... especially when a newspaper publishes the results of a survey that you find dissatisfactory.Tamil daily Dinakaran wrote a story summarizing the poll, which, among other things, apparently touched on who would be the political heir to Karunanidhi (who you may know as the guy in the sunglasses in the ad I just blogged about). Karunanidhi has three children, one of whom was pegged the overwhelming winner -- which so insulted the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (a political party) that brigands burned the offices of the newspaper, as well as Sun TV, ultimately killing three people. (Hindu story on the incident.)
Why? Why do these things happen with such frequency? I'm glad that (from reports I've seen) the rioting was rather isolated; then again, am I really finding a silver lining in a totally senseless act that ended up costing lives? How does one try to reconcile the image of multibillionaire technocrats with the embers dying out in the Dinakaran rubble?
1 comment:
It's a family dispute.DMK is run by Karunanidhi's elder son and he got very few votes in the poll.One of the papers I get had put the news item just above the photo of Karunanidhi(the same one as you put in your previous post,without the captions ofcourse).
These guys watch too many TV sitcoms,thats all.
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