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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Posted on 31 August 2008 by churumuri
26

Do only Gujaratis have asmita? Don’t we Indians?


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 …

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Posted on 31 August 2008 by churumuri
7

In my humble opinion, an ‘idiot’ is one who…


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 …

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Posted on 31 August 2008 by churumuri
3

Only the teacher turns up for all the classes


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 …

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Posted on 30 August 2008 by churumuri
1

‘The world was his oyster for a Nehruvian Indian’


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 …

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Posted on 30 August 2008 by churumuri
31

‘Dalits assertion in Orissa unbearable for Hindus’


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 …

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Posted on 30 August 2008 by churumuri
2

The prince, the white crow & the philanthropist


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, …

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Posted on 30 August 2008 by churumuri
9

The Google before the real Google came along


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 …

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Posted on 30 August 2008 by churumuri
6

‘A dispute between two sets of communalists’


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’ …

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Posted on 29 August 2008 by churumuri
27

When last did a politician have this effect on us?


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 …

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Posted on 29 August 2008 by churumuri
19

‘In a rape, the rapists are on trial, not the raped’


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 …

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Posted on 29 August 2008 by churumuri
7

But then T.N. Seetharam just loves the M factor


“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: …

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Posted on 29 August 2008 by churumuri
35

God save a University which can’t find itself a VC


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 …

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Posted on 28 August 2008 by churumuri
9

And, suddenly, two flew over the Yuvaraja’s nest


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 …

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Posted on 28 August 2008 by churumuri
2

41 is still a good average on the cricket field


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: …

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Posted on 28 August 2008 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Ban the VHP and Bajrang Dal?


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 …

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Posted on 28 August 2008 by churumuri
9

10 more revolutionary steps to make roads ‘safe’


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 …

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Posted on 27 August 2008 by churumuri
6

The ‘sleeper cells’ a soft State doesn’t try to bust


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 …

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Posted on 27 August 2008 by churumuri
20

Quick, spot the real face of India that is Bharat


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 …

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Posted on 27 August 2008 by churumuri
10

Iyengar Tiffin Centre’s benne biskath is ITC’s…


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 …

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Posted on 27 August 2008 by churumuri
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How ‘BBC’ turned Bhiwani into ‘Kashi of Boxing’


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 …

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Posted on 26 August 2008 by churumuri
13

Aamir or Shah Rukh, Khan it get better than dish?


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 …

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Posted on 26 August 2008 by churumuri
117

Eight reasons why we should just let Kashmir go


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, …

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Posted on 26 August 2008 by churumuri
23

Hopefully, the number of capable MLAs is larger


“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 …

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Posted on 25 August 2008 by churumuri
20

First the father, then the son, all in a month


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 …

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Posted on 25 August 2008 by churumuri
27

3 questions our NRIs might like to ask their AKKA


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 …

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