Tamil Nadu has a rich tradition of music and has given India some of its towering musicians in carnatic, folk and film music. And, no, they’re not straining their vocal cords at a recording studio at Kodambakkam, the nerve centre of Tamil cinema, nor at the Music Academy in Egmore, but, on the floor of the Tamil Nadu Assembly, at Fort St George, Chennai. It would be expecting too much of AIADMK MLAs to critically analyse the schemes and policies of the government and talk about the ways to improve them. Such cerebral exercises are left to the Puratchi Thalaivi, which means revolutionary leader, as Jayalalithaa is described by the faithful. The people of Tamil Nadu deserve leaders who do more than just song and dance numbers.

Source: Hindustan Times September 06, 2016 03:22 UTC