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Is a coalition govt round the corner in Tamil Nadu?
April 27, 2026, 12:47 PM IST
Tamil Nadu rarely produces fractured mandates. Its electoral history is defined by decisive verdicts and single-party governments. Now, as the dust settles on the 2026 assembly election, a rare scenario emerges: Secular Progressive Alliance (SPA)…
April 27, 2026, 12:47 PM IST
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The Incredibles of TN: Superheroes sans script
March 23, 2026, 5:08 PM IST
There is a moment in the animated superhero film ‘The Incredibles’ when Bob Parr, once the mighty Mr Incredible, sits in a drab office cubicle, reliving his past glory while struggling to find his place…
March 23, 2026, 5:08 PM IST
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Tell them your dream, then hold them to it
March 11, 2026, 2:49 PM IST
“I have a dream,” said Martin Luther King. “Tell me your dream,” says M K Stalin. The Tamil Nadu govt’s ‘Ungal kanavai sollungal’ (Tell us your dream) outreach claims to have got response from 1.9…
March 11, 2026, 2:49 PM IST
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All along, O Panneerselvam was a bird in search of a cage
March 2, 2026, 11:28 PM IST
There was something Kafkaesque about it when Anna Arivalayam, the DMK headquarters in Chennai, waited to receive expelled AIADMK leader O Panneerselvam on Feb 27. “I am a cage, in search of a bird,” Franz…
March 2, 2026, 11:28 PM IST
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Triangle tangle: Why Stalin ignores Vijay who ignores EPS
February 16, 2026, 11:26 AM IST
When actor Vijay was planning his political entry in early 2024, this column hoped he would declare DMK as his primary opponent. He, a debutant promising to be an alternative, has followed common sense to…
February 16, 2026, 11:26 AM IST
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Inheritance of loss: What PMK founder Ramadoss didn’t learn from DMK leader Karunanidhi
February 15, 2026, 1:15 PM IST
Facing his worst political and personal crisis after a fallout with his son Anbumani, PMK founder S Ramadoss bemoaned late last Dec, “I didn’t bring my son up well.” It was as much a wail…
February 15, 2026, 1:15 PM IST
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Union Budget: A surplus of sarees and the art of giving halwa
February 2, 2026, 11:27 PM IST
A couple of hours before the presentation of the Union Budget, Indian newsrooms, especially television studios, assume a sense of (self) importance akin to the mission control room of a rocket launching station. Both are…
February 2, 2026, 11:27 PM IST
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Tamil Nadu: Where coalition dharma is one-way street
January 14, 2026, 6:42 PM IST
You have your say; we have our way – that’s the message DMK has sent its allies. Against the backdrop of several Congress leaders speaking of power-sharing – and the leadership being strategically ambiguous –…
January 14, 2026, 6:42 PM IST
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Here’s something to learn from Kerala local body polls
December 15, 2025, 12:55 PM IST
Quiz: Who is your ward councillor? If you have the correct answer, you are in a minority. We, the urban residents of Tamil Nadu, complain endlessly about decaying civic amenities, but remain clueless about our…
December 15, 2025, 12:55 PM IST
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How Sengottaiyan’s migration from AIADMK to Vijay’s TVK changes Tamil Nadu poll play
December 1, 2025, 7:37 AM IST
Not once in his half-a-century of political life could K A Sengottaiyan have thought his one decision would make all the major parties in Tamil Nadu sit up and take notice. The AIADMK veteran’s migration…
December 1, 2025, 7:37 AM IST
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Tejas crash: What HAL can learn from Isro
November 25, 2025, 3:00 PM IST
Indian Air Force Wing Commander Namansh Syal was executing a ‘negative-G turn’ (roll) at low altitude at the Dubai Airshow on Nov 21 when his Tejas fighter (a HAL-made light combat aircraft) lost stability and…
November 25, 2025, 3:00 PM IST
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How ill-conceived activism and politics harm scientific development in India
November 17, 2025, 10:29 PM IST
After a rich political harvest in Bihar, Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Coimbatore on Nov 19 to inaugurate the South India Natural Farming Summit. And the Confederation of Tamil Nadu Farmers’ Associations is…
November 17, 2025, 10:29 PM IST
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TN govt should roll up its sleeves, not keep fingers crossed
October 27, 2025, 3:51 PM IST
I had divided the political campaign in Tamil Nadu for the 2026 assembly election into ‘before Karur’ and ‘after Karur’. Looks like it must also be split into ‘before rain’ and ‘after rain’. Not waiting…
October 27, 2025, 3:51 PM IST
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More power to women! Happy Diwali shopping!
October 20, 2025, 2:07 PM IST
Here are four words I dread: Let us go shopping. I am OK with it if the ‘us’ doesn’t include me. Or, if it’s just ‘let’s shop’ (which is an online activity for me). Another…
October 20, 2025, 2:07 PM IST
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Loading Vijay 2.0: Will the Tamil actor-politician be Nanban or Pokkiri?
October 13, 2025, 9:13 PM IST
After 15 days of despair, TVK leader Vijay found hope on Monday. For, Supreme Court ordered a CBI inquiry into the Karur stampede that killed 41 people at his roadshow in Karur, Tamil Nadu, on…
October 13, 2025, 9:13 PM IST
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FROM TOI PRINT EDITION
The gap between Vijay & victory
October 1, 2025, 8:24 AM IST
The stampede that killed 41 people at actor-politician Vijay’s roadshow in Karur last week, and how the Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president behaved after the tragedy, signify two things. One, Vijay, 51, is arguably the…
October 1, 2025, 8:24 AM IST
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Stampede shouldn’t kill Vijay’s campaign. It should change him
September 29, 2025, 9:02 PM IST
The stampede that killed at least 40 people at Tamilaga Vettri Kazhagam (TVK) president Vijay’s roadshow in Karur on Saturday evening showed how frenzy can turn fatal in five minutes. India’s history of stampedes shows…
September 29, 2025, 9:02 PM IST
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Why this Edappadi is good for AIADMK, bad for NDA
September 22, 2025, 8:07 PM IST
Edappadi K Palaniswami is on a roll. When the AIADMK general secretary asserts that none of the expelled leaders – V K Sasikala, T T V Dhinakaran, O Panneerselvam – or their followers would be…
September 22, 2025, 8:07 PM IST
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How hand-me-down clothes can keep empty nests warm
September 15, 2025, 8:56 AM IST
My favourite black T-shirt was missing for so long that I had forgotten about it. And then, a couple of months ago, I saw my son’s DP. There he was, in my T-shirt, beaming next…
September 15, 2025, 8:56 AM IST
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Why the Sengottaiyan problem can harm EPS more than anything
September 8, 2025, 12:16 PM IST
When J Jayalalithaa was undergoing treatment at Apollo Hospitals on Greams Road, Chennai for 75 days in 2016, the hospital kept all the CCTV cameras in the building turned off. Late on December 5, when…
September 8, 2025, 12:16 PM IST
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