.

Personally I don't approve Kamalesh Tiwari or his statements. Rightly the police arrested him for his moronic comments and I support strong punishment to this guy.

Coming back to Kanhaiya Kumar's arrest, his supporters claim the police doesn't have any proof against him. Further, the Delhi police is only going to show the doctored video as an evidence against the students union leader. You ask them how do they know all this? Ask them how did they conclude that the police has no evidence against Kanhaiya Kumar? You will get a response 'you are a bhakt'. 

If a students union leader was prepared to approve the anti-national slogans in the event organized by his union, he should be prepared enough to face the legal actions too. Let him prove his innocence in the court of law and go scot-free. There is another optio -, he should apologize for what has happened in the university and give in writing that he will not be part of such activities again. If he does that, then all the charges against him should be dropped and he should be let off.

The union HRD ministry has ordered that national flag should be hoisted in all the central universities. Immediate reactions in social media and left wingers - ask RSS to hoist national flag. How stupid? Ask them why did they raise anti-national slogans, they will ask you didn't Ghodse kill Gandhi? Don't get puzzled with the reply. Let me explain the Ghodse link - Ghodse belonged to RSS, Ghodse killed Gandhi ji, RSS is the parent organization of BJP, BJP is in power,so these JNU rebels are raising anti-national slogans to avenge Gandhi assassination now(because BJP came to power). 

Ghodse abused the RSS and left RSS in the mid of 1930s. He joined Hindu Maha Sabha. The court has given clean chit to RSS in the Gandhi assassination case and it was clearly proven that RSS had no part in Gandhi assassination. RSS was ideologically against Hindu Maha Sabha and both are different groups(I will write more about this later). Tell this to the left wingers and liberals who are supporting the JNU students, ' courts danced to the tune of Hindutva outfits. RSS bribed the court and judges. Hindu Maha Sabha, RSS, Shiv Sena, Ram Sene are all same. You bhakt, don't try to fool us' - you will get this reply.

These central universities are autonomous bodies. They could have very well objected to the idea of hoisting national flag, but they didn't. So calling it an order of HRD minister itself is wrong.

Central Universities are autonomous bodies established under Acts of Parliament and are governed by their Acts and Statutes and Ordinances made there under. Further, Central Universities are empowered to establish Departments with the recommendation of their statutory bodies and approval of University Grants Commission (UGC) and the Visitor. UGC has instructed all the universities including Central Universities located in non-Hindi speaking areas to establish Hindi Departments. 

- source http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=89770

After the news of flag hoisting in central universities came out, liberals are unable to control their emotions and started branding this an act of Hindutva and demanded flag hoisting in RSS offices. RSS is a private organization, they are not funded by govt and there is no necessity for them to hoist national flags in their offices. It was RSS that drove away Portugese from Goa and hoisted the tri-color flag there. The then PM, Jawaharlal Nehru invited RSS to participate in the Republic Day parade too. This is about RSS. 

Is it such a crime to hoist national flag in universities? 

Shouting slogans like the fight will continue till India is destroyed,Pakistan zindabad etc is purely anti-national and supporting those who shouted these slogans are anti-nationals as well. If you endorse the idea of destroying India, how else should you be called? Knowing all these information, purposefully ignoring the anti-national slogans and speaking as if there is an undeclared emergency is equally wrong. Ask your inner conscience - should we condemn these anti-national slogans or not? If it says, no,then you are an anti-national as well. I don't bother being called a bhakt or a moron for writing this.

Sethupathi - An enjoyable cop film

Sethupathi- is good. Vijay Sethupathi has tried a full length mass movie this time and it has worked out very well. He has a tremendous screen presence and a charismatic body language which makes this movie enjoyable. It has a very good first half, second half starts off slowly,but later the movie gains momentum and ends up as a good entertainer.

The romance portion should appears a bit stretched. The supporting cast(including the children), villain and the heroine are good enough to keep up the momentum. It has enjoyable dialogues( the one like 'innum konja emotional ah sollunga' by a media person :D ) and mass scenes, especially handling the rowdies when they surround the hero's family. Songs,by music director Nivas K. Prasanna, are good too, 'naan yaaru' both the versions are terrific with visuals. Throughout the movie audience were clapping and whistling and the movie is sure to attract family audience as well. Director S. U. Arunkumar who made his debut through Pannaiyarum Padminiyum, is back with Sethupathi and the movie is most likely to become a commercial super hit.

Sethupathi - an enjoyable Vijay Sethupathi show B|

Miruthan Review

Miruthan as projected,its a zombie film. The movie is full of zombies and the hero fights them. The duration of the movie is just less than 2 hrs and to an extent its fast too. If the expectation is just to go for a movie which is different and racy, this movie is ok,but if you are looking for some exciting thriller, then Miruthan will surely disappoint you.

Dog bites can cause hydrophobia(fear for water) which is a symptom of rabies in humans. And yes, people diagnosed with rabies,will be fierce and behave like a maniac. If left untreated, they will die within few days. Nowadays, treating dog bites is very simple. All you have to do is to take injections periodically. The director Shakti Soundar Rajan has taken this simple concept and developed a script based on it.

There is nothing wrong in using a simple concept to make an interesting film. But in Miruthan,there are no interesting scenes or tense moments,which are essential for any thriller. The zombie concept seems to be just an exaggeration of hydrophobia/rabies, which didn't work for me. Jayam Ravi just keeps shooting the zombies for most part of the movie. Kaali, Manohar(the one who plays minister) and Sriman,provides comic relief. Their comedy scenes and 2 songs are good. Lakshmi Menon and the girl who plays Ravi's sister are ok, as they don't have much to do. Only one scene(detection of anti-bodies to the virus) stood out. I feel had the director built the screenplay based on the concept explained in that scene, it would have been an interesting movie.

Instead of merely shooting the zombies, had the director made more research on zombies and come up with an interesting screenplay, Miruthan would have been a satisfying experience. Miruthan is not so interesting zombie.