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S.Anand in his usual style has done an article on kushboo incident in outlook.

‘Tamil culture’, as they define it, has been reduced to effigy-burning, a display of chappals and brooms, and the inability to contest an opponent’s personal point of view in a civilised manner—especially if it is a woman. The sensation-hungry Tamil media, led by the tabloid Tamizh Murasu and Sun TV, egg these forces on to take obscurantist stands.

In times such as these, voices that stand up to the ‘street might’ of PMK and DPI—amounting to 200 activists performing for TV cameras—are few. Politicians, celebrities and persons who can influence public opinion stay silent. When Suhasini spoke out, she was made to fall in line.more

Financial Express editorial on the issue

No one section of society has the right to impose its views on the rest. What is shocking is that just one person within the Tamil film industry and few outside have dared raise their voice against it.more

check out this post by pasug on the controversy