One of India's most controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been jailed for four years on corruption charges. Journalist Sudha G Tilak in Delhi chronicles her fall from grace.

One of India's most controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been jailed for four years on corruption charges. Journalist Sudha G Tilak in Delhi chronicles her fall from grace.

One of India's most controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been jailed for four years on corruption charges. Journalist Sudha G Tilak in Delhi chronicles her fall from grace.

One of India's most controversial politicians, Jayaram Jayalalitha, has been jailed for four years on corruption charges. Journalist Sudha G Tilak in Delhi chronicles her fall from grace.

But Jayalalitha remains “the people’s chief minister,” her supporters say, ... People in the sunbaked southern state adore her as “Amma,” the word in the local Tamil language for mother.

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 ...

Miss Jayalalitha, however, still wields power by remote control. This article appeared in the Asia section of the print edition under the headline “Jayalalitha's setback” Asia ...

Jayalalitha served two months of a one-year jail sentence for bribery handed down last February before her convictions were quashed by an appeal court in December. Jayalalitha has a huge following in ...

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.

The magic of Jayalalitha and MGR. J ayalalitha made her debut in Tamil cinema with Vennira Aadai, in which she played a schizophrenic widow.. She received rave reviews for her performance, but it ...