'My deivam has to come home'

For the last month-and-a-half, as doctors treat Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa, a different daily drama takes place outside the Apollo Hospitals gates in Chennai.Rediff.com's A Ganesh......

Why Amma's canteen must be replicated nationwide

Sanjeev Nayyar visits an Amma Unavagam in Chennai, and comes back impressed IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa at one of the canteens. Photograph courtesy: Ammaunavagam.com In January......

How DMK failed to grab the chance in Tamil Nadu

Tamil Nadu’s politics returns to being bi-polar, and that’s a good thing, says B Srikumar. The ruling All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam has retained power for a second......

10 reasons why Jayalalithaa won

In an age when the electorate is increasingly impatient and changes governments every five years, how did the Tamil Nadu chief minister beat anti-incumbency?A Ganesh Nadar, who travelled through......

Brand Amma's throwaway pricing

In 2001, J Jayalalitha, now in her third term as the chief minister of Tamil Nadu, had expressed a wish to act as a mother to all Tamils. Known as amma, which is Tamil for mother, amongst her......