Karunanidhi and the shaping of the Dravidian movement

The Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam was crucial to making him; later, it became putty in his hands.

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi passed away on the evening of August 7, 2018, after a brief hospitalisation. He was 94.

Quiz: On Karunanidhi's tryst with cinema

The Hindu Net Desk DMK chief and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi was a master orator and writer. The seasoned politician who passed away recently has penned the dialogues for many Tamil films that went on to become critical and box office successes. Here is a quiz on his tryst with Tamil cinema

Moved by pet dog’s death, Karunanidhi turned vegetarian for two years

B. Kolappan Karunanidhi fed his pet Dachshund everything that he ate

Karunanidhi and his love for the fountain pen

Dennis S. Jesudasan The ‘Wality 69’, from an outlet in Broadway, was the DMK leader’s constant companion, both in and out of office

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DMK springs a surprise, invites Amit Shah to memorial meeting

24 Aug 2018 01:16 IST

Documenting a living movement

20 Aug 2018 00:15 IST

What next for the DMK after Karunanidhi

18 Aug 2018 21:15 IST

Kalaignar Karunanidhi: A rare leader. Photo: V. Ganesan

Karunanidhi, the writer statesman

18 Aug 2018 16:13 IST

D. Ravikumar, Editor of Manarkeni, paying tributes to former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi in Puducherry on Monday.

‘Karunanidhi championed Tamil through various modes’

14 Aug 2018 00:05 IST

When Karunanidhi faced a deluge of criticism over the Cauvery

13 Aug 2018 00:24 IST

Security lapse at Rajaji Hall: Rahul Gandhi came early, say police

12 Aug 2018 00:12 IST

The broken statue of Karunanidhi on General Patters Road.

A new statue for Karunanidhi?

12 Aug 2018 00:10 IST

M. Karunanidhi reading a copy of Sachin Tendulkar.

‘Aesthetics, content can’t be separated’

12 Aug 2018 00:08 IST

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president and former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi passed away on the evening of August 7, 2018, after a brief hospitalisation. He was 94. (File photo)

Quiz: On Karunanidhi's tryst with cinema

11 Aug 2018 18:30 IST

Two techies who assisted the former Chief Minister to reach out to people through mass media.

Karunanidhi wasn’t tech-challenged

11 Aug 2018 01:51 IST

A team from DMK's mouthpiece Murasoli , led by Managing Director Udhayanidhi Stalin, paying tributes on Friday at M. Karunanidhi's final resting place in Marina.

DMK plans meeting in patriarch Karunanidhi’s memory

11 Aug 2018 01:49 IST

Moved by pet dog’s death, Karunanidhi turned vegetarian for two years

11 Aug 2018 01:46 IST

Karunanidhi and MGR: Best of friends, worthy rivals

11 Aug 2018 00:02 IST

Karunanidhi’s lasting friendship with a post master

10 Aug 2018 08:08 IST

Healing touch: DMK Working President M K Stalin at the Government General Hospital in Chennai.

Rajaji Hall stampede: Death toll goes up to 5

10 Aug 2018 08:07 IST

As CM, he picked the State song

10 Aug 2018 08:06 IST

Tamil Nadu Govt. rebuts Stalin’s charge

10 Aug 2018 08:06 IST

Shantha Kumar, founder Flyinng Squad. Photo: R. Ragu

Leaders united by an ambulance service

10 Aug 2018 08:05 IST

Gopinathan, driver of former T.N. Chief Minister and DMK president late M. Karunanidhi in Chennai.

Taking a trip down memory lane: Karunanidhi’s driver remembers the leader

10 Aug 2018 01:42 IST

SPG personnel scramble to form a protective ring around Congress president Rahul Gandhi at Rajaji Hall on Wednesday

Security lapse at Rajaji Hall left Rahul Gandhi exposed

10 Aug 2018 01:07 IST

Karunanidhi and his Madurai connection

09 Aug 2018 21:50 IST

CHENNAI, 15/08/2014:A view of the Rajaji Hall in Chennai on August 15, 2014. Photo: R_Ragu

The story of Rajaji Hall in Chennai

09 Aug 2018 18:35 IST

Dhanabagyam (on left) and neighbours of late DMK leader M.Karunanidhi’s childhood residence at Thirukkuvalai pay floral tributes to his portrait on Wednesday.

