The DMK has performed well in the general election and will get more seats than its rival, the AIADMK, in the by-elections. But this victory won' help them, reports A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com.
Coffee is a very small part of the magic that envelopes this beautiful land.
P Rafeeq's comment on the burkha led to his studio being razed.
'There will be significant political traction for him. But how much, we don't know yet'
Yaadhum is a documentary that talks about how Islam spread in South India because of trade and not through invasion.
'Your strike rate is very important when it comes to seat-sharing.'
'Kashmir is heaven on earth. I had to come back.'
As M Karunanidhi passed into the ages, we look back at some of the legendary scriptwriter's greatest movies.
The hits and misses of the week.
Police in southern Tamil Nadu are facing grave charges of falsely implicating members of a nomadic tribe and torturing them into admitting to crimes they did not commit. A Ganesh Nadar reports from Kanyakumari.
Four fishermen who traveled to the Middle East, dreaming of earning more money, instead ended in an Iranian jail.
Rajinikanth will win the elections whenever they are held, predicts A Ganesh Nadar.
The agitation saw the participation of 147 farmers when it started, which number swelled to 325 by the time it ended.
'The big fish are still out there and people will continue to die till they are brought to justice.'
In one village, a woman asks, "They are always showing cash seizures on television, you think some of it will escape and we will get money as usual?" "Only 1 percent of cash is actually seized, the rest has arrived, you don't worry," a party worker assures her. Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar reports on the election in the southern-most tip of the country.
Suriya Prabha trains students from government schools in rural Tamil Nadu to code and use Artificial Intelligence to solve problems.
'So far, 400 farmers have committed suicide, we are saying don't turn us into skulls too.'
By aligning with the BJP, even if they were arm-twisted into doing so, the AIADMK leadership has yielded their political space in the state to the aunt-nephew duo of Sasikala-Dinakaran, and the parliamentary election to the DMK-Congress combine, says A Ganesh Nadar.
In the wake of Fathima Lateef's tragic suicide at IIT-Madras, A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com speaks to students and professors to find out if one of India's leading educational institutions has a dark side to it.
There are three Vijays! Each Vijay has his own heroine and each couple gets a song. Otherwise, it's the same old songs and the same old Vijay, sighs A Ganesh Nadar.
Ritika Hiranandani tells Ganesh Nadar that Sachin Tendulkar is responsible for breaking the gender divide and making cricket family entertainment.
The Zentangle Method is an easy-to-learn, relaxing, and fun way to create beautiful images by drawing structured patterns.
'Last night someone threw stones at my house at 11 pm. My car was also smashed.'
'Online teaching requires a new set of skills to be acquired by the teacher.' 'These skills are not like foot sizes or height which can't be improved, but are like muscles which can be developed with some practice.'
Ajay Bahadur Singh could not become a doctor because of family and financial constraints. He now helps financially challenged students from Bhubaneshwar become doctors.
'Democracy and dissent are being strangulated. It is not good for the country.'
'I don't think after Amma, the cult of personality will endure.' 'I think there will be a shift back to the politics of ideology and principles rather than a cult of personality.'
Rediff.com's A Ganesh Nadar, mingles with the unceasing flow of people outside Rajaji Hall in Cjhennai, that come for one last look at J Jayalalithaa.
Large number of All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam supporters have been waiting anxiously outside the Apollo Hospital in Chennai since Sunday night for information on ailing chief minister and party supremo Jayalaithaa who suffered a cardiac arrest after days of showing improvement.
Political skirmishes erupt over Chhattisgarh's decision to permit babus to attend RSS camps.
'India's preference today seems to be to exploit the deepening chill in relations with China to breathe new life into its meandering partnership with the US,' argues Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
The Tamil Nadu woman, whose hand was chopped off allegedly by her employer, returns from Saudi Arabia with her meagre salary.
'If they really wanted to give him competition, the AIADMK should have contested the seat, not its ally the PMK.'
A Ganesh Nadar meets a community of Rohingya refugees on the outskirts of Chennai who are happy to have found a place where their lives are not in danger.
A Ganesh Nadar reports from the much-anticipated press conference of Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi following the Congress's dismal performance at the elections.
'We want to celebrate my brother's return in a big way, says Father Kumar's brother.
The 'Save Heart Initiative' has treated 8,000 patients through unique forms of medical consultation.
Indian women are being fooled by job offers in Kuwait, but there's little they can do except turn to the Indian embassy for help. A Ganesh Nadar reports.
'The RSS guides us, never dictates.'
Budding RTI activist from Chennai files request with ONGC. Instead of response, police comes asking about her.
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