All stories by SHOBHA WARRIER
'Sasikala is still ruling the state'
Rediff.com22 Feb 2017'There are many people like me who were kept away from Jayalalithaa.' 'There is a coterie who did not allow her to meet people.'
He gave up life in America to save India's babies
Rediff.com20 Feb 2017Ratul Narain -- the entrepreneur behind Bempu -- tells Shobha Warrier that despite the challenges and frustrations, he is living his dream.
'TN governor can reject confidence motion'
Rediff.com20 Feb 2017'He can say justice has not been done in accordance with the free will of the MLAs without a secret ballot and also by the issuing of a whip.' 'He can ask for a fresh show of strength.'
'Impose central rule and call for fresh polls in TN'
Rediff.com17 Feb 2017'The people of Tamil Nadu are fed up of these people, whether it is Panneerselvam or Palaniswami.'
'Governor did absolutely the right thing by waiting for SC verdict'
Rediff.com14 Feb 2017'He can install OPS as chief minister and ask him to do the floor test later.'
'Moment MLAs are released they will join OPS'
Rediff.com14 Feb 2017'The entire bandwagon of MLAs will move to our side.'
'There must be fresh elections in Tamil Nadu'
Rediff.com10 Feb 2017'The Centre is using Panneerselvam.' 'He is not known for standing up for his own rights, let alone for the state.' 'He spoke only after he saw huge protests against Sasikala; otherwise, he would have just complied and continued to walk down the aisle.'
'When he was pushed against the wall, he had to retaliate'
Rediff.com9 Feb 2017'He was doing so well as the CM, which some vested interests didn't like.' 'They didn't like his stature growing day by day.'
'Paneerselvam should chargesheet Sasikala'
Rediff.com9 Feb 2017'If the interim chief minister lodges a criminal complaint against Sasikala for grabbing power through coercion, she has to face one more case.'
'Forces in Delhi are manipulating a bloodless coup'
Rediff.com8 Feb 2017'One thing is clear from what happened last night; both sides are being manipulated by the same party with a lot of wrong inputs.' 'I see a hand in Delhi doing the puppet act on both sides.'
Your old computer can educate a child thanks to them
Rediff.com8 Feb 2017Raghav tells Rediff.com's Shobha Warrier how he and his cousin Mukund co-founded Renew IT, which refurbishes discarded computers and makes them affordable for the poor in rural India.
'Sasikala is an extremely smart operator'
Rediff.com7 Feb 2017'As the financier, she controls the party.'
'If India has to grow, emphasis must be on the poor'
Rediff.com6 Feb 2017'The world is going to be more insular.' 'What India needs to do is develop the domestic market for domestic consumption.' 'The emphasis has to be on Bharat as against India.'
'This Budget is like a meal you get in a Udupi hotel'
Rediff.com3 Feb 2017'One thing is sure: After this Budget, no Ambani-Adani tag will be attached to the government.'
'Nothing in the Budget for MSMEs'
Rediff.com2 Feb 2017'Our concern is about today and there is nothing in the Budget for the MSME sector to feel positive right now.'
4,000 farmers owe their livelihoods to her
Rediff.com27 Jan 2017This is the story of a biotechnology engineer who, at age 22, founded Terra Greens Organic -- a company that aims to engage at least 10,000 farmers in organic farming in the next one year.
'What Tamil pride when close to 100 farmers have committed suicide?'
Rediff.com23 Jan 2017'We see different people bringing different resentments and we feel this is the result of the deprivation of an identity because of the reintroduction of Hindi, the Hindutva overtones in the national discourse, the betrayal of the Dravidian parties and even small things like the Devanagiri script in the Rs 2,000 note.'
'Jallikattu movement is bigger than 1965 anti-Hindi agitation'
Rediff.com20 Jan 2017'What is surprising is the scale and spontaneity of the mobilisation and the social profile of the mobilisation.' 'Not just the youth, but women, children and families are part of this now.' 'This is completely unprecedented.'
Jallikattu: 'Tamil rights, not pride, have been hurt'
Rediff.com20 Jan 2017'Politically, Tamil Nadu has faced several setbacks in the past -- the water sharing issue with Karnataka, on Katchatheevu, on the Tamil fishermen issue...' 'In all these issues, the central and state governments acted in an inefficient and incompetent manner.' 'That must have stayed in the minds of the people.'
'Modi is assertive, not aggressive'
Rediff.com19 Jan 2017'We have not seen even during Vajpayee's time what Modi and the BJP has adopted now.'