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What V S Achuthanandan meant to cartoonists – and what he should have to India's opposition leaders

July 24, 2025 5:25 pm

From Rahul Gandhi to Akhilesh Yadav and M K Stalin to Omar Abdullah, not a single player from the multiple parties that seek to build a country-wide alternative was present at his funeral

After Mammootty signed a deal, reportedly worth Rs 2 crore, with the Coca-Cola company, many stepped forward denouncing the megastar's move, mainly since the company was embroiled in the Plachimada legal battle at that time.

When VS Achuthanandan's ultimatum prompted Mammootty to backtrack on Rs 2 crore Coca-Cola ad deal: 'He can't do both'

July 23, 2025 4:45 pm

After Mammootty signed a deal, reportedly worth Rs 2 crore, with the Coca-Cola company, many stepped forward denouncing the megastar's move, mainly since the company was embroiled in the Plachimada legal battle at that time.

V S Achuthanandan, a rebel with many causes

July 23, 2025 6:53 am

The last survivor of the 32 members of the CPI national council who walked out to form the CPM in 1964, Achuthanandan remained a rebel throughout his life. It often led him into conflicts with his party

V S Achuthanandan will be cremated Wednesday at the Valiyachudukadu funeral ground in his home district of Alappuzha, CPI(M) state secretary M V Govindan said.

V S Achuthanandan: From the freedom struggle to free software, to bringing MGR and Ilaiyaraaja – he always thought of the people

July 22, 2025 5:23 pm

Whether in power or outside, he always identified himself with the struggles of the poor for land, wages and livelihood. He could communicate with them easily and endeared himself to the masses

Former Kerala Chief Minister and legendary Marxist leader VS Achuthanandan.

V S Achuthanandan -- Communist, mass leader, icon

July 22, 2025 11:59 am

As CM, the biggest allegation against V S was that he behaved more like the Opposition leader. The jibe was about the mass agitations he led – such as against encroachment in the tourist paradise of Munnar or the fast he underwent demanding a ban on the deadly pesticide endosulfan

Did you know that VS Achuthanandan once appeared in a movie? Yep, you heard that right. And no, we're not referring to fictional characters inspired by him.

When VS Achuthanandan made his film debut at 93, fighting a powerful bottling plant threatening people's drinking water resources

July 22, 2025 9:02 am

Did you know that VS Achuthanandan once appeared in a movie? Yep, you heard that right. And no, we're not referring to fictional characters inspired by him.