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The one grand entry that Superstar Rajinikanth didn’t make
After years of flip-flops, the actor announced in early 2021 that he would not be pursuing a political career. Edited excerpts from a new biography.
Vaasanthi
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From empathy to regret: M Karunanidhi’s uneasy involvement with Sri Lanka’s Tamil Eelam problem
Excerpts from a new biography of the former Tamil Nadu Chief Minister.
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How an inexperienced Jayalalithaa proved to be a decisive politician instantly, taking on the Centre
February 24 is Jayalalithaa’s 72nd birth anniversary.
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The British government is offering farmers a lump sum payment to quit agriculture
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19th-century letters between two sisters reveal early records of avian life in Madras
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‘Over, out’: US school teacher uses a ‘preposition rap’ to teach students grammar
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Long before chickens were domesticated for food, they were regarded as exotica
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Amid the Ukraine war, India is replicating what it did when the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan
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Jayalalithaa: The woman who everyone knew, yet no one really did
Jayalalithaa, who took oath as Tamil Nadu chief minister six times, died on Monday at the age of 68.
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Why MGR took Jayalalithaa into his party despite their earlier estrangement
The AIADMK’s rival party, the DMK, called her entry the ‘Cuddalore cabaret’.
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Stories you didn't know from the lives of Amma and of Didi
Both leaders confounded critics and experts to retain their states with ease in the Assembly Elections
Vaasanthi & Jayanta Ghosal
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‘Over, out’: US school teacher uses a ‘preposition rap’ to teach students grammar
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Watch: A new rendition of Moonlight Sonata, arranged by musician AR Rahman
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‘No democracy’: Feminist activist Gloria Steinem on the overturning of Roe v Wade in the US
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Watch: Comedian Kapil Sharma honours Deep Sidhu, KK, Sidhu Moose Wala at Vancouver show
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Watch: Protests in Kolkata and Bengaluru against arrests of Teesta Setalvad and RB Sreekumar
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Why now? Mr Jaitley, perhaps you should be asking the government, not the writers
The finance minister's outburst is an ominous indication that intellectual institutions are now nothing but a part of the government.
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Book excerpt: Jayalalithaa, Sasikala and the ‘obscene’ wedding that started it all
An extract from a book by the former editor of the Tamil edition of ‘India Today’.
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Thaali power: Why the golden Tamil wedding thread drives men to bomb TV offices
Chauvinists have come to believe that the glittering marriage necklace is an essential anchor of Tamil culture.
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The Reel
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Watch: ‘Shoorveer’ series is about the creation of an elite military unit
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Start the week with a film: ‘So Long, My Son’ and China’s warped development
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A mysterious threesome in ‘Haraamkhor’ director’s new film
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Watch: Ranveer Singh tests his survival skills with Bear Grylls in Serbia
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Did a Marathi film released in May predict the current political crisis in Maharashtra?