Rajinikanth keeps his promise and enters politics. How does it change the dynamics of the battle for Tamil Nadu 2021?
BJP in Tamil Nadu taps into a popular god
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With the disruption in corporate hospitals, underpaid medical professionals and neighbourhood nursing homes are stepping into the breach
The Tamil star is browbeaten into withdrawing from a biopic on cricketer Muralitharan
Is the politicisation of recent thefts and vandalism in Andhra Pradesh’s temples the beginning of a communal schism?
His 40,000 songs became the background score of the lives of millions of listeners
With high literacy and internet reach, the southern states are driving demand for videos in regional languages
Her grave-thumping act at Jayalalithaa’s memorial on the Marina before she went to prison in 2017 may turn out to be just optics in the end
A fourth wave breaks over Indian coffee as world-class plantations and small roasters bring the joys of specialty coffee home
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MJ Akbar is the author of, among several titles, Tinderbox: The Past and Future of Pakistan. His latest book is Gandhi: A Life in Three Campaigns
Ram Madhav is a member of the National Executive of RSS and a founding member of the governing council of India Foundation. He is the author of, among other titles, Partitioned Freedom and The Hindutva Paradigm
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