Uma Sudhir – Author, NDTV.com

Opinion | T.T.V vs Tamilselvan: Once Friends, Now Rivals In Tamil Nadu's Theni

Uma Sudhir | Wednesday April 10, 2024

Both T.T.V Dhinakaran and Thanga Tamilselvan used to be in the AIADMK once, and it was Dhinakaran who had introduced the latter to Jayalalithaa and aunt Sasikala, who controlled the party apparatus back then.

Analysis: In Avoiding Repeat Of Telangana, BJP Pays Price In Tamil Nadu

Uma Sudhir | Thursday September 28, 2023

Word on the street is that the BJP made a monumental blunder by allowing its alliance with the AIADMK to crash in Tamil Nadu. All it would have taken to salvage it was to replace the state BJP chief.

Opinion: For Chandrababu Naidu's Bicycle, A Puncture Could Prove Costly

Uma Sudhir | Monday September 11, 2023

Former Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu would often take a jibe at every public meeting he addressed -- that his political rival Jagan Mohan Reddy has spent time in jail.

Blog: 13 Reasons Why KCR Is Attacking PM Modi So Directly

Uma Sudhir | Thursday February 03, 2022

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao used to be someone the BJP could rely on - so why exactly has he suddenly gone ballistic?

Blog: Rajinikanth's Finally In. Now, Who Will He Help - And Hurt?

Uma Sudhir | Thursday December 03, 2020

"Even God cannot save Tamil Nadu if Jayalalithaa comes back to power," were Rajinikanth's thundering words in 1996. That played a significant part in propelling the DMK-TMC alliance to power in Tamil Nadu that year, swaddling Jayalalithaa in ignominy. That was also the inception point of what became not just a state-wide but national fixation over guessing when the ac...

Blog: Now Showing, The Bigg Boss Of Hyderabad

Uma Sudhir | Saturday November 28, 2020

If you thought Hyderabad is hosting the political version of "Bigg Boss", I won't fault you. When it comes to threats, vitriol and taunts, the campaign for the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) election is giving the popular reality show a run for its money.

Blog: In Stalin Meeting With KCR, The Looming Rahul Gandhi Factor

Uma Sudhir | Monday May 13, 2019

Why would KCR, as he is known, a Chief Minister who won a colossal majority in his state and is predicted to win a majority of the Lok Sabha seats in Telangana, travel to meet Stalin, an opposition leader in a neighbouring state? That too when he knows that leader is part of an alliance with the Congress that KCR had earlier distanced himself from?

Blog: In Memory Of Sreekanth, Friend, Colleague, Inspiration

Uma Sudhir | Monday May 06, 2019

I feel bereaved today. It is a big loss to me and to NDTV. And Sreekanth, we all acknowledge your contribution, not just to journalism but to positive living.

Blog: Chandrababu Naidu's Risky Plan To Target PM Modi Inspired By KCR

Uma Sudhir | Friday January 04, 2019

Midway through the election campaign in Telangana, Chief Minister K Chandrasekhar Rao of the Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS) changed his narrative. KCR made it seem to the electorate that it needed to choose between him -a son of the soil - and Chandrababu Naidu, who would end up ruling Telangana by remote control from Amaravati. The ploy worked.

Opinion: In Proposing Rahul Gandhi's Name, Stalin's Math Is Different From Others'

Uma Sudhir | Tuesday December 18, 2018

At an event in Chennai to unveil his life-size statue on Sunday, his son and now DMK chief MK Stalin referred to Karunanidhi's endorsement for members of the Gandhi family and ended up continuing the tradition.

Blog: KCR Takes Unflinching Aim At PM Modi - At Least For Now

Uma Sudhir | Monday December 17, 2018

Telangana has only 17 Lok Sabha seats - conventionally too small a number to make a difference in the New Delhi political theatre. But if he manages to effect as vast a victory as he did for the state election - and India delivers a hung verdict - KCR's political orbit could expand exponentially.

Blog: KCR 2.0: 10 Reasons For This Telangana Blockbuster

Uma Sudhir | Tuesday December 11, 2018

On the campaign trail in Telangana, KT Rama Rao used a cricketing analogy while speaking to NDTV. He was confident that like Virat Kohli, his father and chief minister K Chandrasekhar Rao or KCR "would hit a century in the Telangana test"

Blog: 10 Takeaways From 3-Month Campaign In Telangana

Uma Sudhir | Thursday December 06, 2018

As Telangana prepares to vote tomorrow, a look back at what stood out in the months and weeks of campaigning. Here are my 10 takeaways from the Telangana election campaign.

Blog: "KCR vs Nobody" Narrative Seemed Arrogant. How He Corrected It

Uma Sudhir | Monday December 03, 2018

One thing is certain: December 11 will see both resplendent moonshine and a lunar eclipse in Telangana. That's because in the Chandra' vs Chandra' electoral battle, only one of them - K Chandrasekhar Rao or N Chandrababu Naidu - can shine when the results are counted.

Blog: More Than Rajasthan Or Madhya Pradesh, Telangana Result Matters

Uma Sudhir | Saturday December 01, 2018

It is the battle for India's youngest state - Telangana- that could actually be a more accurate indicator of which way 2019 could skew.

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