A Dharavi resident reads about Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa’s death in a newspaper this morning

The death of AIADMK leader, J Jayalalithaa, late Monday night plunged Dharavi, largely comprising the Tamil community, into mourning. Tamil-medium schools in the locality were shut on Tuesday in tribute.


KS Somasundaram, Maharashtra State AIADMK party secretary with a poster of the late leader at the party’s Dharavi office

Explaining the need to shut his school, Michael Raj, principal of Kamarajar Memorial High School and Junior College in Dharavi, said, “It’s a very sad day for all of us. To pay our respects to the great leader, we decided not to run school today. I decided to keep it shut as soon as I heard of her passing.

Kamarajar Memorial English High School and Junior College in Dharavi announced a holiday as a mark of respect. Pics/Pradeep Dhivar