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CHURUMURI POLL: Does Mukesh Ambani run India?
Long years ago, when Doordarshan was the only TV option for the mango people, the weekly serial was the sole form of entertainment in the back of beyond. Each evening, …
What should we do to this Japanese immigrant?
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: There is an ongoing tussle between the forest department of Karnataka and wildlife enthusiasts on one side and the breeders, sellers and users on the other …
CHURUMURI POLL: Has India lost moral compass?
In its 62nd year as a Republic, India presents a picture that can only mildy be termed unedifying. Scams are raining down on a parched landscape with frightening ferocity. From …
What the lights ‘n’ sights of Mysore hide from you
“Doorada betta nunnuge” (from afar, even a distant hill looks smooth) is an old Kannada saying. The sight of the Mysore palace with the Jayachamarajendra Wodeyar circle in the foreground, …
Nagoji Dikshit & his Kantian quest for knowledge
Sri Siddeshwara swamiji of the Jnana Yogashram in Bijapur, quoted in Star of Mysore: “Immanuel Kant lived up to 80 years and spent all his life in the quest of …
When ‘time piece’ gets a whole new meaning
churumuri‘s acclaimed campaign against the commodification of women continues without a pause. This time, models flaunting Titan’s Edge series of watches at a launch in Bangalore on Friday. Photograph: …
When Mr Gandhi sent a message to Ms Gillard?
The Australian prime minister Jullia Gillard tripped and fell at Mahatma Gandhi‘s memorial, Rajghat, in Delhi on Wednesday after she had placed a wreath and was walking towards the television …
Mysore Mallige for ‘Maharani’ on day of glitz, gold
On the first day of Dasara 2012, the scion of the erstwhile royal family of Mysore, Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, dressed in traditional robes, sits on the throne at the main palace …
It’s true: every view can have an opposite view
At Hasthakala, an exhibition of traditional arts and crafts at the Karnataka Chitrakala Parishat, a divine dude in stately recline takes a comfortable look at visitors, in Bangalore on Monday. …
The total number of colours in this picture is…
Students of the Satya Sai institute of home science turn out in their colourful best at a youth festival organised by the women’s University in Dharwad on Thursday. Photograph: Karnataka …
They don’t make journos like VNSR any more
churumuri records with regret the passing away of V.N. Subba Rao, the former chief reporter and chief of bureau of the undivided Indian Express—and a guru and mentor to hundreds …
8 reasons Karnataka is wrong on Cauvery issue
Like a bad penny, the Cauvery “dispute” returns to the national discourse every few years with both the “riparian” States involved the story, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, making the same …
CHURUMURI POLL: Is this Congress’s Bofors-II?
The grenade lobbed by the Arvind Kejriwal–Prashant Bhushan gang on Friday, accusing Robert Vadra, the son-in-law of Sonia Gandhi, of dubious deals with the construction company DLF, has sent the …
If the Mahatma could rethink his xenophobia…
Ramachandra Guha in The Telegraph, Calcutta: R.K. Narayan did not write in Kannada, but his works sensitively portray the people, culture and landscapes of the state of Karnataka. His 1938 …
CHURUMURI POLL: Will Yedi exit harm BJP?
After threatening to leave the Bharatiya Janata Party virtually every fortnight since he resigned from office in disgrace under a haze of sleaze and corruption in July 2011—and after making …
All that glitters is not always what you think it is
Not a gold mine, just work afoot on the Namma Metro project at Minsk Square in Bangalore on Monday evening. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Also view: The namma Metro photo …
How can Bhyrappa & Co be same as Yedi & Co?
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Parochial thoughts. Narrow-minded pettiness. Divisive ideas that spell acrimonious discord. Ttaking cheap potshots at men and twisting core issues out of proportion. Displaying a reckless and irresponsible …
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