Sudha G. Tilak

About the messy bits of Delhi’s ruling class, the political chicanery and the games that emerging political parties play for the sake of power.

We’re sick to death of Bollywood and Hollywood. Southside films across the four regional languages made news for being mega productions, little gems, quirky and cool.

For those who are musically inclined, there’s much to cheer about in 2015.

Bharatanatyam’s current exponents create a dance vocabulary all their own

A Chennai store fills a gap in geriatric care

Chakravarthy is an expert on ancient temples of Tamil Nadu and wants to launch an iPad version of The Road Less Travelled, his book on the state's temples

The author of I’m Pregnant, Not Terminally Ill, You Idiot! on pregnancy and the Indian woman.

Why does the southerner remain the other for Bollywood?

Ratnam delivers by exacting stellar performances from his cast. But don’t expect his subtlety.

The artist-activist on Our Beautiful Daughters, her exhibition in Delhi

Folklores and legends show that the fight to enter temples in south India has always been a knotty issue.

Will Tamil men stop dictating what women should wear on Chennai's streets?

MS Viswanathan’s passing legacy is a vault of world music he ushered into Tamil and south Indian cinema

Caste and the status of the Tamil Brahmin continue to throw up discomfiting questions for the state's intelligentsia.

Meet the new Indian metro mum.

Perhaps the time has come to disallow our men, from the North or the South, to be the spokespersons on Indian culture and womanhood.

The recent attack on Tamil writer Murugesan for his short story on alternate sexuality puts the spotlight on the state’s equation with its transgendered community.

Unlike Bollywood or other regional films, Tamil cinema heroes don't shy away from playing ugly.

Nisha Sharma walked out of her impending marriage to attain dubious cult status.