'Vijay Just Fled The Scene'

'Vijay should have stayed there for the night and in the morning he should have met the people.' IMAGE: Thousands gathered at the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam rally in Karur, September 28, 2025.......

Modi And The Art Of Practising External Affairs

'Personalities are temporary, policies provide for stability.''With the former, when personalities change so does the nature of the relationship.''Policies and structures, on the other hand, are......

The Ram Temple At Night

Rediff.com's Rajesh Karkera and Saisuresh Sivaswamy capture glimpses of the Ram temple during their visit to the shrine on Monday evening.   IMAGE: A view of the temple premises late on......

Eknath Shinde Has No Cards Left To Play

The meeting in New Delhi etc is just the BJP being nice to the man who helped it realise its dream by stabbing Uddhav in the back, notes Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE: A clearly downcast Eknath......

How to know if Seoul G20 summit is a success

Rediff.com's Saisuresh Sivaswamy travels to Seoul to decipher the G-20 summit.Will the ongoing G20 summit be a success? To know the answer, one may have to be able to read the tea leaves. Or, at......

The Kabali Review: LIVE!

Rajinikanth's latest film Kabali has opened to much fanfare and celebrations across the country. While the fans are thronging theatres to watch the Thalaivar in action, we bring you a LIVE review......

Kadal review: With apologies to director Bharathi Raja

 Mani Ratnam's Kadal lacks a compelling story, writes Saisuresh Sivaswamy.Certain things are a given when you go see a Mani Ratnam film, like amazing cinematography, music score,......

Aamir Khan's concern should be ours too

The women who unburdened themselves of their anguish on television won't win a gift hamper sponsored by a corporate; but if it could make us pause and think, Aamir Khan's effort will not have been......

Review: Aarakshan doesn't deserve the hype

Saisuresh Sivaswamy feels that Aarakshan doesn't warrant all the hype that's been created around it. Post YOUR reviews here!Driving down to the preview theatre in the suburbs for a dekko of Prakash......

For Too Long, The World Has Let Pakistan Get Away

For too long has Pakistan gotten away with running with the terrorists and hunting with the forces.This duplicity needs to end, asserts Saisuresh Sivaswamy. IMAGE: Suryakumar Yadav flips the coin......

World Cup: Pakistan lose 'mauka' against Australia

The third quarter-final between Australia and Pakistan had everything a cricket fan could look forward to. It saw wickets fall, it had applause-worthy partnerships, hits to the fence and over......