I guess that this is the season for jokes and Karunanidhi is in full flow. It was Karunanidhi who perpetrated the great tradition of Dravidian political parties of using bad language even in the Assembly. His guru Ramaswamy Naicken must be credited for introducing the worst, crudest and the most vulgar language into Tamilnadu politics starting from his meeting speeches, articles, books and interviews. Karunanidhi extended this into the Assembly. Believe it or not, Karunanidhi once while answering a question in the assembly said, "Undo the naada, (a string used to hold up a lady's skirt / petticoat etc.) lift the skirt and you will find the answer. He later explained this as saying he was referring to the string tied around the government files, skirt is the flap on the file etc. So bad alanguage is part of the rich Dravidian political tradition and Karunanidhi just cannot avoid using bad or "harsh" language. Thanks, P.B.Mohan
