But Karunanidhi’s biggest journalistic defiance was the publication of a cartoon panel. Chellappan, one of the finest cartoonists of Tamil Nadu, created a panel called ‘Metamorphosis ...

Karunanidhi. While it’s known widely that he always chose black over other ink, only few people know he has drawn cartoons too, for Murasoli. “I still remember how he rushed Vaiko (then V.

Murasoli carried the headline “Indira Gandhi becomes a dictator” in a cartoon depicting her transformation into a Nazi dictator. There was no going back now. Later, in 1994, Karunanidhi ...

Murasoli Maran, Karunanidhi’s nephew, was also arrested because he published a cartoon in Murasoli depicting Gandhi as Adolf Hitler. The DMK’s slogan of “collective rule at the centre, autonomous rule ...

Sevlam was often described by Kalaignar (Karunanidhi) as his “first child ... and cleared the cartoon." The former editor is survived by his wife and daughter. In his memoir 'Murasoli ...

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, one of India’s longest serving politicians, died Tuesday at the age of 94. Karunanidhi, chief of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) party in southern Tamil Nadu state ...

In the midst of the writing, oratory at local meetings, staging of plays and complete immersion in the Dravidar Kazhagam, Karunanidhi’s family decided that it was time for him to get married.

M Karunanidhi, a writer par excellence, began penning scripts for plays as a 20-year old. Over the years, his plays went on to became a vehicle for propagating principles of the Dravidian movement.

Before he embraced the politician’s avatar, Karunanidhi was a successful screenwriter. Fuelled by social causes, his rousing scripts were not only political in nature but also appealed to the ...