The land of the freebies
Colour televisions
All those with black and white television sets or with no televisions can start making space for a new television set in their homes.
The DMK couldn't have thought of a more original gift since Karunanidhi's family via his grandnephew Kalanidhi Maran (Union IT MInister Dayanidhi Maran's elder brother) owns the Sun TV network, Tamil Nadu's dominant television channel.
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Tamil Nadu, a state that holds great affection for filmstars-turned-politicians, has the distinction of having television channels owned by arch political rivals Karunanidhi and J Jayalalithaa, who owns Jaya TV.
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