Total Recall

It’s the 114th birth anniversary of Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) leader C.N. Annadurai, the first CM of Tamil Nadu, and rival All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (AIADMK) has announced a weeklong celebration. The AIADMK was named after the Dravidian movement icon by party founder, the late M.G. Ramachandran, when he broke away in 1972. The ‘Anna’ initiative is current party chief E.K. Palaniswami’s bid to infuse some Dravidian pride among the cadre. Atheist Annadurai, though, would have loathed the fact that EPS made the gesture right after visiting Tirumala temple on September 9.