V Sudarshan’s book, Dead End, is as much a story of the everyday reality of Indian life – miscarriage of justice – as it is about those such as K Ragothaman doing their best to ensure justice is done. Dead End: The Minister, The CBI, And The Murder That Wasn't, published by Hachette,...
Too often, the magic is the reality in the magical realist novel. The characters can be cartoonish, even stereotypical, yet they are living representatives of human reality. Magic happened only in the books, not in the lives of the Latin American writers who pioneered the genre. Gabriel García...
More than three weeks after Srimathi, a Class 12 student, apparently committed suicide in Kaniyamoor, Kallakurichi, it doesn’t appear the police has been able to establish basic aspects of the case. There has been no press briefing accounting for what the police have concluded and what they are...
Mainstream news media is a business so any claim that it is mission-driven is misleading, says T Manivannan, senior journalist and former BBC Tamil editor. Speaking to inmathi.com as part of the “Can we trust the news media?” series, Manivannan however said the growth of social media was not...
With Covid cases once again registering a comeback, we invited two doctors to take stock of what we have experienced over the last few years and provide us Covid insights. Dr J Amalorpavanathan, a doctor with a distinguished record in public health intervention including in setting up the organ...
