Vaasanthi is the author of Amma: Jayalalithaa’s Journey from Movie Star to Political Queen
Jayalalithaa was imperious even in her final hours
Can Stalin survive without the sheltering shadow of Karunanidhi?
He scripted the most enduring show of Dravidian politics
The combined force of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan shifts Tamil politics from the ideological to the personal
Kamal Haasan has drawn out a light sabre, but Rajinikanth appears to have put his aside
An aspiring political actor in search of a director
O Panneerselvam joins the social churn that is deeper than the current succession struggle
One hundred years of the MGR magic
Always a winner. Even in her death
“Naalai namathe,” she had said when arrested in 1996, ‘Tomorrow is ours.’ This time, she had no words of solace for her followers
CELESTIAL HEROISM IS a bestseller, unless it is badly made. In it merges great survivor dramas and the romance of breaching the boundaries of human…
Pratap Bhanu Mehta is one of India’s most influential columnists and public intellectuals
Brahma 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 several books, including Doolally Sahib and the Black Zamindar: Racism and Revenge in the British Raj
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
Makarand R Paranjape is professor of English at Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Views are personal.
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