Aditya Iyer was part of Hindustan Times’ nationwide network of correspondents that brings news, analysis and information to its readers. He no longer works with the Hindustan Times.
Articles by Aditya Iyer
Disaster response teams, boats on standby as Chennai braces for rains
A cyclone warning has been issued for north Tamil Nadu and south Andhra Pradesh after heavy rainfall lashed the southern state for more than 24 hours.
Updated on May 18, 2016 02:46 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
In bipolar TN, actor Vijayakanth’s 3rd front may not be a blockbuster
For all the hype around the so-called third front in Tamil Nadu, Elections 2016 could very well turn out to be yet another electoral joust between the usual suspects – the ruling AIADMK and arch rival DMK.
Updated on May 16, 2016 01:27 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
45 candidates make bid to upstage Amma in her political stronghold
The AIADMK chief won a resounding victory during bypolls here in 2015 but opposition parties are going all out to deny her a thumping win in the May 16 elections.
Updated on May 13, 2016 01:25 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
This woman is the face of both DMK, AIADMK ad campaigns
Picture this: An elderly woman is eating food at a temple and complaining that her own children don’t feed her at home. The two leaves symbol of the AIADMK is subtly incorporated into the background.
Updated on May 12, 2016 06:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
TN polls: Change will come only via coalition govt, says Thirumavalavan
Dalit activist, lawyer and political firebrand, Thirumavalavan is the leader of the Tamil party that emerged from the Dalit Liberation Panthers movement of the 90s.
Updated on May 11, 2016 06:25 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
Karunanidhi, Sonia share stage as DMK-Cong begin final poll campaigns
Sharing a stage for the first time in five years, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and DMK president spoke to a rapt, but a relatively small crowd of approximately 1,500 people at Island Grounds in the north of the state capital.
Updated on May 06, 2016 11:46 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
In poll-bound Tamil Nadu, biryani is the flavour of the season
With the poll season in full swing in Tamil Nadu, biryani, mostly of chicken and mutton, has become a common sight in a majority of local political meets and election rallies
Updated on May 06, 2016 08:16 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
The poll dance begins: A look at the main players in Tamil politics
The sudden prominence given to the Desiya Murpokku Dravida Kazhagam, headed by actor-turned-politician Vijayakanth, and its alliance with the People’s Welfare Front has created the possibility of a Third Front appearing on the political battleground of the southern state.
Updated on May 03, 2016 10:34 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, Chennai
The Bard and language: How Shakespeare changed English forever
You may not have read Shakespeare’s first folio in its entirety, or know his sonnets off by heart, but one thing is clear: If you’re at all familiar with the English language you’ve definitely quoted the Bard, and more often than you thought.
Updated on Apr 24, 2016 09:41 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Censorship, CIA and no US citizens: Panama Papers conspiracy theories
A treasure trove of confidential documents from the secretive Panamanian law firm Mossack Fonseca was made public on Monday thanks to a collaborative effort by journalists across the globe, spearheaded by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).
Updated on Apr 05, 2016 02:43 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Caste and violence in Tamil Nadu: Honour killings haunt the state
The suspected honour killing of a Dalit man near Coimbatore on Sunday may have caused a nationwide uproar, but this is only the latest case of caste-based violence in a state with a brutal history of Dalit oppression.
Updated on Mar 15, 2016 12:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Obscene buffoon or political genius? Top 10 Trump-isms
The ongoing primaries in the United States have largely been a dull affair for those of us who reside outside the “Land of the Free”, save for one of the contenders, who has evoked terror, fear and horror in equal measure: Donald Trump.
Updated on Mar 12, 2016 06:09 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Loving Vincent: The world’s first fully painted animated film
Loving Vincent is a film based on the life and mysterious death of the 19th Century Dutch painter Vincent Van Gogh. This is the first ever feature film to be completely hand-painted.
Updated on Mar 04, 2016 10:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
All alone this Valentine’s Day? 7 ways to help you find ‘the one’
Valentine’s Day is creeping its way inexorably towards us once again, commemorated by many of us with empty chocolate boxes, dashed hopes and tears as we resign ourselves to a life of unending loneliness. No? Just me? Damn. So much for openness and honesty.
Updated on May 01, 2017 05:49 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
China creates artificial star 8,600 times hotter than sun’s surface
Chinese scientists at the Institute of Physical Science in Hefei achieved something spectacular on Monday: the creation of a temporary artificial star three times hotter than the core of our sun.
Updated on Feb 11, 2016 12:36 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
The Sunni-Shia split: Why conflict defines Saudi-Iran relations
Relations between Saudi Arabia and Iran took a turn for the worse last week after the execution of the Shia cleric Nimr al-Nimr at the hands of the Saudi authorities along with 46 others. Since then, various countries in the Muslim world, already witnessing an unprecedented level of militant activity, have been taking sides and breaking off diplomatic contacts depending on their allegiances, which have more or less neatly followed Sunni-Shia religious lines.
