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The 8th Wonder: How Chandru became Sumitra
“I am a victim of multiple disadvantages. As an uneducated transgender from a poor Dalit family, I am cursed in more ways than one. I have been teased, insulted, beaten …
7 steps to protect your life and limb at an ATM
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: The recent attack on a lady ATM user in Bangalore was a most heinous crime that sent shock waves across our society because of the impact …
A ‘teesra’ from a legspinner is still a legbreak
Former India and Karnataka cricket captain, Anil Radhakrishna Kumble, delivering the Mansur Ali Khan Pataudi lecture in Bombay: “In 1990, as a teenager, I took my first steps in international …
‘The protector-in-chief who keeps India safe’
For most TV news consumers, Arnab Goswami is both a name and a phenomenon. But there are still large parts of the world to be conquered by Times Now‘s bulldog …
Everything is hunky-dory in reflected glory
A November shower gives photographers yet another opportunity to capture the “seat of government”, the Vidhana Soudha, in Bangalore on Monday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Also read: When George Fernandes …
World’s best batsman ever? No, the 29th best!
As the mammon-worshipping mavens of the cricket board turn a team sport into an individual one in Bombay, as a cash-strapped media engages in a cloying overkill of its original …
CHURUMURI POLL: Are Volvo buses safe in India?
Such is the hold of aircraft manufacturing giants over governments, politicians, administrators and over the media that few, if any, airline crashes are ever eventually pinned on the plane or …
Picture No. 34 in the world’s best BSY portfolio
Former Karnataka chief minister and the president of the Karnataka Janata Party, B.S. Yediyurappa, with KJP leader Shobha Karandlaje during the fledgling party’s indefinite strike at Anand Rao circle in …
When an ATM stands for Any Thing but Money
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: These days we have been having a spate of serial government and bank holidays. Last month it was because of the Dasara coinciding with Bakrid which …
OPINION POLL: Should opinion polls be banned?
“Vinaasha kaale vipareetha budhdhi,” is a saying which captures the mood of the Congress-led UPA government very well. As it swerves into the final lap of its second term in …