Nothing Else Matters

Whenever i hear these words, i am reminded of a state of reversal. 'Nothing else matters' is a slow 'bluesy' number by the heavy metal band Metallica and if that is not reversal. And that is the way it is, it seems, this election in Tamilnadu. Not only do we have 'strange bedfellows', but there seems to be no regard for ideology or values in this mad struggle for power.

Shoba Warrier has been doing some interesting interviews with key personalities in the fray this year and one of them is R. Thirumavalavan of the Dalit Panthers of India. We all know know the drama around his rejection by DMK and the swift alliance with AIADMK. Shoba Warrier's crisp interview relives the saga.

And the most interesting piece in the interview for us was;

Like Vaiko, you are one of the strongest supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam, and Jayalalithaa is one politician who is
totally against the LTTE. Will there not be a clash of ideologies?
We don't confuse ideology with electoral alliance. Electoral alliance is
temporary and done to share power, that's all. She knows very well that we are strong supporters of Tamil Eelam but remember, the AIADMK is not against the Tamil Eelam people. We will not dilute our ideology for alliances. We are a separate party with a different ideology and alliances are made only to share power. You should not confuse both.

So it seems that it is all about power and 'nothing else matters' but winning.