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Maybe we are safer if our leaders sleep more?
In The Telegraph, Calcutta, Sankarshan Thakur reports on the antics of the nation’s leaders on whom our democracy rests on budget day: “But beyond these and few more, Pranab Mukherjee’s …
How the Pakistanis view Sachin Tendulkar’s feat
Editorial in the Pakistani daily, The Dawn, celebrating Sachin Tendulkar‘s double cenury, the first ever by a batsman in the 50-over format: “There are many truly wondrous things about Sachin …
CHURUMURI POLL: A doctorate for MTR boss?
After a brief spell of sanity under governor T.N. Chaturvedi, the business of Universities awarding honorary doctorates has now reverted to the familiar, well-trodden cycle of rewarding sychophants, chamchas, ideological …
From: Comrade Varada. To: Comrade Karat
W.R. Varada Rajan, a 64-year-old left trade union leader in Tamil Nadu and a CPM central committee member, has committed suicide because he was unfairly hounded and removed from all …
CHURUMURI POLL: Ban cricket under lights?
An environment activist in Bengal has filed a public interest litigation in the Supreme Court to not permit Indian Premier League (IPL) matches at night. His contention: floodlights consume a …
How the skyline darkened for a few on Tuesday
Smoke billowing out of Carlton Towers on the old airport road in Bangalore on Tuesday following a fire mishap. Firemen rescued many employees but the state’s home minister V.S. Acharya …
Whoever said Mohammed bin Tughlaq was dead?
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The Ace Political Expert (APE) was taking a rhythmic walk in the Cheluvamba Park after learning about the new form of walking from “experts”. With global warming, …
A sure sign of climate change (proof attached)
Winter’s over, summer ‘s here. As R.K. Pachauri & other disgraced “scientists” look for fresh evidence of climate change, a worker without any conflict of interest goes about the more …
Anna-sambar & the price of ISRO’s moon mission
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Two pieces of news concerning the Indian Satellite Research Organisation (ISRO) caught my eye recently. Exhibit A: Former ISRO chief G. Madhavan Nair was quoted as saying …
‘I thought she would live forever’: A love story
At the urging of his grandson, the renowned photo-journalist and churumuri contributor and wellwisher T.S. Nagarajan has just put together a private book titled ‘A Pearl of Water on a …
All that namma hudugi has to do khuda ke liye
Mysore (and Yadavagiri) girl Kalpana Pandit‘s new remix Khuda ke Liye, and a still shot during the shooting of the song in Bombay. Kalpana is also a doctor of great …
It used to be 1,411 till last night. Now it’s 1,410
A 15-year-old tiger found dead in the Baragi forest area of Bandipur national park on Saturday. Officials said it was killed by hunters. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Also read: Why …
Amitabh Bachchan, Aishwarya Rai & Journalism
Amitabh Bachchan, who only eight months ago confessed he wanted to be a journalist in his next life, continues to have problems with those practising the craft in their current …
shōmei sho: hai, rajninippon no sūpāsutā de aru
Rajnikant‘s superstardom in karaokeland, Japan, which is what the lettering in the headline above means, has long been an object of mystery and mirth. Finally, there is proof of his …
Divine sanction for mass murder of mute animals?
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: ‘Rivers of Blood flow at animal sacrifice in Raichur Village‘, screamed the Deccan Herald headline on February 15, when thousands of buffaloes and rams were butchered as …
From: Mallika Sarabhai. To: Amitabh Bachchan
Bollywood thespian Amitabh Bachchan recently appeared in Ahmedabad to promote his film Paa, rubbed shoulders with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Damodardas Modi and promptly declared his availibility to be the …
A few austere 5-star tents for the knicker lobby
Mail Today cartoonist R. Prasad‘s take on BJP president Nitin Gadkari apeing Congress MP Rahul Gandhi‘s stopover at Dalit homes. After the photo-op, the BJP jambooree has moved to Indore …
Behind a successful cyclist, there are a few men
At the BJP’s national council meeting in Indore, Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa pedals away, softly, to whirr of the cameras. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News *** The B.S. Yediyurappa photo …
A spectacle straight out of a Mani Ratnam movie
With summer round the corner, sprinklers get all active at the Cubbon Park in Bangalore on Wednesday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
CHURUMURI POLL: Gangubai music University?
The “proposal” to name the Music University in Mysore after the late Hindustani vocalist Gangubai Hanagal has triggered off a row. A bunch of Carnatic musicians, led by R.K. Srikantan …
“An appeal in the name of our friend, George”
The following is the full text of an appeal/ statement in the matter of member of Parliament George Fernandes by his longtime friends and wellwishers, issued by former Union minister …
Green outside, red inside, only amber is missing
Of all the many ways to judge the onset of summer, is there any as precise as the sight of water melons on roads and streets, as they were in the …
Look, who’s shaming the moral police in State
Former Karnataka minister Shobha Karandlaje, quoted in The Telegraph, Calcutta: “Agreed, pubs are not part of Indian culture. But if a youngster’s family has no problem in him or her …
Now, what will those fools do with these kids?
She carries the reputation of being a hotheaded motor mouth. But say what you will, the Kannada actress Ramya nee Divya Spandana has her heart where it should be. While …
Adolf Hitler, Bal Thackeray and My Name is Khan
In which the Fuhrer und Reichskanzler gives it to, verdammt!, the Faux Fuhrer of Kala Nagar, the Hindu Hridaysamrat with the Heineken. Also view: Adolf Hitler and the rise and …
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