Neighbours recall their bond with the leader

09 Aug 2018 10:29 IST

Nagoor Hanifa rendering a song at a DMK zonal-level conference in 2005.

A unique bond between Hanifa and Karunanidhi

09 Aug 2018 10:28 IST

Rich tributes from residents of Kulithalai

09 Aug 2018 10:28 IST

The Central Bus Stand wears a deserted look in Tiruchi on Wednesday.

No untoward incident in Tiruchi

09 Aug 2018 10:27 IST

DMK cadre paying homage to the departed DMK leader M. Karunanidhi at Srirangam. (Below) Onion market in Tiruchi wears a deserted look on Wednesday

Silent processions taken out

09 Aug 2018 10:27 IST

A file photo of DMK leader M.Karunanidhi addressing a meeting at G. Corner in Tiruchi on April 27, 2016.

He has a special bond with Tiruchi

09 Aug 2018 10:26 IST

the national flag flying at half mast at the District Collectorate: S. James

A patriarch’s passing: temple city wears sombre look

09 Aug 2018 10:23 IST

Excerpts from a special article written by Karunanidhi

09 Aug 2018 09:15 IST

The Amma canteen in Udhagamandalam was of great help for tourists and travelling people on Wednesday.

Shops and restaurants remained closed in the Nilgiris

09 Aug 2018 08:11 IST

TNSTC buses seen halted at Ukkadam depot on Wednesday due to the statewide mourning over DMK leader Karunanidhi’s death. (right) Almost all commercial establishments across the city were closed on Wednesday.

City mourns DMK chief’s death, normal life hit

09 Aug 2018 08:11 IST

In mourning: A DMK supporter pays tribute to M. Karunanidhi outside the party’s office in Dharavi on Wednesday.

When Karunanidhi helped fund a Dharavi school

09 Aug 2018 07:02 IST

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi signing the register on arrival at the Cabinet meeting in Chennai, on February 17, 2007.
Photo: S.R. Raghunathan

Karunanidhi and his love for the fountain pen

09 Aug 2018 01:36 IST

The house on Subramanian Pillai Street in Coimbatore where M. Karunanidhi lived between 1945 and 1947 while working as scriptwriter for Jupiter Pictures.

The Coimbatore connection

09 Aug 2018 01:35 IST

A long march for ‘justice’

09 Aug 2018 01:33 IST

M.K. Stalin, who has been functioning as DMK working president since January 2017, cannot lose focus while dealing with several issues facing the party.

Challenges await Stalin as patriarch leaves the stage

09 Aug 2018 01:32 IST

A banner carried by DMK supporters wending its way to Marina behind the truck carrying Karunanidhi’s mortal remains.

A fitting end to a day of high drama

09 Aug 2018 01:32 IST

Calm prevails at Gopalapuram

09 Aug 2018 01:31 IST

Tributes pour in for Kalaignar

09 Aug 2018 01:30 IST

A sea of people and a tsunami of emotions at Anna Memorial

09 Aug 2018 01:30 IST

They came to bid their leader Karunanidhi adieu

09 Aug 2018 01:29 IST

Karunanidhi turned down demand for Marina memorial for Kamaraj

09 Aug 2018 01:29 IST

Thirukuvalai residents bid a tearful farewell

09 Aug 2018 01:29 IST

A rush of mourners on last journey

09 Aug 2018 01:28 IST

Cabinet decides to recommend Chair in Karunanidhi’s name at PU

09 Aug 2018 01:07 IST

Cartoonscape — August 9, 2018

09 Aug 2018 00:02 IST

The last anchor: the legacy of M. Karunanidhi

09 Aug 2018 00:02 IST

Shops, business establishments shut; vehicles off the road

08 Aug 2018 23:41 IST

VVIPS have a tough time amid big rush

08 Aug 2018 23:17 IST

The spirit of harmony still survives in first Samathuvapuram

08 Aug 2018 22:27 IST

Karunanidhi death: ‘The world of Tamils has lost its leader’

