'Politics is for serving the people'

Priya Rajan is Chennai's third woman mayor, and at 28, its youngest. IMAGE: Priya Rajan, Chennai's 28-year-old mayor. Photograph: ANI Photo   As Chennai's mayor, Priya Rajan has been......

Alliances fall apart as TN heads for local bodies poll

An interesting multi-cornered contest is on the cards for the urban local body elections in Tamil Nadu scheduled for February 19 with opposition parties, which were with the All India Anna Dravida......

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......

'Will criticise Rajinikanth if joins politics'

'I wish him well in whatever he does and I will do so if he enters politics too.'T E Narasimhan reports. 'My aim is a better Tamil Nadu. Who dares to strengthen my voice? DMK, AIADMK & parties R......

The Rediff Review: Anbe Sivam

The story of the Tamil film, Anbe Sivam, starring Kamal Haasan and Madhavan under C Sundar's directiongoes like this: Kamal is an activist opposed to capitalism in all its forms. He is also the......

Kamal Haasan@70: What Makes Him Ulaga Nayagan

'With passage of time, Kamal did move away from the humdrum of commercial cinema, using it only as a peg to launch a new concept or new technology, as no other actor/film-maker has done in Indian......

10 Classic Tamil Films On OTT

When it comes to Tamil cinema, if you take away the superstars, the thalas and the thalapathis, love is a central theme that always triumphs and strikes a chord with the audience. The varying......

The Best Bollywood Songs Of 2022

The business of melodies is yet to fully snap out of its creative coma but 2022's spirited, sonorous offerings gave us hope. Where Arijit Singh continued his single man mission of saving Hindi film......

India's experiment backfires but captain Surya untroubled

'Looking at their bowling line-up, they had a left-arm spinner and a leg spinner. I think Dube was perfect for that occasion in that 7-15 overs range.' IMAGE: Sivam Dube was promoted to No 3 but......