Vaasanthi is the author of Amma: Jayalalithaa’s Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen
Can Stalin survive without the sheltering shadow of Karunanidhi?
16 August 2018He scripted the most enduring show of Dravidian politics
09 August 2018The combined force of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan shifts Tamil politics from the ideological to the personal
11 January 2018Kamal Haasan has drawn out a light sabre, but Rajinikanth appears to have put his aside
16 November 2017O Panneerselvam joins the social churn that is deeper than the current succession struggle
09 February 2017Always a winner. Even in her death
08 December 2016“Naalai namathe,” she had said when arrested in 1996, ‘Tomorrow is ours.’ This time, she had no words of solace for her followers
01 October 2014Brahma Chellaney is a geostrategist and the author of two award-winning books on water: Water, Peace, and War and Water: Asia’s New Battleground
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
TCA Raghavan is a former Indian High Commissioner to Pakistan and Singapore. His first book, Attendant Lords: Abdur Rahim and Bairam Khan: Courtiers and Poets in Mughal India, was awarded the Mohammad Habib Prize by the Indian History Congress. He is also the author of The People Next Door: The Curious History of India’s Relations with Pakistan and History Men: Jadunath Sarkar, G S Sardesai, Raghubir Sinh and Their Quest for India’s Past. His latest book is Circles of Freedom: Love, Friendship and Loyalty in the Indian National Struggle
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