Jayalalithaa Profile

Woman, actress, Brahmin, Kannadiga. Conventional wisdom would suggest that resume is all wrong for the hard playfield of Tamil Nadu politics and in a Dravidian party. But then J Jayalalithaa's life and career are the stuff fairy tales are made of. Or movie scripts with happy endings.

Lawyer Uday Lalit, who represented Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah in two high profile criminal cases, will be elevated as a Supreme Court judge after the government controversially rejected Gopal Subramanium.

Woman, actress, Brahmin, Kannadiga. Conventional wisdom would suggest that resume is all wrong for the hard playfield of Tamil Nadu politics and in a Dravidian party. But then J Jayalalithaa's life and career are the stuff fairy tales are made of. Or movie scripts with happy endings.

The otherwise media savvy DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi has been maintaining a low profile ever since she was released from the Tihar Jail on bail in the 2G case. However, on Sunday, Ms Kanimozhi, who is party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, addressed her first public meeting since her imprisonment, on the outskirts of Chennai. Ms Kanimozhi's meeti...

Woman, actress, Brahmin, Kannadiga. Conventional wisdom would suggest that resume is all wrong for the hard playfield of Tamil Nadu politics and in a Dravidian party. But then J Jayalalithaa's life and career are the stuff fairy tales are made of. Or movie scripts with happy endings.

Lawyer Uday Lalit, who represented Prime Minister Narendra Modi's close aide Amit Shah in two high profile criminal cases, will be elevated as a Supreme Court judge after the government controversially rejected Gopal Subramanium.

Woman, actress, Brahmin, Kannadiga. Conventional wisdom would suggest that resume is all wrong for the hard playfield of Tamil Nadu politics and in a Dravidian party. But then J Jayalalithaa's life and career are the stuff fairy tales are made of. Or movie scripts with happy endings.

The otherwise media savvy DMK Rajya Sabha MP Kanimozhi has been maintaining a low profile ever since she was released from the Tihar Jail on bail in the 2G case. However, on Sunday, Ms Kanimozhi, who is party chief M Karunanidhi's daughter, addressed her first public meeting since her imprisonment, on the outskirts of Chennai. Ms Kanimozhi's meeti...