The Gouri Amma I Knew

She was capable of a level of human compassion that is rare today among politicians, recalls Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar, who knew the Communist legend K R Gowri, who passed into the ages on May 11,......

Stalin keeps home portfolio, PT Rajan gets finance

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam president M K Stalin's cabinet, including him, would be 34-member strong and he has retained senior leaders like Duraimurugan and 15 shall be ministers for the first time.......

A bypoll unlike any other

There are so many questions surrounding the conduct of the revised bypoll to Chennai’s RK Nagar seat that it stretches the credibility of the electoral process, says N Sathiya Moorthy.......

Citizen speak: What 'Amma' meant to them

Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar speaks to two of the mourners outside Rajaji Hall and tries to find out what J Jayalithaa means to the common folk in Tamil Nadu. Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister J......

'Kaminey is a reminder that we have a dark side'

William Shakespeare wasn't the source for Vishal Bhardwaj's Kaminey but the Bard whose Othello inspired Bharadwaj's hit Omkara and whose Macbeth became Maqbool was very much looking over the......

Can Ana Ivanovic overcome the French Open jinx?

What difference can a year make in the life of a tennis player? Quite a lot, it seems. Take Ana Ivanovic as a case in point. A year back, Ivanovic was living a dream. A straight sets win over......