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A PEOPLE’S MANIFESTO FOR THE 2008 ELECTIONS
Call him what you will, like him or hate him, agree with him or disagree with him, there is no denying U.R. Anantha Murthy‘s zeal as a tireless public intellectual. …
‘The Hogenakal row is about land, not water’
The temporarily-suspended row between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu over the Hogenakal drinking water project has been remarkable for the almost complete lack of nuance and expertise in the articulation of …
Is every result null and void even before the poll?
The supposedly enlightened voters of Karnataka will troop to the polling booths on May 10, 16 and 22. An election after six months of President’s Rule is romantically painted as …
Now, imagine a rangoli as intricate as this
U.B. VASUDEV in Tampa, Florida, forwards a sketch of Jesus Christ, apparently “all done with a single stroke of the pen” in the year of the lord 1884. Art impresarios …
The two sins that are corroding our democracy
Pratap Bhanu Mehta in The Indian Express: “Our politics is now beset by two corrosive sins: a culture of avoidance, where those in leadership positions shy away from confronting difficult …