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Eardley Norton- A Biography : The Life and Times of a Famous Barrister and Champion of Indias Rights and Liberties, (Two Volumes), by Suresh Balakrishnan, Published by Old Madras Press, Chennai, 2018. (Price Rs 1, 900 for the set).

How a British barrister and early' Congressman shaped India's liberal...

The author himself puts the project's focus succinctly in his memorable Epilogue.

11 Feb 2019 5:57 AM IST

BJP's overtures to actor Ajith comes a cropper

Tamilisai had declared that Ajith is the most honest person in the Tamil film industry, who intends to do good to the...

22 Jan 2019 1:14 AM IST

Lutyens Maverick: Ground Realities, Hard Choices, and Tomorrows India, by Baijayant Jay Panda, Published by Rupa Publications India Pvt Ltd 2019, New Delhi, 2019. Price Rs 500/-

Odisha politician's quaint, thoughtful word-pictures from Lutyens'...

However, interestingly, Jay Panda's response is not a straight-jacketed one.

21 Jan 2019 5:59 AM IST

Kanakadurga Bharat Bhushan, who is unhappy with her entry at Sabarimala shrine, said that Durgas is a CPM family.

Sabarimala row: Had Kanchi Seer and Gandhi met again now!

Thus on this issue, there were unresolved differences between these two great souls- the Kanchi Seer and Mahatma Gandhi.

14 Jan 2019 1:35 AM IST

Tamil Nadu CM Edappadi K Palaniswami

TN finances: Running with the hare and hunting with the hounds

Add the earlier interim relief sanctioned by the Centre of Rs 353.70 crore and they do not even cross the Rs 1,500...

7 Jan 2019 5:58 AM IST

But not many perhaps may have read of the Hindujas going to the Shah of Irans help in the early 1970s with huge supplies of potatoes and onions from Punjab fields when a booming Iranian economy, riding on rising global oil prices, badly needed them as its food economy faced a crisis amid their most congested ports.

How Hindujas moved truckloads of potatoes, onions to Iran via Pakistan

he rider, though, was that the Hindujas had to find non-Indian nationals to drive them .

27 Aug 2018 1:28 AM IST

T K S Elangovan.

Kalaignar rounds off astonishing life in aesthetics of silence: T K S...

That was some four days before he was admitted again to hospital when his blood pressure went down.

13 Aug 2018 2:50 AM IST

Late DMK president Muthuvel Karunanidhi.

M Karunanidhi: The man and the politician

Karunanidhi's early moorings as a dialogue and screen-play writer for Tamil films/theatre since the early 1940s', is by...

8 Aug 2018 1:58 AM IST

Karunanidhi for the last two years, he was confined to his Gopalapuram residence since he fell ill in October 2016, managing to faintly recognise people with his wide trademark smile. (Photo: Twitter/@kalaignar89)

Muthuvel Karunanidhi, DMK's captain of 50 years returns to pavilion

The party has lost one of its most distinguished and astonishing leaders.

7 Aug 2018 6:50 PM IST

Cauvery Management Authority, no recipe for a Berlin wall in South

The CWRC has been enjoined to meet â€œonce in ten days during the months of June and October when the Southwest and...

18 Jun 2018 6:14 AM IST

Ragas Down The Memory Lane-, by Vidya Bhavani Suresh, published by Skanda Publications, Mylapore, Chennai, 2018.

Time for some Karnataka Suddha Saveri'

It may be time to tune into the lilting nuances of Karnataka Suddha Saveri', at least until both states study the...

26 Feb 2018 3:29 AM IST

Around 25 per cent of the respondents were in favour of reducing the peak income tax rate to 25 per cent from 30 per cent.

Post-GST, Union budget has less and less to indulge with states

The first Union budget after the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) since July last year.

2 Feb 2018 3:08 AM IST