Tamil Nadu

J Jayalalithaa (1948-2016): The Last Mother

Vaasanthi

Always a winner. Even in her death

O Panneerselvam: From Night Watchman to Captain

Lhendup G Bhutia

O Panneerselvam, famous for being loyal, emerges as Tamil Nadu’s chief minister

The Day Before

Manoj Joshi

A pithy account of the Indian intervention in Sri Lanka that culminated in tragedy

Amma is Not Well

V Shoba

A veil of mystery and panic descends over Tamil Nadu following speculation over Jayalalithaa’s health

Bitter Harvest

V Shoba

The politics of water has added to the woes of rural Karnataka’s suicide capital

The Lady Vanquishes

Rohini Mohan

Liberating Jayalalithaa from the image trap

River on Fire

V Shoba

The waters of goodwill between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are fast receding

A Writer Lifts His Block

Madhavankutty Pillai

On the return of Perumal Murugan

Living to Tell the Tale

Zac O’Yeah

The LTTE’s top ranking hostage on his captivity experience and the complexities of Sri Lanka’s civil war

Reading the Future in the Ashes of Thursday

S Prasannarajan

A comrade who defies both biology and ideology in Kerala. The triumph of Kancheepuram kitsch in Tamil Nadu. The compelling subaltern-sandesh socialist in Bengal. A Modi wave on the Brahmaputra. And a Family that couldn't provide the sheltering shadow for a withered party...The summer thriller of 2016