COVER STORY
As South India opposes changes like delimitation and the push for Hindi, fearing a loss of political power and cultural harm, the struggle raises larger concerns about fairness and regional rights in India
Outlook Magazine - 11 April 2025
Viksit South
The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu nationalist politics is reviving the north-south conflict by undermining federalist principles
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu, writes in Outlook's latest issue on how this Central government, with its proclivity for disruptive gestures regardless of constitutional norms, could push through a delimitation exercise that will fundamentally undermine India’s federal character
Delimitation will reduce Tamil Nadu, and by extension much of the south, to spectators in a democracy where they have long been equal stakeholders
Delimitation will affect not only the non-NDA parties, but also NDA partners
The objection of southern states over tax devolution alludes to broader challenges in India’s federal structure exacerbated by the impending delimitation exercise
Delimitation, if done mechanically, could fracture India’s federal fabric. If done wisely, it could strengthen democracy
The sentiment of Hindi imposition in Karnataka is not yet strong within the state because of the absence of the archetype of Hindi
Is the Centre going out of its way to find means to punish “disobedient” states? The fund and project allocation pattern proves this
In the Sangh’s once peaceful backyard in Nagpur that saw only two riots in a century, the police draw flak for their action targeting only the Muslims
The socio-political differences between India’s north and south may have reduced with decades of assimilation but Hindu nationalist politics is reviving the north-south conflict by undermining federalist principles
Palanivel Thiaga Rajan, Minister for Information Technology and Digital Services of Tamil Nadu, writes in Outlook's latest issue on how this Central government, with its proclivity for disruptive gestures regardless of constitutional norms, could push through a delimitation exercise that will fundamentally undermine India’s federal character
Delimitation will reduce Tamil Nadu, and by extension much of the south, to spectators in a democracy where they have long been equal stakeholders
Delimitation will affect not only the non-NDA parties, but also NDA partners
The objection of southern states over tax devolution alludes to broader challenges in India’s federal structure exacerbated by the impending delimitation exercise
Delimitation, if done mechanically, could fracture India’s federal fabric. If done wisely, it could strengthen democracy
The sentiment of Hindi imposition in Karnataka is not yet strong within the state because of the absence of the archetype of Hindi
Is the Centre going out of its way to find means to punish “disobedient” states? The fund and project allocation pattern proves this
In the Sangh’s once peaceful backyard in Nagpur that saw only two riots in a century, the police draw flak for their action targeting only the Muslims
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