
Sycophants are crossing all limits to appease their leaders. Tamil Nadu which is well-known for the sycophancy is always in news for high pitch sycophancy. It is the state where followers fire walk, commit suicides, fast unto death and many other tamashas to catch the attention of their leaders. DMK supremo Karunanidhi who is known for encouraging these sycophants in an indirect manner initiated naming of streets in the alive person's names. One can find Kalaignar Karunanidhi nagar in Chennai, Tiruchirapali and other towns. It is insane to name a place after an alive person. Generally in memory of the dead person's name streets, buses, programmes are named. But for DMK glorifying the alive leader is the favourite past time. The latest one is chilling.
The Times of India writes (15 October 2009)
A proposal by the University of Madras to offer a Master of Arts degree in ‘Kalaignar Thought’, as mooted by new vice-chancellor G
Thiruvasagam, has sparked a debate on whether a state university can start a course based on the ideals and philosophy of a serving chief minister. ( Watch Video )
While there have been instances of theses and dissertations being done by research scholars on the work of chief ministers in the past, academicians do not recall any specialised course based on a living leader’s thoughts. Academicians are cautious about the idea, but made it clear that such courses could not be started solely on the basis of the V-C’s views; rather, it could be offered only if it was cleared by the academic council and other university bodies.
‘‘Any new course is welcome, but I don’t think such courses are essential,’’ said Prof P K Ponnusamy, a former vice-chancellor of the University of Madras as well as the Madurai Kamarajar University. He also pointed out that students should also evince interest in these courses. ‘‘We have to wait and see how many students join the course.’’
V-Cs could not make any independent decision, and the planned courses should be cleared by the syndicate, senate and academic council, Prof Ponnusamy said. He added that politics and academics had become inseparable in recent times and it was ‘‘inevitable’’ that such courses would come into being.
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