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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.

An Unusual Kind of Sorrow

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the shades of grief in Tamil politics

Death of a Child

Madhavankutty Pillai

The Jain community should take responsibility for a 13-year-old’s fatal 68-day fast

The Race to the Final Date

Two delightful perspectives on delaying the inevitable

The Last Days of Death

Yuval Noah Harari

The looming struggle for eternal youth

Normalising Netaji

We need to redeem Bose from fairytales —and bring his remains home

Blood on the Tracks

Madhavankutty Pillai

Mumbai’s fatalistic acceptance of suburban railway deaths

Near Death Experience

It is essentially an increase in electrical activity in the brain once the heart stops

Death on a Train

Madhavankutty Pillai

Two helpless women find unexpected assistance

Blood on the Tracks

11 elephants died on our railway tracks in two weeks. Is there a way to stop this?

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