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AIADMK

The Gender Card

V Shoba

The outrage at the Pollachi sex abuse racket gives Opposition politicians a foothold in the battle to win the trust of women, a constituency methodically cultivated by MGR and Jayalalithaa

The Showdown in Tamil Nadu

Both BJP and Congress hope to gain by piggybacking on AIADMK and DMK, which in turn are stitching up patchwork alliances with smaller parties

Tamil Nadu: Into the Void

Can Stalin survive without the sheltering shadow of Karunanidhi?

M Karunanidhi (1924-2018): End of an Epic

He scripted the most enduring show of Dravidian politics

Kamal Haasan: A Star in Search of a Bigger Sky

A mega movie. A political battle. And still not playing to gods. It's the role of a lifetime for Kamal Haasan

Karunanidhi: The Last Scriptwriter

The evolution of Dravidian politics can’t be told without the epic tale of Karunanidhi

Tamil Nadu: What the Stars Foretell

Tamil Nadu is in no mood to settle for fresh cutouts in place of old icons

Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan: Two Heroes and a Theory of Chaos

The combined force of Rajinikanth and Kamal Haasan shifts Tamil politics from the ideological to the personal

The Power of Two

Kamal Haasan has drawn out a light sabre, but Rajinikanth appears to have put his aside

Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth: Star Wars

They are the twin pillars of heroism in Tamil cinema. Will Kamal Haasan and Rajinikanth now reinvent heroism in Tamil politics?

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