On the eve of International Indigenous People’s Day, people from the Scheduled Tribes of India held a press conference that had no takers from mainstream media. To commemorate the 24th anniversary of the International Indigenous Day on All Adivasi Delhi – NCR had organised a press conference in the capital to apprise the media about the social, economic and cultural condition of tribals in India. Anil Chamdadia writes about the mainstream national media’s complete apathy toward issues faced by tribals and the tribal identity.
Pictures of Prime Minister Narendra Modi paying homage to Muthuvel Karunanidhi as his body lay in state at Rajaji Hall in Chennai may have given rise to speculation if the BJP is open to an alliance with the DMK? But similar scenes were witnessed when AIADMK chief Jayalalithaa died in December 2016. PM Modi had not only rushed to Chennai but also let himself be seen publicly consoling her controversial aide Sasikala. Shekhar Iyer writes that Sasikala, nonetheless went to jail following the Supreme Court’s verdict upholding her conviction in a disproportionate assets case.On reel
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