Tamil Nadu's Is Saivism Hinduism Debate

Stalin's personal intervention in the Adheenam row may have contained the avoidable political damage and social tensions at least for now, observes N Sathiya Moorthy. IMAGE: Tamil Nadu Chief......

The MLA Jaya expelled speaks

'Last night someone threw stones at my house at 11 pm. My car was also smashed.' Pala Karuppiah is the 74-year-old politician who represented the Harbour assembly constituency in Chennai till......

Meenakshipuram, 33 years on: Muslims happy, Hindus not

A Ganesh Nadar/Rediff.com visits the village in Tamil Nadu that shot into national prominence in 1981 when half the Dalits there converted to Islam. He spoke to the Hindus and Muslims and came back......

Two more Indians charged in Singapore for rioting

Two more Indians were charged on Saturday by authorities here for their alleged involvement in Singapore's worst outbreak of riot in over 40 years, taking the total number of Indians arraigned in......

Poo is poetic

Adaptations are always tricky. One step back and you're left with sentimental idiocy that will wreck the originality of the story; one step forward and you end up with characters that are......

Review: Dhurai

A police van trundles away from the main road and into an unknown alleyway, complete with khaki clad officials and a grim-looking man in handcuffs. The van stops; everyone gets out and predictably,......