Tamil Nadu politics
Trial and Error
How the disproportionate assets case against Jayalalithaa and her associates dragged on despite conclusive documentary evidence against them
An Honourable Man
O Panneerselvam joins the social churn that is deeper than the current succession struggle
In the Name of the Mother
Kitsch and skulduggery in Chennai as the struggle for power and legacy pits the ambitious against the dutiful
J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Ideal and the Icon
In Jaya’s Tamil Nadu, history and biography became one
J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): Farewell to an Icon
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.
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