J Jayalalithaa
280 died of ‘shock’ over Jayalalithaa’s death: AIADMK
The party condoled their death and announced a welfare fund of Rs 3 lakh each to families of the deceased.
360 Degree: TN’s dictatorial diva
The suave and soft spoken, yet mercurial and authoritative J. Jayalalithaa is gone.
Succession struggle in political parties
Political parties are not very good at succession planning.
After Amma: Motherless in Tamil Nadu
Isolated and remote, cut off from her biological family, Jayalalithaa was married to politics and politics alone.
No birthday celebrations for bereaved Shotgun
The actor, who is still recovering from his mother’s loss, doesn’t understand the hoopla around birthdays.
Marina Beach memorial for Jayalalithaa by February
They chose to bury her inside the MGR memorial to ensure that party loyalists would continue to come in droves to pay their respects.
Jayalalithaa enjoyed Tiger’s batting: Sharmila Tagore
The yesteryear actress revealed that Jayalalithaa was also a big fan of the former’s husband, late Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi.
Why India’s poor are still devoted to ‘God-like’ leaders
While the idea of deifying a living person is idolatrous for South Asia’s Muslims, India’s Hindus often elevate heroes to God-like status.
Cho Ramaswamy: An outspoken satirist, who stressed on dialogue
Cho was known more as a popular comedian, actor and playwright than as lawyer.
Cho Ramaswamy passes away two days after close friend Jayalalithaa
Cho had been suffering from acute breathing problem for a very long time and was shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) of the hospital.