S Viswanathan

When Reuters will miss its man at The Hindu

For years the business pages of The Hindu used to be among the strengths of the daily winning sizeable readership and advertisements. P A...

Tribute: Bhisma Narain Singh – Somnath Chatterjee – Vidia Naipaul – Kofi Annan

Bhishma Narain Singh: the soft-spoken Guv In early March 1993, I met Governor B N Singh at the Raj Bhavan to invite him for the...

TN needs Sterlite more than TN needs it

One of the issues raised against the Sterlite unit in Thoothukudi relates to the large population in the proximity of the plant affected by...

Raj Bhavan News: Proactive Purohit

After the colourless tenures of S S Barnala and K Rosaiah as Governors of Tamil Nadu, the state has a proactive Governor in Banwarilal...

Dravidian years – S Narayan: Insights of an insider

Officers of the ‘steel frame’ are mostly self-effacing and reluctant to record their experiences. Quite a few have come out with memoirs, but mostly...

MuKa: the last of the Tamil Titans

In the demise of DMK supremo M Karunanidhi (MuKa) Tamil Nadu has lost one of its tallest leaders. Multifaceted is the right description for...

Why not diplomacy through business?

Legendary cricketer Imran Khan led his party Tehreek-e-Insaf to victory in the recent elections in Pakistan. Despite ups and downs, he worked tirelessly to...

Magnificent ‘Modicare’

Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address this year was a rich admixture of poetry, oration, a report card and announcements on new visionary projects. Being...

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