M Karunanidhi

Who’s Afraid of Hindi?

Rajeev Deshpande

The national education policy and political opposition to BJP add a new twist to an old debate

The Last Scriptwriter

N Kalyan Raman

An empathetic portrait of Karunanidhi

Follow the Script

V Shoba

Keeping Karunanidhi’s literary legacy alive in the arena

The Tamil Mind

N Kalyan Raman

A cultural study extending from Periyar to Cho

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

Vaasanthi

He scripted the most enduring show of Dravidian politics

Karunanidhi (1924-2018)

V Shoba

Kalaignar lived the life of a calculating adventurer

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Last Mother

Vaasanthi

Always a winner. Even in her death

Tamil Nadu: The Cult of Mother is Intact

V Shoba

For the first time, Tamil Nadu has voted back an incumbent party contesting without an ally

J Jayalalithaa: The Phoenix

V Shoba

J Jayalalithaa, acquitted by the court, returns to reclaim the crown. Is she on her way to become Tamil Nadu’s most powerful political icon?

At 90, he is presiding over a disintegrating dynasty, and this election could be the last electoral battle of a man who scripted some sensational moments in Dravidian politics. Vaasanthi captures the agony of being M Karunanidhi

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M Karunanidhi

Who’s Afraid of Hindi?

The Last Scriptwriter

Follow the Script

The Tamil Mind

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

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J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Last Mother

Tamil Nadu: The Cult of Mother is Intact

J Jayalalithaa: The Phoenix

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