The non-stop rain adds to the effects. Already much tension has built up on the Kerala side of the border ever since the news broke. Everyone seems to anticipate excessive public anger, provoked particularly by the ruling Dravida party that showed neither grace nor tact, attributes the Dravidian legend in focus wielded lethally.
At the border, Tamil Nadu police stop us. “No vehicle with a Kerala number plate can go. Someone might pelt stones.”