08 Aug 2018 22:21 IST

Karunanidhi funeral: Stream of visitors hints at 2019 equations

08 Aug 2018 22:15 IST

Leaders from across India pay tributes to Karunanidhi

08 Aug 2018 22:10 IST

Karunanidhi: the final journey

08 Aug 2018 20:39 IST

After High Court drama, Karunanidhi laid to rest on Marina

08 Aug 2018 19:02 IST

The images live on

08 Aug 2018 18:32 IST

Karunanidhi was like a father figure to me: Sonia Gandhi

08 Aug 2018 17:39 IST

In support of the DMK supporters

08 Aug 2018 17:09 IST

Karunanidhi funeral: Three die in melee at Rajaji Hall

08 Aug 2018 13:57 IST

In a moving poem, Stalin asks if he can call Karunanidhi just once as 'appa' instead of leader

08 Aug 2018 12:24 IST

Both houses of Parliament adjourned for the day

08 Aug 2018 11:37 IST

Tiruchi deserted as DMK cadre mourn Karunanidhi’s death

08 Aug 2018 09:49 IST

DMK leader’s death brings life to a halt in Coimbatore

08 Aug 2018 08:47 IST

Karunanidhi death: Normal life grinds to a halt in central region

08 Aug 2018 08:29 IST

SC refuses to entertain oral submission against memorial for Karunanidhi on Marina

08 Aug 2018 08:25 IST

How Karunanidhi outwitted Morarji Desai, CS, Indira Gandhi

08 Aug 2018 07:02 IST

Karunanidhi — at 94, the passing of a patriarch

08 Aug 2018 03:35 IST

The former Chief Minister and his canine friends

08 Aug 2018 02:12 IST

Karunanidhi's last political interview was to 'The Hindu'

08 Aug 2018 02:11 IST

M. Karunanidhi: Always receptive to good ideas, he was known for swift decisions

08 Aug 2018 02:04 IST

Karunanidhi death: Hearing on Marina burial place row at 8 a.m. on August 8

08 Aug 2018 02:02 IST

End of an epoch: on M. Karunanidhi's death

08 Aug 2018 02:02 IST

KSRTC cancels services to Tamil Nadu

08 Aug 2018 01:50 IST

Karunanidhi was a living legend: Kumaraswamy

08 Aug 2018 01:33 IST

Murasoli, the first child of Karunanidhi

08 Aug 2018 00:51 IST

M. Karunanidhi: From health care to community living, his schemes were aimed at social equality

08 Aug 2018 00:29 IST

Remembering Karunanidhi’s wit

08 Aug 2018 00:15 IST

Cartoonscape — August 8, 2018

08 Aug 2018 00:15 IST

M. Karunanidhi, 94: the end of an era

08 Aug 2018 00:02 IST

Karunanidhi secured a precious right for all the Chief Ministers

07 Aug 2018 23:53 IST

Telangana Governor, Chief Minister condole Karunanidhi’s death

07 Aug 2018 23:37 IST

Federal front: KCR hoped for support from DMK leader

07 Aug 2018 23:37 IST

Karunanidhi: A die-hard proponent of Tamil language

07 Aug 2018 23:21 IST

M. Karunanidhi: A lifelong warrior for Sri Lankan Tamil cause, but misunderstood in the end

07 Aug 2018 22:42 IST

M. Karunanidhi (1924-2018): Facets of a leader

07 Aug 2018 22:18 IST

Karunanidhi's last tryst with people of Madurai

07 Aug 2018 22:12 IST

M. Karunanidhi: A screenwriter who took Dravidian ideology to the masses

07 Aug 2018 21:53 IST

Karunanidhi — a champion of social justice, caste amity

07 Aug 2018 21:15 IST

Karunanidhi’s memorable gifts to Tirunelveli

07 Aug 2018 21:10 IST

Watch: The life of Karunanidhi, in numbers

07 Aug 2018 20:49 IST

Karunanidhi demise: Stalin appeals for peace

07 Aug 2018 20:32 IST

Karunanidhi and the shaping of the Dravidian movement

07 Aug 2018 20:11 IST

Karunanidhi’s political innings: A timeline

07 Aug 2018 19:50 IST

In pictures: M. Karunanidhi — a Titan of Tamil Nadu politics

07 Aug 2018 19:34 IST

Obituary: M. Karunanidhi, Dravidian stalwart

07 Aug 2018 19:01 IST

Tributes to Karunanidhi: Delhi Assembly adjourns for the day

07 Aug 2018 18:59 IST

'Kalaignar' M. Karunanidhi, former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister and DMK chief, passes away aged 94

07 Aug 2018 18:45 IST

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