Tamil Youth emerge in Chennai

Although the days started out rather quiet, the humid air around my neighborhood was punctuated by sounds of cheering, blowing whistles, and car horns. My neighbor explained that a political meeting was taking place in Chennai, with members of the DMDK party arriving from all over Tamil Nadu. Seeing that the sound did not die down this afternoon, I decided to take a walk around the block. The bridge overpass was festooned with the DMDK flag. Vans and busses carrying male youths wearing yellow shirts with the DMDK Youth logo were flowing (actually creeping) towards the city center. On top of the vehicles the excited young men were waving flags and cheering. I don’t think the police were feeling the same way, as they were dealing with the larger than expected numbers of vehicles descending upon the city and clogging the already crowded streets.

It's well into the evening and I still hear the cheers. We'll see how long it lasts. Gosh, if each political vehicle between noon and now carried between 10 and 150 people, just imagine how many political male youth have descended into Chennai!

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