All stories by N Sathiya Moorthy
'Brand Stalin' Shows Annamalai His Place
Rediff.com11 Jun 2024If Tamil Nadu voters preferred the DMK combine, it owed to the Modi-Annamalai combo's ideological battle which often crossed the line of political decency and also challenged 'Tamil pride', argues N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will TDP, JD-U Toe BJP Line On Hindutva?
Rediff.com5 Jun 2024The TDP and JD-U will have a lot to answer inside Parliament, day after day, session after session, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Tamil Nadu Shatters Mo-Sha's Dream Again
Rediff.com4 Jun 2024The BJP often forgets that in Dravidian Tamil Nadu, the voter does not mix religion, which is personal, and politics that is in the public sphere, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Foreign Policy As A Poll Tool Can Be Harmful
Rediff.com29 May 2024It is time the political leaderships in this country arrived at a common ground over issues of foreign and security policy concerns. There has to be a greater communication between the government and the Opposition leaderships for the nation to present a unified face against the rest of the world, advises N Sathiya Moorthy.
RSS's Lack Of Enthusiasm Is Showing
Rediff.com12 May 2024According to insiders, their lack of enthusiasm is showing on the ground. There is nothing to suggest that their enthusiasm will return in the final four phases of polling, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Has Joe Biden Lost Interest In India?
Rediff.com7 May 2024Had it not been for the slow but sure emergence of China as a threat to the western order, would India have been accepted as a near-equal partner by individual western nations, jointly and severally, questions N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why Are Voters Not Turning Up To Vote?
Rediff.com27 Apr 2024Is the unusually and unbearably scorching Sun and the general laxity, bordering on laziness, among voters, responsible, asks N Sathiya Moorthy.
Numbers Don't Add Up For BJP In Tamil Nadu
Rediff.com19 Apr 2024Indications are that the DMK combine will win more seats than the AIADMK and BJP, but is facing a tough fight in about half a dozen from the rest, predicts N Sathiya Moorthy of the electoral contest in Tamil Nadu.
Why Is The BJP Talking About Stability?
Rediff.com15 Apr 2024'What should surprise BJP supporters is Modi's call for 'stability' at the manifesto launch, a theme that he and his team members had not touched ahead of the Lok Sabha polls in 2014 and 2019.' 'The last time the party called for 'stability at the Centre' was in 1998 and 1999,' recalls N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will Modi's TN Over-Exposure Boomerang On BJP?
Rediff.com11 Apr 2024There is an impression within the Tamil Nadu BJP -- although no one is airing it -- that over-exposure for Narendra Modi over the past months may work against party candidates, as they have triggered a near-continuous social media debate on his achievements and failures, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Poll Schedule Works Against First Phase Contestants
Rediff.com9 Apr 2024Constituencies that are going to the polls in the first phase, slated for April 19, have just 19 days for campaigning. Contrast that with those going to polls in the 7th phase, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Sorry Mr Modi, Katchatheevu Isn't An Election Issue In Tamil Nadu
Rediff.com4 Apr 2024Rulers in New Delhi and their political aides in sensitive states like Tamil Nadu have to be doubly careful not to provoke a situation whose consequences may be much more than visible now to the naked eye, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Katchatheevu: Modi Bets Big On A Dead Horse
Rediff.com2 Apr 2024The BJP is now inventing new angles to keep its campaign relevant -- even if it's old wine in an old bottle, which is what the allegation on 'Katchatheevu' is, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Carnatic Music Goes From Raga To Rage
Rediff.com29 Mar 2024They all seem to forget that the Music Academy is as much an independent institution as T M Krishna is an individual musician. In drawing those red lines for the Academy management, they do not even seem to recognise that they too have crossed a red line themselves, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
1 Nation 1 Poll: What's Modi's Thinking?
Rediff.com25 Mar 2024Deriving from Narendra Modi's continuing charisma, the proposed scheme, if and when implemented, can cut both ways. That is to say, if Modi can win, he can lose. Or, someone else in his place, later on, could lose as much as he could win in his time, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
BJP's TN Gameplan: Knock AIADMK Out Of The Ring
Rediff.com20 Mar 2024The BJP game-plan: Take the top slot, or a close second, either for the 'Lotus' or the larger NDA, if it can and push the AIADMK to the third place, explains N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will Ideology Trump Personalities And Issues in TN Again?
Rediff.com15 Mar 2024According to DMK, the voters are already consolidated on ideological lines, hence the impact of anti-incumbency, whether against the BJP Centre or the DMK state may not be too much, notes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Can Modi Achieve 'DMK mukt' Tamil Nadu?
Rediff.com6 Mar 2024'If he has not achieved 'Congress mukt Bharat' even now, the question of his creating a 'DMK mukt Tamil Nadu' does not arise,' points out N Sathiya Moorthy.
Will Modi's TN Outreach Help The BJP?
Rediff.com4 Mar 2024If the idea was to garner AIADMK votes with or without the three faction leaders after the party broke ties with the NDA, it may not work after all, observes N Sathiya Moorthy.
Why South India Is Unhappy With Modi
Rediff.com20 Feb 2024On one hand, South Indian states have been complaining about denial of a proportionate portion of the sharable funds from the Centre, based on population. On the other hand, they stand to lose Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha seats that again are based on population, points out N Sathiya Moorthy.