Tamil Nadu

Just Feel It

Madhavankutty Pillai

The stories of disparate journeys, but with abiding memories

A Divine Treat

V Shoba

A culinary journey through Tamil Nadu’s Sangam-era temples to discover ancient food and recipes fit for the gods

TO CATCH A NEUTRINO

Madhavankutty Pillai

The biggest Indian pure science project ever conceived—digging a huge cavern in the middle of a mountain to detect an elusive subatomic particle—is underway in the face of unexpected opposition

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

V Shoba

How Jayalalithaa still rules Tamil Nadu

Co-opting the Dead

Madhavankutty Pillai

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

PAYBACK TIME

Shahina KK

The comeback queen of Tamil Nadu reaches a dead end

THE LONE EMPRESS

Vaasanthi

“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

Shahina KK

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