‘Midnight’s Children,’ a chronicle of a stabbing foretold.

The party hopes that if Ilayaraja can support Modi, any Tamil can.

Battle lines are being drawn in terms of an increasingly Dravidianist DMK, leveraging its position of power to forge a coalition of Dalit, minority and women voters against a more explicitly caste-based AIADMK-BJP alliance, supported by Hindutva.

By helming a front that bagged nearly 40% of the votes polled, the AIADMK has shown that it was no spent force and has a possible future if it plays its cards right.

Stalin’s campaign portrayed the AIADMK as the B-team of the BJP, and successfully managed to taint its Dravidian rival with the ‘outsider’ tag.

Despite the fact that his party, Makkal Needhi Maiam, is poised to garner 20% of the vote, making it a force to reckon with, Kamal Haasan's inconsistent ideology could play a spoilsport.

The late former president's religion, though important, is only one among many factors that define him.

'Draupathi' is not blasé. It is explicit about the deepest fears whispered in intermediate caste fraternities and social media.

New demographic and social dynamics have helped turn India's parliamentary election into a US-style presidential race. But while the Democrats are busy figuring out who can take on Trump in 2020, the Congress is twiddling its thumbs.