Former Miss India International Sveta Jaishankar's new cookbook has recipes from India's top models and actors.

'Today may be the last day for depositing old notes, but tomorrow all the worries of the banks will not go away.' 'As long as there is cash shortage, banks will not be able to function normally.' 'Nobody knows when the shortage will be over.'

A Ganesh Nadar captures the mood and scenes from outside the hall in Vaanagaram where Sasikala was appointed as the new party chief.

Visible symbols of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam have undergone a dramatic change and on Thursday, the most dramatic of them all was seen when V K Sasikala was made the face of the party on the posters, replacing late J Jayalalithaa.

Partymen ignore the voices of dissent, Chinnamma set to be elected party chief unopposed.

'When you enter our secretariat, you are insulting us.' 'It is the seat of government of the state of Tamil Nadu,'

Mylapore DCP V Balakrishnan's work in replanting uprooted trees has inspired local youth.

A report released by Human Rights Watch states that police regularly disregard arrest procedures and torture suspects in custody to death. The police often blame the deaths on suicide or illness.

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits Pallikaranai, once a marshland and now a bustling neighbourhood. The effect of Cyclone Verdah is startling on an area that was once a water body and now has been built over.

Astad Deboo on the sweat and toil behind the beauty and elegance of his dance.

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar visits the latest pilgrimage site in Chennai: J Jayalalitha's final resting place.

Thanks to the untiring work of civic workers, most of the roads are operational. Also, power supply and Internet have been restored.

'Did you not see it on TV?' 'He blessed Sasikala and comforted OPS.'

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar takes a tour of banks in a Chennai suburb and finds that nothing has changed in one month since demonetisation.

Sunil Paliwal is managing director of Aavin, the highly successful milk cooperative of the Tamil Nadu government. He has worked with J Jayalalithaa for 12 years. He pays tribute to the departed leader.

Two devoted J Jayalalithaa followers speak of what the TN chief minister meant to them.

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar, mingles with the unceasing flow of people outside Rajaji Hall in Cjhennai, that come for one last look at J Jayalalithaa.

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar spent Monday outside the Apollo hospital, Chennai, along with hundreds of AIADMK supporters praying for Chief Minister Jayalalithaa's health.

S Bhagyalakshmi, an AIDS counsellor, has been "living with the HIV virus for 20 years now." She is an inspiring example of how AIDS should not stop anyone from living a fulfilling life.

'Some co-operative banks are dominated by politicians and were reportedly being used to launder Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes.'