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Drawdian expansion of Kamal and spiritual politics of Rajini….

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Entry of Kamal Hassan into Tamil Nadu politics with the intent to expand the term ‘drawidian’ beyond the state of Tamil Nadu and the earlier announcement of super star Rajinikant to bring clean and pure politics with spiritual intent needs not be seen as two separate ideologies or identities that might contradict the mission of the two mega stars.    The possible reference of Kamal may be to a larger audience where the term Drawidian should not limited to the state of Tamil Nadu alone.  Ironically the Drawidian politics has cleverly been made the title drawidian as an index of the state.   Perhaps Kamal wants to demolish such concept and also wants to speak to people of the state that his party is to make a difference and the people in his party are essentially going to be Tamilians and Drawidians.  So people of the state needs not see the party of Kamal or Kamal himself as different and truly Kamal is one among them.  In the name of Drawidian po...

Italian mountaineer Riccardo Bergamini summitted Manaslu without Oxygen

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An Italian mountaineer from Lucca, Riccardo Bergamini (41), reached the summit of Mt. Manaslu (8163m) on September 27 at around 8:15 am without supplementary oxygen. Bergamini had already tried to climb the Manaslu in 2014 but failed due to some issues with the Sherpa and agency. The Lucca based mountaineer said "I reached the Base Camp (4760m) in the afternoon on September 12 and reached the top on September 27th. I left Base Camp for summit on 23 September and returned to Base Camp on 28 September." "It was very hard to realize my new dream, my second eighth without the use of oxygen cylinders. To climb the last 800 meters, I took almost eight hours to climb the last 800 metres, sharing the final two hours with a sherpa. Impressive times thinking of our Alps! In the mild climate, wind absent! During the nocturnal climb, I suffered a lot of cold, especially in my nose and right hand, so that the front was removed and I had to remove the "moffolon" gl...