Southern Spice
The latest MMS doing the rounds -- a priest having sex with a succession of women in the sanctum sanctorum of the Machcheshwara Peruman temple in Kanchipuram -- leaves people shocked and aghast
Web | Nov 19, 2009
profile
Kamalahaasan, Indian legend, completes 50 years in cinema
Magazine | Nov 23, 2009
State Snippets
Baldly put, Karunanidhi's argument is that if AIADMK’s Jayalalitha could grab land, it's okay for Justice Dinakaran to do it as well, and the only reason he’s picked on is because he’s a Dalit judge.
Web | Nov 12, 2009
crime: youth
They’re young, educated, and they kill. A worrying city trend.
Magazine | Nov 16, 2009
Southern Spice
Mention Tamil refugees and CM Karunanidhi gets tearful: “I don’t see those staying in camps here as refugees, I see them as Tamils…"
Web | Nov 06, 2009
Southern Spice
Is the Congress, which is emerging stronger with every assembly election in the aftermath of its unexpected success in the May Lok Sabha elections, getting firm with its allies?
Web | Oct 29, 2009
State Snippets
With AIADMK supremo Jayalalitha it’s a no win situation. At least for Tamil Nadu CM Karunanidhi. Take the Tamil World conference
Web | Oct 26, 2009
Southern Spice
While most politicians bore you with their clichéd utterances, Jayalalitha is refreshingly different.
Web | Oct 15, 2009
Southern Spice
How does one explain the board outside the DMK headquarters, before the Lok Sabha elections which depicted Stalin as Arjun and Karunanidhi as Lord Krishna? Who was it again who asked, “Who is Ram? Was he a civil engineer?”?
Web | Oct 08, 2009
politics: tamil Nadu
Karunanidhi’s promise on Lankan refugees in India prompts a debate
Magazine | Oct 12, 2009
Southern Spice
Is CM Karunanidhi turning spiritual ? Or did Anna's birth centenary affect him so much that he’s had an attitudinal shift? But can Jayalalitha break out the bubbly and celebrate?
Web | Oct 01, 2009
Southern Spice
How long can Azhagiri be a non-resident minister who spends more time in TN? Last time Kalignar banished him to Madurai because of his errant ways, he bloomed, but what is his father’s solution to his simmering resentment now?
Web | Sep 17, 2009
Southern Spice
The DMK, like many regional parties is very feudal. So if the Congress’ crown price comes visiting he has to pay obeisance to the Emperor aka M Karunanidhi. But he did not. And the DMK is very displeased.
Web | Sep 10, 2009
Southern Spice
Is gun culture -- no, nothing to do with edible gunpowder, but real guns that shoot -- taking root in Chennai? With guns being procured from Bihar and Nepal and illegal gun manufacturing units springing up in Marumalainagar and Sivakasi...
Web | Sep 03, 2009
RIP
What a paradox that a man known as a “permanent dissident” brought the Congress together after many years of bitter infighting.
Web | Sep 03, 2009
Politics: Tamil Nadu
A problem solver. Karunanidhi scripts himself a grand role.
Magazine | Sep 07, 2009
Southern Spice
With “superstar” Rajnikanth vacillating about politics, the man many see as his inheritor – Illayathalapathi (young general) Vijay – has been making sure-footed political moves.
Web | Aug 27, 2009
horses: fair
Every August, horses flood this market and so do the local politicians with deep pockets
Magazine | Aug 31, 2009
Southern Spice
By insisting on calling her Thirumathi not a Selvi ('Mrs' and not 'Miss') Karunanidhi is trying to needle Amma and she is falling into the trap. And while Karunanidhi fights dirty, where is Jayalalitha?
Web | Aug 20, 2009
Southern Spice
It seems to be raining gold in this state with the CM’s son and union minister M K Azhagiri promising a 25 sovereign gold chain for the district secretary who pulls in the most number of votes for the party in the five by-polls next week.
Web | Aug 13, 2009