Stalin Draws Up Line Of DMK Succession

What does Udhayanidhi's induction as minister mean?For the DMK, it indicates the future course, direction and leadership.It is continuity with change, and change with continuity, points out N......

Kamal Haasan launches party, names it 'Makkal Needhi Maiam'

Amid fanfare, with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal in attendance, actor Kamal Haasan on Wednesday launched his political party, christening it “Makkal Needhi Maiam,” and......

Have we really stepped out from the old to the new?

I looked at the array of twenty-somethings sitting around our office conference table and tried hard not to show the astonishment I felt within. These computer science and business graduates from......

It's time to overhaul cops and the system: HRW

Government of India should take steps to overhaul the policing system, which facilitated and at times encouraged human rights violations, a report by the Human Rights Watch, released on Tuesday,......

Mammootty, Mohanlal, Fahadh Want To Tell Stories

Arjun Menon gives us a preview of what the Manorathangal series will offer us. Manorathangal is based on short stories written by M T Vasudevan Nair, and helmed by some of the most well-known......

Mohanlal: An Emperor Defeated By Love

'Once Mohanlal's ever-swelling entourage grasped his enormous worth, once it realized that the innate Mohanlal appeal could be profited from, it set about to exploit, to make uproars, to create the......

Is Fahadh Faasil India's Finest Actor?

As Fahadh Faasil turns 39 on August 8, Subhash K Jha looks back at his favourite films featuring the brilliant actor.   Maheshinte Prathikaaram, 2016 Five years before Fahadh Faasil and......

'Neruppa da, Kabali da.' Rajini sets the screen afire

Rajinikanth needs a box-office hit after two successive flops in Kochchadaiyaan and Lingaa, both 2014.Yet, Kabali is being projected as if the fans need the film, and the Tamil film industry needs......

The F1 2009 report card, Vol 1

Pull up your seats, F1 fans, the season class is well under way. With a third of the F1 season already wrapped up in white and neon green, here are a few facts we can glean from this insanely......