"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 ...

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 ...

Jayalalitha, on the other hand, came from a middle-class family, where her mother was a small-time actress. On various occasions she described herself as a prim, convent-bred girl who had dreamt ...

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 ...

Jayalalitha was born on February 24, 1948 in Mysore. She was a excellent performer in studies and also got trained in various classical dance forms including Bharathanatyam. Following her mother ...

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 ...