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Manu Joseph: When the whole world seems uprooted, what can we call home?
Everyone seems to be fleeing. The rich may be packing up to Europe, Dubai and Singapore, while the poor leave their villages in search of work. Yet the forces that pull us back home aren’t easing. What explains all this?
Vijay’s classmate calls his poverty claims ‘bullsh*t’: ‘His father set up him for a career in films’
Vijay's schoolmate and renowned author-screenwriter Manu Joseph has called out the new Tamil Nadu chief minister's claims that "he knows poverty and hunger", flagging that his father was a filmmaker who launched him in movies.
Manu Joseph: Why people take pride in the achievements of others for truly odd reasons
People often feel proud when someone from their school or neighbourhood becomes famous, even if they barely knew them. Why do people celebrate borrowed success so intensely, even if they achieved more or fought greater odds?