Lessons from Kallakurichi: Four ways to avoid hooch tragedies
K Govindaraj had a reputation. In Karunapuram, a village in Kallakurich district of Tamil Nadu, the 49-year-old was the go-to...
Chennai Talkies blog
TOI Chennai just turned sweet 16; We’ll continue to tell you bitter truths
This day 16 years ago, we, The Times of India, came to your Chennai home. And we have stayed on....
Lok Sabha elections: Where have the festoons, loudspeakers and rig masters gone?
I am not sure if the Election Commission of India’s rules have made our elections fairer, but the restrictions have...
Why Ranjani & Gayatri are more wrong than Periyar
More than 50 years after his death, Periyar has stopped two talented sisters from singing at Music Academy, considered the...
It’s election season and the cat is back on the wall
Alliances have become the norm in Indian electoral politics, and Tamil Nadu is no exception. Almost every party that has...
When Kamal met Stalin: An imaginary seat-sharing talk
I asked ChatGPT to write an imaginary seat-sharing conversation between DMK president M K Stalin and MNM leader Kamal Haasan....
When Kamal Haasan moves from middle-of-nowhere to realpolitik
In politics as much as in literature, some stories write themselves. The latest one such script is that of actor...
Dead man walking: How AI will bring back past leaders to future polls
The DMK youth wing conference in Salem on January 21 had a surprise speaker: Muthuvel Karunanidhi. Well, it was an AI-generated...
Achievements or allegations – what’ll get them the votes?
Lord Ram and Narendra Modi will be the two names that reverberate through the election campaign this year. I am...
Why LS poll campaign in TN will be DMK vs BJP
In less than three months, India will go to polls. With impressive victories in the recent assembly elections in Rajasthan,...