Updated on Jan 09, 2016 02:02 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Aussie newspaper cartoon depicting Indians attacked as being ‘racist’
A cartoon in Australia’s biggest-selling national newspaper The Australian created controversy on Monday with its depiction of starving, turbaned Indians attempting to eat solar panels with mango chutney, only to give up in exasperation. This is the latest controversy from veteran cartoonist Bill Leak, who drew it in response to the climate deal reached in Paris on Saturday night, and India’s leading role in ratifying the treaty.
Updated on Dec 14, 2015 02:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
‘Gamechanger’: First-ever reusable rocket returns safely from space
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’ private spaceflight company, Blue Origin, announced on Tuesday morning that it has successfully landed its main rocket, New Shepard, back on Earth after launch. This makes it the first ever rocket to have landed intact after taking off, hinting at a potential game changer in space technology – a commercially viable reusable rocket.
Updated on Nov 24, 2015 10:36 PM IST
Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Beasts of No Nation review: A harrowing, unmissable war film
Beasts of no Nation review: This is a harrowing war film not for the faint of heart. Cary Fukunaga (True Detective) does an outstanding job at directing a difficult movie while Idris Elba and Abraham Attah deliver great performances.
Updated on Nov 24, 2015 10:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
From Back to the Future to present day: McFly’s Nike shoes are here
When Marty McFly slipped on his self-lacing Nike Mag shoes in the Back to the Future franchise, it was a glorious time to be alive, with hoverboards and flying cars the preferred form of transport, and every home boasting a personal nuclear reactor.
Updated on Oct 23, 2015 01:00 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Pope Francis to Merkel: Seven favourites for the Nobel Peace Prize
Top betting sites including Ladbrokes have come out with their lists of odds-on favourites. Mind you, they have often badly failed to predict surprises.
Updated on Oct 09, 2015 09:08 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Puli music review: This is about big, entertaining songs
The soundtrack for Vijay’s next film, the fantasy-adventure Puli (Tiger), is what one would expect from a composer of Sri Devi Prasad’s reputation; a blend of classical musical notes with a strong electronic twist.
Updated on Sep 30, 2015 02:13 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
How leading American newspapers saw Narendra Modi’s ‘whirlwind tour’
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s trip to the US was splashed all over the front pages of Indian dailies, but it received little coverage in leading American newspapers -- most of them focusing on Modi’s visit to Silicon Valley and the potential of India as a digital market.
Updated on Sep 28, 2015 04:11 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
'Kodaikanal Won't': Chennai rapper's video takes on Unilever
"Kodaikanal won't", a rap video released by the NGO Jhatkaa.org which takes on Anglo-Dutch multinational Unilever's Indian subsidiary over mercury poisoning in the Tamil Nadu city of Kodaikanal, has gone viral on social media.
Updated on Aug 03, 2015 02:03 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Seeing is believing: World's first AMD bionic eye implant a triumph
In a first for ophthalmology, a British man suffering from age-related macular degeneration (AMD) was able to see again after receiving a bionic eye implant.
Updated on Jul 24, 2015 03:08 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Urumeen music review: Great mix of strong voices and arrangements
Urumeen, the debut film of Tamil director Sakthivel Perumalsamy starring Bobby Simha of Jigarthanda and Soodhu Kavum fame, boasts an interesting soundtrack produced and scored by Achu Rajamani.
Updated on Jul 14, 2015 06:23 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
The vintage game: has the longevity of tennis players increased?
Federer's run, though remarkable especially when one considers he first announced his arrival to the top of the men's game in 2001 when he beat idol Pete Sampras on Centre Court, and that, at 33, had he won against Djokovic he would have been the oldest champion in the Open Era, is by no means unique.
Updated on Jul 15, 2015 09:19 AM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Maari music review: Fun and peppy, but it's nothing unusual
Tamil superstar Dhanush's next film Maari has created quite a buzz thanks to the actor playing a Chennai gangster. But despite being a gangster film, it has enough of dance and music routine. Produced by composer Anirudh Ravichander of Kaththi fame, the songs, unfortunately, are pretty standard fare.
Updated on Jul 03, 2015 04:45 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
The unknown who vanquished Rafael Nadal: who is Dustin Brown?
Dustin Brown, the man who knocked out two-time Wimbledon champ Rafael Nadal, is relatively unknown, despite having played on tour for several years. Here's all you need to know about the current word no 102
Updated on Jul 03, 2015 05:38 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer, New Delhi
Heritage or hate: The history of the US Confederate Flag
The Confederate flag – which rouses such passionate debate, both in condemnation and in support of it – was never officially sanctioned.
Updated on Jun 28, 2015 08:53 PM IST
Hindustan Times | Aditya Iyer