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On the last day of campaigning for the Tamil Nadu election, actor-turned-politician Joseph Vijay was scheduled to address a public meeting at the YMCA Ground in Chennai. The meeting was slated for 4 pm, but women across age groups and scores of youngsters started arriving at 2 pm. Among them was Karthika, an undergraduate student and an ardent fan of “Thalapathy”. Asked what prompted her, as a first-time voter, to support Vijay, her answer was: “We want change.” When pressed to explain, Karthika struggled to articulate it in political terms. For her, change simply meant Vijay. |
