With the war of succession hotting up with the recent DMK youth conference, the big question now will be the next year for Tamil Nadu.

Without going into too much astrological details, which is boring and cumbersome for the common reader in the age of Internet, short is sweet .

Karunanidhi will see one more year in office.

Secondly, the coalition in Tamil Nadu will have a war of words, some altercation with the PMK but will continue without any major problems. The shadow boxing of PMK leader Ramadoss will continue. His son making some changes in the health sector will bring in problems.

As for the latest political parties, horoscope-wise Vijaykanth's party will be more organised and gather mass support. Vaiko will be making statements without having any impact. Sarath Kumar will be a cat on the wall without much public support.

The Opposition will be still in AIADMK leader Jayalalitha's firm grip. A few more firing of party functionaries and reallocation with her sister Sasikala will be a common one. With regular accusation of the government functioning, one more year will pass through.

The economy will be chugging along very well. Growth in IT, BPO and retail space will continue. Tamil Nadu will be the hot spot destination due to raja yoga period reflected well with the presence of many Central ministers from the state.

Farmers will be a poor lot with unseasonal rains or some problems in the Thanjavur belt. Rainfall will be average. The government may not yield the support price demanded.

There will not be any major problems like tsunami.

As such one more smooth year for Tamil Nadu with Godess Lakshmi and Sarswathi smiling at the T Nagar markets and the ECR Road.

KB Gopalakrishnan