"Brand Amma is emerging as the mother of all welfare schemes, offering a ready refuge from inflationary anxieties and serving to affirm Jayalalitha's stature as an epic hero - a little vain and ...

Jayalalitha, 66, made her name at a young age, when her mother pushed her to become an actress in the Tamil-language film industry, called “Kollywood.” In several movies she was paired with a ...

Ms. Jayalalitha was a revered public figure in her home state of Tamil Nadu and was known as “Amma,” or “mother,” an image she bolstered with a range of popular low-cost public programs ...

"I came to see her because she is my mother," he said simply. A seven-day period of mourning has been declared in Tamil Nadu. Jayalalitha had been receiving treatment for months and was last seen ...

Jayalalitha had played postman for this friend who was in love with a neighbour. But "when the girl s mother discovered what was going on, my friend played Brutus and painted me as a daughter of ...

She lost her father when she was just two, and her mother started working in films to support the family. Circumstances forced the young Jayalalitha to enter the film industry later. Though ...

She lost her father when she was just two, and her mother started working in films to support the family. Circumstances forced the young Jayalalitha to enter the film industry later. Though ...

"Brand Amma is emerging as the mother of all welfare schemes, offering a ready refuge from inflationary anxieties and serving to affirm Jayalalitha's stature as an epic hero - a little vain and ...