Sengol And The BJP's Election 2024 Plan

The BJP seems wanting to return to a 'Tamil Hindutva' agenda for elections in Tamil Nadu, explains N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Prime Minister Narendra D Modi prostrates before the Sengol before its......

Tamil Nadu and the forgotten clamour for prohibition last election

If purists are surprised as to why and how people are not demanding prohibition or not talking about past promises, both in the election manifestos five years back and even those made to the......

'God doesn't want a child to shed blood'

'Is it not a crime to physically harm children?''Piercing children with needles is a crime.' IMAGE: One ritual that is part of the Pongala festival is Kuthiyottam, in which an iron hook is pierced......

Why Amit Shah was not wrong

'Politics and religion can be a combustive combination, but this once I am pleased that Pinarayi Vijayan made an issue of a rather innocuous tweet by Amit Shah.''It provided the perfect excuse to......

7 Must Watch Movies of Karunanidhi

As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies. CN Annadurai and M Karunanidhi of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam realised quite early......

Are film critics 'retards'?

I was reading the other day that Aishwarya Rai, now busy being the 'pink' in the Pink Panther franchise's next episode, was feeling particularly lonely (She must be missing all those sycophants who......

Geetu Mohandas is Damayanthi

It was a long search for Kamal Haasan's Raj Kamal Productions for the role of Damayanthi opposite Madhavan in their new film Nala Damayanthi. The filmmakers wanted the girl to look Indian but with......

Kiwis keep final hopes alive

New Zealand kept alive their hopes for a berth in the final, displaying sparkling form to come from behind and trounce Malaysia 4-2 in their last league match in the Indira Gandhi Gold Cup hockey......