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The Hindu
06-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Letters to The Editor — May 7, 2025
'Civil defence' drills The drills amid rising tensions between India and Pakistan put us in a certain mode of uncertainty about the future. Nobody knows how a war will pan out, but everybody knows that it will exact a terrible cost. A war between two nuclear-armed neighbours can be described in one word — 'annihilation'. In this day and age, a war does not produce a winner. Alternatives to war should be tried. Instead of being swayed by nationalist and religious sentiments, they must hold themselves back from fighting a war by some sense of self-preservation. G. David Milton, Maruthancode, Tamil Nadu Karl Marx statue While the plan to have a statue of Karl Marx in Chennai is one that should be appreciated, it is hoped that there will be a change and that it will be installed opposite the Triumph of Labour statue on Marina Beach as Marx stood for the triumph of labour. The plan to have it at the entrance of the Connemara Public Library should be changed as it should not become another museum piece. N.G.R. Prasad, Chennai
The Hindu
05-05-2025
- Politics
- The Hindu
Karl Marx's statue to be installed at Connemara Public Library in Chennai
A statue of German economist and political theorist Karl Marx, whose ideas influenced politics, economics, and social movements across the globe, is set to be installed at the entrance of the Connemara Public Library in Chennai. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, in a post on X on the occasion of the 207th birth anniversary of Karl Marx on Monday (May 5, 2025), said: 'I personally visited and selected the location for the installation of his statue at the entrance of the Connemara Library.' He added that work was under way to erect the statue. Mr. Stalin further said in the post: 'May Marx's ideas cast their light upon the path of humanity.' Last month, the CM made an announcement in the Tamil Nadu Legislative Assembly that a statue of Karl Marx would be installed in Chennai, where the labour movement flourished for over a century.
