Karunanidhi

The South is Not Another Country

Sandeep Balakrishna

The political desperation behind DK Suresh’s separatist rhetoric

The Untold Story: Ramayan and the Dravidian Connection

CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi were behind the serial success of Ramayan-inspired family movie hits across languages in the 1950s and the 1960s

Tamil Nadu: Into the Void

Vaasanthi

Can Stalin survive without the sheltering shadow of Karunanidhi?

Karunanidhi: The Last Scriptwriter

N Kalyan Raman

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

Congress: The Dead Old Party of India

PR Ramesh

A verdict that magnifies the irrelevance of the Congress and strengthens the modernisation agenda of the Prime Minister

Jayalalithaa: The Mother of All Battles

V Shoba

A smug Jayalalithaa parachuting into constituencies, Stalin in damage control mode, smaller parties turning up the heat. V Shoba watches the great election circus in Tamil Nadu

Jayalalithaa vs Karunanidhi: Absentee Amma and the Scriptwriter

V Shoba

It’s epic kitsch all over again as Jayalalithaa meets Karunanidhi in the arena for what could be their last big battle. Open watches the preparations

Raja Rings Home

Anil Budur Lulla

Jayalalithaa ran a campaign focused aggressively on that name. To a thunderous response.

India This Week

arindam

Hunting Down Naxals; BJP's Invisibility Cloak; Tweet Like Tharoor; MA in Karunanidhi-giri; and Losing the Race on Caste

Reverse Swing

KA Shaji

In yet another U-turn, Jayalalithaa has warped the electoral pitch in Tamil Nadu by declaring support for the Sri Lankan Tamil dream of an independent Eelam