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The Class Monitor and the High Ranking Bully
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Once upon a time there was a Class Monitor. He had been appointed Class Monitor as the school teachers thought he was honest, sincere and hard-working. His …
The sweat of the brow in the art of the possible
Precariously seated, an artist gives the finishing touches to a giant portrait at the Chitra Santhe at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat on Kumara Krupa Road, in Bangalore on Sunday. Or …
How did Dharwad become ground zero of music?
Kumar Gandharva, Basavaraj Rajguru, Puttaraj Gawai, Mallikarjuna Mansur, Gangubai Hanagal, Bhimsen Joshi, Venkatesh Kumar…. The roster of titans from within a hundred-mile radius of Dharwad is long and illustrious. But …
Montek Singh Ahluwalia gets a Padma for what?
PRITAM SENGUPTA writes from New Delhi: Unlike the Padma awards last year which had the media doing cartwheels over the inclusion of the controversial New York hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal …
Three feet off the ground gives you a nanosecond
If this were a cricket match, the commentators would at this very moment be going over and over “slow-mo” replays to see if there is a ray of light between …
A cradle of civilisation, at its peak or its nadir?
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Our 62nd Republic Day dawned with the morning newspaper announcing—or more appropriately, screaming out—the news of the brutal lynching just a day before, of a sincere …
At the quincentenary amid the rocks, a beauty
In the 500th year of the ascension of Krishnadevaraya to the throne of the Vijayanagar empire, the dancer-actor Shobana (left) performs at the Hampi Utsav, in Hampi on Thursday. Photograph: …
Has the middle-class deserted Manmohan Singh?
Manmohan Singh was always the darling of the middle-class. He was educated, honest, and had risen to the top on his own steam—plus Manmohanomics had put money in their pockets. …
Do you really have to shout that you love India?
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Padma Bhushan for namma T.J.S. George
churumuri.com is delighted to announce that a friend, philosopher, guide and well-wisher—Thayil Jacob Sony George better known to the world as T.J.S. George—has been decorated with the nation’s third highest …
Narayana Murthy and the Netaji Bose fixation
PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: Cutting across all ideological colours, many of us seem to enjoy playing an occasional game of counterfactual fantasy. It’s called, “If only we had the …
The stunning moral collapse of BJP in Karnataka
The hi-decibel war-of-swear-words between the governor of Karnataka, H.R. Bharadwaj, and the chief minister, B.S. Yediyurappa, over the issue of the former’s go-ahead for the latter’s prosecution on corruption charges, …
BHIMSEN JOSHI: A LEGEND IN HIS LIFETIME
churumuri.com records with deep regret the demise of Pandit Bhimsen Gururaj Joshi in Poona this morning. The Gadag-born Bharat Ratna was 90 years old and had been ailing for some …
In the darkness, a ray of light at 19:12:30 hours
First they said the trial run would begin on Monday, 24 January 2011. Then they said it wouldn’t. But Namma Metro slithered silently along Mahatma Gandhi road, well ahead of …
Why Yediyurappa is on a strong wicket (for now)
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: A protracted legal battle, especially over the issue of the discretionary powers enjoyed by the governor, appears likely to be the most important fallout …
A naataka mandali for the theatre of the absurd
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I bumped into yesteryear’s Ace Dramatist (AD) at the Ranga Shankara last night. AD is an actor, playwright and producer who has seen better days. He even …
And how a famous head looks after the ‘2G scam’
After using a cartoon to prove what a caricature he has made of the State (with help from governor H.R. Bharadwaj), chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa strides down the stairs, with …
How a famous bus station looks without the buses
The Kempe Gowda bus station— the late R. Gundu Rao‘s most famous contribution to the skyline of Bangalore as chief minister—wears a deserted look on Saturday, following the bandh called …
A governor whose reputation precedes him
Much like it is difficult for all the scams in theUPA-II regime to be mentioned without invoking the “personal integrity” of the prime minister Manmohan Singh, it seems it is …
From Murthy to Reddy, and from IT to ‘looty’
On the eve of the 61st anniversary of the Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic of India, the historian Ramachandra Guha bemoans the state of the State in the latest issue …
Badsha, Sukri’s, Simha Silks, Tiffany’s & Logan
A new TV commercial for Logan, the Renault car manufactured and marketed in association with Mahindra & Mahindra, is shot in Mysore. Built to address the ageold Indian question of …
CHURUMURI POLL: Prosecute B.S. Yediyurappa?
Karnataka’s disgraceful tamasha since the BJP came to power two years ago—a scandal and scam-tainted tragicomedy that has reduced a great and glorious State to a laughing stock in the …
The timidity of the Ultimate Playsafe Alliance
In November 2007, the US embassy in Delhi sent a cable to Washington, which was revealed later by Wikileaks. It said, among other things, “Mrs (Sonia) Gandhi never misses an …
The biggest day ever in the history of Bangalore?
How the nuts, bolts, rivets, cables, moats, etc, will look like under the wheels when Namma Metro slides into and slips out of the Ulsoor station for its trial run …
Any wonder private sector hates reservations?
The mention of “social inclusion” invokes a yawn in many people but this infographic accompanying a story on the first-ever caste census of corporate India’s human resources, in The Indian …