South Madras
I don’t know how good a campaigner Meera Sanyal is . Or how good her political communication is — from what I see on TV, it sucks. She is smug and has no charisma to back that up.
Then, there is another Independent. This time, from South Madras. Sarath Babu has fallen into the familiar trap of political idealism. However, the really favorable press he’s been getting, added with a political rhetoric that goes along ‘I know what hunger is’, makes it hard to ignore him.
Of course, it’s not fashionable now to remember how MGR and M Karunanidhi faced poverty and discrimination much worse. Or how their story of artistic and political triumph is actually a change we have been handed over.
Change, by definition, is always sought. Never cherished.
Tags: Meera Sanyal, Sarath Babu
April 16th, 2009 at 9:22 am
Yawn. When will you delete this post?
April 16th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
I agree. Too early for him I reckon!
April 19th, 2009 at 11:34 am
will he get deposit?
May 7th, 2009 at 9:01 pm
That is spiteful, Nilu. She does have a lot of charisma.
May 19th, 2009 at 2:44 am
hi
someone i know was contesting as an independent. threw his hat in the ring - a common friend asked me if i would help in the campaign
i asked - do you speak marathi - answer was no. do you speak hindi - somewhat (this is a mumbai constitutency).
where do you want to campaign - he talked about the malls and the multiplexes and the main roads. i asked him why he doesn’t run for BMC - the idiot answered -because there is no power.
god help us from these outraged idiots - who have more money than sense
Meera Sanyal had the same problem. for whatever else you may say about the Laloo’s or the Karunanidhi’s - they are comfortable with all their constituents - not just those that they have cocktails with
May 21st, 2009 at 9:38 pm
lost his deposit… some 12000 odd idiots voted for him. not a bad score with a manifesto written like that of a schoolboy.
//Chennai South, where a highest number of 43 contestants fought it out, tops the list of deposit losers with 41 failing to get one-sixth of the votes polled. Only the winning candidate in the constituency, AIADMK’s S Rajendran,, and the DMK nominee R S Bharathi retained their deposits. It is closely followed by Karur where 36 contestants lost their deposits. //
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/Chennai/EC-pockets-Rs-70-lakh-as-745-lose-deposit-in-polls/articleshow/4562103.cms