Tamilnadu’s trysts with tragedy continues. The latest is a Actor-politician Vijay’s rally that has so far claimed thirty eight lives, 8 children and 16 women…
MGR’s life was a song
I don’t want to talk about MGR as a CM, a subject that deserves a thorough and ‘critical’ study. Rather, today’s topic is what made MGR the CM: songs…
Periyar & his Parivar unplugged!
Left, Right, Centre, Left of Centre, Far Right, Liberal, Conservative and several such sundry stuff: These ideological labels that litter the lexicon are a legacy of the Western…
Festival of Lights: Some sidelights
The phrase ‘Hindu mythology’ is a misnomer, invented by muddled or motivated minds. The fact that modern archaelogical tools or anthropological studies
‘Neo’ Robin Hood Rahul’s unkindest cut on Manmohan Singh
Hidden in plain sight in the Congress manifesto 2024 is this bombshell, rather a boomerang. Under the head ‘Economy’, there is a declaration in bold print: ‘TIME FOR A RE-SET’.
சக்கரவர்த்தி திருமகன் நம் சரித்திரத்தின் தலைமகன்
ஸ்ரீ ராம காவியம் வால்மீகி என்ற கவிஞனின் கற்பனையில் உதித்த ஒரு கட்டுக்கதை அல்ல, மாறாக அது, பெருமை வாய்ந்த இந்த பாரத மண்ணை மாண்போடு ஆண்ட சூரிய வம்ச வழியில் …
Time for a time-check
We don’t usher in, or step into, the new year. It dawns upon us, come Jan, come what may. Time and tide wait for none and are not certainly heralded by a mere flip of a new calendar.
Water’s Woes
My name is water. The need to introduce myself are many and in the current context in Chennai, most urgent.
Adieu, actor!
Lord Brahma does not make ‘ em any more. The Creator, apparently, exhausted all his energies and imagination in creating Sivaji Ganesan, who, to put it very simply, will remain the only one of his kind.
God of all things
Counting the roadside idols on Pillayar Chathurthi (PC) day … night, rather, has always been a favourite pastime of mine, writes TR Jawahar in his PointBlank column
