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Tamil Nadu

The Horns of a Cultural Dilemma

V Shoba

With the uncertainty surrounding jallikattu, a bull-baiting sport associated with harvest rituals that was banned by the Supreme Court last year, sentiments run high in rural Tamil Nadu

The Invisible Empress of Surrealistan

How Jayalalithaa still rules Tamil Nadu

Co-opting the Dead

Take reports of suicides following Jayalalithaa’s conviction with a pinch of salt

PAYBACK TIME

The comeback queen of Tamil Nadu reaches a dead end

THE LONE EMPRESS

“Naalai namathe,” she had said when arrested in 1996, ‘Tomorrow is ours.’ This time, she had no words of solace for her followers

Jayalalithaa and the art of running the government from jail

Jayalalithaa would be able to run the Government even from the central jail as she has proved her skills best in the art of backseat driving when a similar situation came up in 2000

The Tamil Brotherhood

Dravidian pride returns to rule Tamil Nadu politics

Sickle over Madurai

The ugliness of caste politics in Tamil Nadu

Reality Television Shock

On a popular Tamil show, a 17-year-old girl reveals that her father has killed three people. And it turns out to be true

Godman on the Run… Again

Nithyananda finds himself in an unholy mess

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