The actor talks about being directed by Prabhu Deva and his plans to become a filmmaker.
Debutante director Vijayapadma talks about the hardships of making such a movie.
'Before you work on your business plan, before you build your team, you should have a clear idea about what your product is, who your customer is, how valuable the product is, and whether the market is deep and wide.'
Geethu Anna Jose is the first Indian to attend try-outs for the American professional basketball league. Shobha Warrier traces the rise of the25-year-old captain of the Indian women's team.
Campaigns for Kerala polls may have lost a bit of their grandeur, but they are still marked by occasional bursts of red, finds Shobha Warrier
"I feel governments still see bull markets as good, and bear markets as bad but excessive bull markets create bear markets, and only timely intervention can help overcome the crisis," says R Subramanian, managing director, Subhiksha, one of the largest retail chains in India.
Shobha Warrier analyses why Srirangam, with its large chunk of Vaishnavite Brahmin population, makes perfect sense for All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam chief J Jayalalitha decision to contest an election from there.
The Vice Chancellor of Anna University, Coimbatore, Dr R Radhakrishnan made history by announcing that his university would provide free engineering education to brilliant economically poor students who cannot afford engineering education. An interview.
Professor V Suryanarayan is described as one of India's leading specialists in South and Southeast Asian Studies, especially on Sri Lanka speaks about the current situation in the island nation.
'They refuse to be transparent. They refuse to be accountable.'
Professor P Radhakrishnan is a social scientist talks about the dangers of including caste in the census.
Actor R Madhavan talks about his big Pongal release, Vettai, and why he did not reprise his 3 Idiots role in Nanban.
Comedian Sathyan talks about his experience of playing the famous character Chatur in Tamil film Nanban.
Srikanth talks about his latest film with Shankar, the remake of Aamir Khan's 3 Idiots.
Sabarimala, one of the most important pilgrimage centres in the country, is facing a plastic threat. Shobha Warrier profiles a devotee who is combating the menace
'The finance minister has done as much as she can when you look into the fiscal constraints she had.'
'We cannot overlook the crucial importance of cultural capital in intellectual achievements; and virtually all the Nobel Prize winners possessed cultural capital,' says social scientist Dr P Radhakrishnan.
'One day I told him, if you want to be a cricketer with a long career, you cannot be a fast bowler.' 'I felt more than pace, unorthodox left arm spin would suit him better.' 'Please don't give me credit for what he is doing now. I only made a suggestion.'
'If you want to know the discontented youth of India, you have to only look at the Maoist, Naxalite movements. The attitude of the State is, crush the movement. I would say 'no' to this. They are our children. I wouldn't equate Naxalism or Maoism in India with terrorism'
In a tiny corner in Bengaluru, Sister Jacqueline Jean McEwan has been quietly serving poor leprosy patients for 30 years. Shobha Warrier meets the nun the locals call their own Mother Teresa.
In a tiny corner in Bengaluru, Sister Jacqueline Jean McEwan has been quietly serving poor leprosy patients for 30 years. Shobha Warrier meets the nun the locals call their own Mother Teresa.
'April 9 announcement of slapping a 125% tariff on Chinese goods has brought the focus back to China, making this new phase feel like a repeat of the original conflict.'
Jamal Qureshi, Regional Marketing Manager, South East Asia, Perth Education City, Western Australia, talks about what is in store for Indian students in Western Australia.
The actress talks abotu her first Tamil film, this year's Diwali release 7 Aum Arivu
The director talks about his new film Velayudham which releases this Diwali
The director talks about his new film Velayudham which releases this Diwali
Ganesh Chella, co-founder of Totus Consulting Services, talks about what young professionals should do to tide over the tough economic times ahead.
National award-winning director Cheran opens up about his Tamil movie.
Everybody would like the Sri Lankan Tamils to live in peace first and with equal right to the Sinhalese. Even I, a vehement critic of the LTTE and also very much against the Centre intervening the military action against the LTTE, have been saying that the Indo-Sri Lankan accord must be implemented in full by Sri Lanka, says political analyst Cho Ramaswamy.
'If you want to be a global giant, you cannot position yourself as only a software services provider; you have to be a solution provider.'
Sateesh Andra, co-convenor, Tie-ISB, talks to Shobha Warrier about growth, entrepreneurship and the need to look at new business directions.
Tamil Nationalist Movement leader, one of the most vocal supporters of the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam and its supremo Velupillai Prabhakaran, speaks on the civil war raging in Sri Lanka.
Sasikumar is not only proving his mettle as a director. His acting skills are bindaas too as Nadodigal opens to packed theatres.
'Unfortunately, most of our students use AI to replace knowledge when they should be using the AI tools to enhance their knowledge.' 'I am sorry to say, even those students who have opted to study AI have no idea what AI is.'
Ravi Varman talks about his Tamil directorial debut Moscowin Kaveri.
'Anybody who has seen a photo of Anand playing will see an Indian flag beside him. And, when he wins, the national anthem is played. What more proof do you need about Anand's nationality?'
The actor talks about life after his momentous win.
