Cover Stories

2016: The Order of the Outsider

S Prasannarajan

Subversion or salvation?

Narendra Modi in the Year of Unthinkable Thinking

PR Ramesh and Ullekh NP

Of sacrifice and strategic precision

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Ideal and the Icon

S Prasannarajan

In Jaya’s Tamil Nadu, history and biography became one

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Last Mother

Vaasanthi

Always a winner. Even in her death

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): Farewell to an Icon

V Shoba in Chennai

As Jayalalithaa was interred with state honours next to MGR and CN Annadurai and her life committed to the folds of history, her ups and downs in the mild cycle of electoral politics suddenly seemed inconsequential. She had left behind a legacy of welfare schemes, many of which will have to be upheld by governments to come.