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The first scam of the Kumaraswamy government?
Here is a mini-quiz. A delegation of citizens calls on a state government official asking for a road to be widened. The official pleads helplessness. He reportedly tells them that …
Send us your bricks and bouquets
Churumuri would like to hear from you. What are we doing right? What are we doing wrong? And what can we do to bring more colour and character to your desktop …
Look, What’s Happening at Murthy Angadi #4
Meanwhile, at the Sikkapatte Important Company of Karnataka, also known as Murthy Angadi, there has been a major reshuffle. Kis Baay Dasa, the pattinga who used to sit at the …
CHURUMURI POLL: Should IAS men act in films?
Last week's release of Naga, the feature film starrring the controversial bureaucrat K. Shivaramu, has reopened the old question: Should IAS officers be allowed to act in movies? Those in …
MIDWEEK MASALA: The Sardar and the Frog
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: The DFRL sardar was taking a brisk walk around the Karanji Lake when a frog sitting on the edge gestured him to pause. "Sarji, I have a …
With stars in our eyes and bilge in our brains
There was an interesting letter to the editor dated April 22 from Akkihebbal Venkatesh in yesterday's Star of Mysore: "Today, when I opened the papers, almost all of them had …
Not getting a job? Try hoooliganism as a career
P.M. VIJENDRA RAO writes: The pages of history are known to have the habit of popping up in revised editions, so we see the vengeful re-emergence of the East India …