Eelam call fades in poll noise

Tuesday 12 May '09

It isn’t difficult to guess the most recurring word in Tamil pollspeak 2009 — ‘Eelam’. But as the campaign closed on Monday....

Modi in his elements on seat where ‘Advaniji was reborn’

Monday 11 May '09

Hindutva's “Hriday Samrat” couldn’t have found a campaign venue more after his own hriday than this.

Body buildings

Saturday 9 May '09

To figure out this poll scene, take a crash course in vaastu.

Meet ‘Best’ Ramasamy from Tirupur, Tamil Nadu’s new political entrepreneur

Thursday 7 May '09

Here’s a Tamil politician who wants to separate the state’s politics from its Siamese twin - cinema.

The loneliness of Karunanidhi

Monday 4 May '09

A dashing young Karunanidhi welcomes you to Trichy. The dominant recurring image on the line-up of posters all the way to the DMK rally....

In this export town, politics is recession-proof

Friday 1 May '09

At the peak of the last Lok Sabha campaign on April 27, 2004, a huge evening crowd at Tirupur Town Hall heard Vaiko demolish Jayalalithaa....

Cong can’t be target as Jaya aims higher

Tuesday 28 April '09

A couple of hours after M Karunanidhi called off his fast in Chennai over the war in Sri Lanka, Jayalalithaa dismissed it in Pollachi...

In Karat’s hometown, cadres split

Thursday 16 April '09

On counting day, this is one constituency Prakash Karat will be watching keenly and not just because it is his hometown.

Here, JD(S) is rooting for Cong

Tuesday 14 April '09

Deve Gowda can sleep over this one right through the campaign. He is dreaming nationally...

Caught between parties, poverty, Chengara Dalits can’t go out to vote

Monday 13 April '09

Barely a hundred kilometres from where K R Narayanan began his journey to become the country’s first Dalit President...

BARACK OBAMA’S KOCHI LINK

Sunday 7 September '08

Barack Obama and Barak Salem share more than the similar-sounding first names. The US presidential candidate’s struggle in a racial America has parallels with Salem’s fight against bias in Kerala’s Jewish community

There’s Something About Mario

Sunday 17 August '08

Mario Miranda’s carnival of comedy has travelled to every nook and naughty corner of the world

The Udupi spread: EC ensures it’s a bland fare

Friday 16 May '08

Udupi is no Chettinad. Neither its well-known cuisine nor the less-known politics has the kind of spice the Tamil Country has.

Battle of the brothers, father thrown in

Thursday 15 May '08

Between noon and tea time, small-town Karnataka gives you a glimpse of what could well be in store post-poll.

Your Lordships, how do you censor the thought balloon?

Wednesday 26 September '07

The cartoon is the most visible democracy index. The last thing we need is judicial sanction to beat down the national IQ — the Irreverence Quotient,writes Express cartoonist

Smile, Kerala

Sunday 21 May '06

How to look back on life, marriage and culture, with grace