Extremism has spread among Hindus: Kamal Haasan

November 02, 2017 17:04

Actor Kamal Haasan, who has been flirting with the idea of entering politics and has promised that he will make an announcement to this effect on his birthday next week, is also a columnist with the popular Tamil magazine Ananda Vikatan. The fifth in his series of columns -- titled The storm that is centred in me: You cannot anymore say there is no Hindu extremism -- is all about his much-publicised visit to the Ennore coastline off Chennai which has been overrun by factories and industrial effluents. Read more

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