<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[karurkaaran]]></title><description><![CDATA[Expert Insights, Impactful Solutions]]></description><link>https://www.karurkaaran.in/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:16:03 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.karurkaaran.in/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Legitimate Anger, Theatrical Grief: On Political Leadership and Public emotions]]></title><description><![CDATA["Padichu padichu sonnomey da; conditionsah follow pannungada nu." What Tamil Nadu's School Education Minister Dr. Anbil Mahesh Poyyamozhi said after the horrific stampede in Karur has now been lifted from its context and repackaged as a spoof dialogue in a new film. The line went so viral that the film's protagonist delivered it in the minister's likeness during promotions to evoke laughter. But that sentence was not spoken as a punchline. It was spoken in the raw aftermath of a tragedy where...]]></description><link>https://www.karurkaaran.in/post/legitimate-anger-theatrical-grief-on-political-leadership-and-public-emotions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c4101e043183ace6e04ec8</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 17:35:08 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86858a_c2dc514f1c85472194edeecbce47f98a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karurkaaran</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Purveyors of Caste Violence Cannot Be Gay Rights Champions]]></title><description><![CDATA[When queer rights organisations in Tamil Nadu listed Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss as a "champion of gay rights" for his opposition to Section 377, this piece argued that reducing queer rights to a single legislative position — while ignoring a political career built on anti-Dalit rhetoric and opposition to inter-caste marriages — is not solidarity. It is pinkwashing. There can be no queer liberation without the annihilation of caste. The two struggles are not separate. Treating them as separate only...]]></description><link>https://www.karurkaaran.in/post/purveyors-of-caste-violence-cannot-be-gay-rights-champions</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c40547d2e55f64fe07c0c4</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 16:32:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86858a_967d2b24a1fd4f00bdda03c591e9c90b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karurkaaran</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Pandemic and the Policy Priorities We Missed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Written in January 2021, as Tamil Nadu reopened schools ahead of board exams during the pandemic, this piece argues that the real crisis wasn't logistics — it was priorities. Governments chose to restore exam schedules rather than use the disruption to fix deeper structural problems: high-stakes standardised testing, inequity between government and private schools, and a system that consistently fails its most marginalised students. The pandemic was an opportunity to rethink. We passed on it....]]></description><link>https://www.karurkaaran.in/post/the-pandemic-and-the-policy-priorities-we-missed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c401e4a0626dd1900a0e1c</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:42:41 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86858a_b54f853bedcb4b428ef59e9518d2a837~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karurkaaran</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Standardisation Without Equity: What NEET Gets Wrong]]></title><description><![CDATA[NEET, the National Eligibility cum Entrance Test, was designed to bring uniformity to medical admissions across India. But uniformity is not the same as fairness. This piece argues that NEET systematically disadvantages students from state board schools, regional language backgrounds, and lower-income families while disproportionately benefiting those with access to expensive coaching infrastructure. Tamil Nadu's sustained resistance to NEET is not parochialism. It is a principled,...]]></description><link>https://www.karurkaaran.in/post/standardisation-without-equity-what-neet-gets-wrong</link><guid isPermaLink="false">69c3fd13149f4fed56521518</guid><pubDate>Wed, 25 Mar 2026 15:23:49 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/86858a_56d89f819c3f4437b3cd59e65a6630ee~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_907,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>Karurkaaran</dc:creator></item></channel></rss>