Tamil Nadu politics

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Last Mother

Vaasanthi

Always a winner. Even in her death

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.

An Unusual Kind of Sorrow

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the shades of grief in Tamil politics

The Castaways: The Life of Sri Lankan Refugees

Shahina KK

They fled home only to be confined to subhuman conditions in the so-called special camps of Tamil Nadu

She Who Must Not be Named

S Prasannarajan

When Jayalalithaa ceases to be a noun and becomes a political pronoun

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

Assembly Elections 2016: Backlash or Backslap?

Ullekh NP

How the minority vote will make the most decisive difference in the coming Assembly polls

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