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From all of us to all of you: HAPPY NEW YEAR
From all of us at churumuri to all of you in every part of the globe, here’s wishing you a very happy new year, full of the very best life …
Why nimma Ajji is OK with world ending in 2012
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was doing pooje at the Tulasi katte on the last Saturday of the year. I was sitting nearby, what with a double attack of seasonsal chill …
Doctor’s prescription for a Happy New Year: Free
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: A brand new year is standing at our threshold, all set to enter our lives. Or, maybe I should say that we are standing at its …
CHURUMURI POLL: The A-hole of the year is…?
As the year draws close, newspapers, magazines and TV stations unfailingly announce their man of the year, woman of the year, Indian of the year, product of the year, etc. …
And the most popular song of the year is…?
A bunch of Punjabis sing the catchiest version of the song that will be played a million times on Friday night as the “murderous rage” of 2011 slips over into …
Dear God: Save us from Sunny, Dada, Shaz, Waz
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Many years ago, before we began adorning papad-thin plasma screens on our walls, India’s finest cricket writer (no, not that one) described one of life’s …
Corrupt, communal, cynical and also casteist?
Caste is back—and in your face. To pave the way for fixers seeking to stymie the Lokpal match, the Congress-led UPA has envisaged reserving half the nine-member institution on the …
‘Appe Midi’, Julia Roberts and S. Bangarappa
D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: Even though Sarekoppa Bangarappa spent almost 15 years in the national capital New Delhi as a four-time MP—he entered the Lok Sabha on a …
Nine reasons why we should support Aadhaar
BHAMY V. SHENOY writes from Houston, Texas: Hundreds of crores of rupees have been spent on it. Millions of Indians have stood in queues and registered themselves for it. One …
They gave us Veena Malik, we give them Dhanush
Who would have thought that an “actress” whose clothes gladly yield to gravity and a silly song with kindergarten lyrics would do more for “people to people” contact between India …
It’s an ad, ad, ad world and it’s even official
Rajiv Gandhi‘s 2011 birth anniversary: 108 ads across 48 pages in 12 newspapers surveyed by churumuri. Indira Gandhi‘s 2011 birth anniversary: 64 ads across 32 pages in the same 12 …
CHURUMURI POLL: Yediyurappa as CM again?
There is nothing like the aphrodisiac called power; it corrects all electile dysfunctions in a democracy. Barely five months ago, B.S. Yediyurappa was the black sheep of the BJP, kicking …
T.S. Satyan: The man, the memories, the awards
Images from the T.S. Satyan Memorial Awards for Photojournalism, instituted by Karnataka Photo News in association with churumuri.com, which were given away at the Raj Bhavan in Bangalore on Sunday, …
Why Sachin should not get Bharat Ratna now
The modification of the rules of eligibility for the nation’s highest civilian award, the Bharat Ratna—expanding the field of possibilities from art, literature, science and public service to “performance of …
A free picture for your New Year greeting card
“A free photograph for your New Year greeting card” is, of course, just a cheap search engine optimisation (SEO) technique to draw attention to a lovely view of the big …
Ask not what your leaders have done for you…
With the year drawing to a close and Christmas close at hand, E.R. RAMACHANDRAN is in an expansive mood, compiling a list of gifts that he would like to give …
T.S. SATYAN Memorial Awards: the winners are…
Karnataka Photo News and churumuri.com are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural T.S. Satyan Memorial Awards for Photojournalism. The awards will be presented by the governor of Karnataka, …
T.S. Satyan memorial awards for photojournalism
churumuri.com is pleased to associate with India’s first web-based photo syndication agency, Karnataka Photo News (KPN), for the inaugural T.S. Satyan Memorial Awards in Photojournalism, in honour of the legendary …
Church, temple, mosque, gurudwara & hunger
The food security bill, masterminded by the Sonia Gandhi-headed national advisory council (NAC), that seeks to guarantee that 63.5% of India’s population don’t go hungry and translate the Congress party’s …
As if we didn’t have enough traffic ‘diversions’
churumuri‘s relentless coverage against the commodification of women continues. This time, we swing the spotlight on the actress Tejaswini Prakash (left) and model Supriya Roy, at an exhibition organised by Karnataka …
‘Linguistic states doing more harm than good’
The Marathi-speaking councillors of Belgaum City corporation recently conspired to pass a resolution not to honour the Jnanpith Award winning Kannada author, Chandrasekhar Kambar. Kerala and Tamil Nadu have gone …
A picture that’s not suitable for non-Kannadigas
To paraphrase two-trick pony Rahul Gandhi, there are two Karnatakas. One eats avocados; the other eats avare kayi. For parochial connoisseurs of flat beans, the doors of paradise are beginning to …
‘Deccan Herald’ tests the forces of media gravity
Karnataka’s oldest English newspaper, Deccan Herald, has made a brave northwards foray with the launch of its New Delhi edition on 11 December 2011, 100 years after political power moved to …
We stopped counting at around 43, give or take 2
Women draw rangoli on the street as part of Kartika Deepam, at Shivana Chetty Garden, in Bangalore on Saturday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News
POLL: Has UPA ‘fooled’ the people on Lok Pal?
The four-decade-old quest for an independent and effective Lok Pal has entered a crucial phase once again with the tabling of the parliamentary standing committee’s report and its immediate rejection …