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'Gandhiji Gave Me Contentment'

Gandhiji asked me if I had sufficient warm clothes in view of the coming cold season. I said yes.But he verified my statement by asking Miraben to search my bag to make sure.Such was Gandhiji. The......

Kalki and Rajaji: A Connection From Previous Lives

Fifty years ago today, December 25, 1972, Chakravarti Rajagopalachari, one of the titans of India's freedom struggle, passed into the ages. Kalki Krishnamurthy, who penned the Tamil classic......

Stalin Prepares For Battle Of 2024

The going is not going to be easy for the DMK and its allies in Elections 2024.Despite the seats sweepstake in the 2021 assembly polls, the vote-share difference of 5.6% (DMK's 45.38% versus......

Washing clothes, cooking: Candidates spice up TN poll campaign

Amusing spectacles unfold everyday with candidates attempting a variety of things from donning the role of a chef to washing clothes to woo voters, spicing up the campaign for the April 6......

How will Modi deal with 'Dravidian' Stalin?

Indications are that Modi will have words of encouragement for Stalin, and the meeting is likely to be much less acrimonious than critics of either would want it to be. notes N Sathiya Moorthy.......

Why Modi Prefers Babus At RBI Helm

Perhaps because the Modi government had some differences of opinion with two of the economist governors (one of whom was appointed by the Manmohan Singh government), there is a view that its......

Flexible inflation targeting: Here's what Rajan needs to do

The new government wants the economy to recover at the earliest. The linkage of fiscal deficit with unproductive aggregate demand expansion which fuels inflationary expectations is now well......

PV sales dip 4% in July; signs of green shoots visible: SIAM

Two-wheeler sales were down 15.24 per cent in July to 12,81,354 units as compared with 15,11,717 units in the same month last year. Passenger vehicle (PV) wholesales in India witnessed a 3.86 per......

RBI retains retail inflation target at 5% with upward bias

RBI on Tuesday retained January 2017 retail inflation target at 5 per cent, though with an upward bias, amid a sharper-than-anticipated upsurge in inflationary pressures because of food items and......

September sees car sales fall for 3rd consecutive month

Scooters, once the fastest growing sub-segment, also declined for the second consecutive month in September. Image: Workers assemble cars inside the Hyundai Motor India plant at Kancheepuram......

Is He India's Finest Director Of Romcoms?

Girish AD doesn't make romantic comedies so much as he elevates the genre, observes Sreehari Nair. IMAGE: Mamitha Baiju and Naslen in Premalu. I consider Thanneer Mathan Dinangal and Super......

BIG Malayalam releases, coming this Eid!

Which Malayalam film will you watch this week? Big Malayalam movies have been lined up for release on Eid. Since Mohanlal’s Puli Murugan has been delayed further, all the attention is on......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 50 Songs

Siva Sankar looks at S P Balasubrahmanyam's fantastic repertoire. S P Balasubrahmanyam passed away in his 75th year, and so we celebrate the singer with 75 of his top songs, in a multi-part......

He enriched the world with his magical voice

His songs were the anchor, the substratum, if you will, upon which life unfolded day after day, decade after decade -- across villages, towns, cities, and regions.Siva Sankar pays a tribute to S P......

S P Balasubrahmanyam's TOP 25 Songs