E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: As we speak, the “sovereign socialist secular democratic republic” of India is moving heaven, earth and everything else in between to conclude a civilian nuclear deal with …
SUDHEENDRA MURALI alerts us to a story in The Sunday Times of India in which the Supreme Court has, in its infinite wisdom, laid down three parameters on the basis …
The Indian Express, New Delhi, has used the Right to Information Act to obtain information about absenteeism from meetings of the Union cabinet since the United Progressive Alliance government came …
CHANDRASHEKAR HARIHARAN writes from Bangalore: It is difficult to explain some cruel ironies of life. Late last evening , a senior journalist called me out of the blue to ask …
R. Akhileshwari, Deccan Herald‘s veteran Hyderabad correspondent, quotes Andhra Pradesh activists working in Orissa as saying that the empowerment and economic improvement of Dalits is at the core of the …
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: A little more than a couple of months ago, on 18th of May, to be precise, I attended a fairly well-attended story-telling session by Sudha Murthy, …
churumuri records with regret the passing away of the Kannada critic and columnist H.S. Krishnaswamy Iyengar in Mysore on Friday. He was 89 years old. A longtime columnist on matters …
Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph: “In a letter he wrote to the prime minister, the BJP leader, L.K. Advani, described the ongoing conflict in Kashmir as one between the ‘nationalists’ …
Justin Sullivan of Getty Images captures a superb slice of history at the Democratic National Convention in Denver: Moe Spencer, a delegate from Washington, being comforted by a colleague after …
ASHWINI A. writes from Bangalore: Early this morning, a Delhi-datelined news item in Deccan Herald made me pull my hair out in wonderment: the Supreme Court of India had ruled …
“Beware of the three Ms: Mamata, Medha, and Mayawati.” —A shareholder’s advice to Ratan Tata at Tata Steel’s annual general meeting in Bombay yesterday True? False? Sexist stereotyping? Also read: …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The high-power committee in search of a vice-chancellor for the University of Mysore was busy doing what it is supposed to be doing: searching for a suitable …
An eagle sails over the main Amba Vilas palace in Mysore (and another hovers around) on Thursday. The scion of the erstwhile royal family, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, is reportedly spending …
Four immediately observable facts from the latest Pepsi™ commercial starring Mahendra Singh Dhoni that in a roundabout sort of way reinforces every tapori‘s belief that life is not all a-aa-e-ee: …
A wave of communal violence and retribution has gripped the poorest districts of Orissa following the dastardly murder of 84-year-old Vishwa Hindu Parishat (VHP) leader Swami Lakshmanananda Saraswati, known for …
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: If it was an automotive vehicle, the “Ban Wagon” would have been India’s best selling model. Ban this, ban that, and ban the other …
All the world is a bed, and there is no mattress softer than stone, for the tired limbs of coolies and loaders aching to catch a few winks after a …
Amitabh Bachchan, of course, thinks that India is no longer a third-world country; that it is a developed one. But have economic reforms—the process of liberalistion, globalisation and privatisation that …
The new ‘benne‘ biscuit on the block may be rich in proteins, rich in omega 3 fatty acids, rich in fibre, and may claim to stave off the dreaded insurgent …
Niranjan Rajadhyaksha writes of how specialisation works in sport as it does in business, in Mint “Online encyclopedia Wikipedia quite aptly describes Bhiwani as “the Kashi of boxing”. Three pugilists …
Scores of actors have done double roles and triple roles and quadruple roles, even ten roles at one time. However, most of those have largely been prosthetic ventures, the protagonist …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: Lawyers love being contra. I am a lawyer. Ergo this post is about being contra. Since the “majority” opinion according to The Times of India, …
“Chief Minister comes down heavily on bureaucrats” “District in-charge minister warns babus” “Minister takes officials to task” These are the kind of headlines that crowd the newspapers whenever a new …
Mother Aleyamma Thomas (left), and wife Beena Thomas and daughter Meghana Thomas (right), pay their final respects, in Bangalore on Monday, to Col Jojan Thomas who died along with three …
BHAMY V. SHENOY writes: In Non-Resident Indian circles in the United States, the first word that escapes the lips of NRIs when they start fashionably talking about the factors hindering …