Muthuvel Karunanidhi, the last link between the Dravidian movement of the pre-independence era and post-Globalization India, is no more. Dr.M Karunanidhi passed away at 6.10 pm at Kauvery Hospital in Chennai.
Revered as Kalaignar, Karunanidhi was the protege of Dravidian movement leaders CN Annadurai and Ramaswamy Periyar. Karunanidhi entered politics at the age of 14, inspired by a speech by Alagiriswamii of the Justice Party, and participated in Anti-Hindi agitations. He founded an organisation for the local youth of his locality. He circulated a handwritten newspaper called Manavar Nesan to its members. Later he founded a student organisation called Tamil Nadu Tamil Manavar Mandram, which was the first student wing of the Dravidian Movement.
