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Versatility was Vijayakanth’s middle name

The extremely popular Tamil actor who died on December 28 was a trendsetter politician and social activist second to none.

6 min readDec 28, 2023

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Versatility was Vijayakanth’s middle name

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Mandela, And Yogi Babu’s Quest For An Identity In Tamil Cinema

The Comedian Has Been Tied Down By Stereotypical Roles Till Now. That May Be Changing

5 min readMay 13, 2021

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Bragging rights (not) reserved

India’s politicians love to flaunt every little achievement, but the phenomenon is jarring when you consider what needs attention.

3 min readFeb 22, 2024

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Bragging rights (not) reserved

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The Man Whose Voice Launched A Thousand Careers In Indian Cinema

Often, Indian Playback Singers Were Victims Of Geography, Restricted To Regions Where They Grew Up. SP Balasubrahmanyam Broke That Mould

7 min readSep 25, 2020

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The Man Whose Voice Launched A Thousand Careers In Indian Cinema

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The Cafes That Were Bengaluru’s Gateway To The Internet

This is the story of the growth, dominance and downfall of a tech phenomenon in India’s Silicon Valley.

4 min readJul 1, 2020

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The Cafes That Were Bengaluru’s Gateway To The Internet

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Indian Print Media’s In A Quandary For Its Inability To Charge More For News

Paid news aside, the Indian print media faces a bigger and unlikely adversary: the price-conscious reader.

6 min readJun 24, 2020

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Indian Print Media’s In A Quandary For Its Inability To Charge More For News

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When Bengaluru’s Double-Decker Buses Weren’t Just A Nostalgia Ride

People queued up to board these buses that revived the south Indian city’s skeletal transport system in the 1980s.

4 min readJun 19, 2020

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Two Titans Of Indian Cinema And Their Nine-Year Collaboration

Two titans of Tamil — and Indian — cinema share their birthdays today: Mani Ratnam and Ilayaraja.

4 min readJun 2, 2020

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Two Titans Of Indian Cinema And Their Nine-Year Collaboration

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Two Tamil Movies Showed Us That Entertainment’s Possible Without Trashing Women

Kollywood may be recognising the fact that women on screen can be other than the shrew, the slut or the damsel in distress…

5 min readMay 31, 2020

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Two Tamil Movies Showed Us That Entertainment’s Possible Without Trashing Women

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The Futile Outrage Over ‘Varane Avashyamund’ Teaches Us To Look Elsewhere

The Malayalam comedy-drama movie Varane Avashyamund, which released in the theatres and streaming platforms early this year, had the…

4 min readMay 22, 2020

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The Futile Outrage Over ‘Varane Avashyamund’ Teaches Us To Look Elsewhere

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Rajagopalan Venkataraman

Rajagopalan Venkataraman

Deputy editor at BloombergQuint. Writer by passion, turned to journalism after disenchantment with IT. Bylines in The Times of India, New Indian Express.

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