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CHURUMURI POLL: Who’s ahead in Karnataka?
From a Karnataka perspective, the 2014 Lok Sabha election has been a roller-coaster ride. After the Congress’s thumping return to power in the 2013 assembly elections, the party believed it …
The Talibanisation of Kannada cinema—Part II
VASANT SHETTY writes from Bangalore: Bangalore is home to “Sandalwood”, the Kannada film industry. The industry produces 120-130 movies an year and, like other major film industries in India, has …
CHURUMURI POLL: Could Jayalalitha be PM?
Counting the chickens before they are hatched, is a familiar human frailty. And, as elections draw near with intimations of the mortality of the Congress-led UPA, there are many who …
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 …
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 …
POLL: Have Tatas, Birlas, Ambanis let India down?
Hell hath no fury than an industrialist scorned. The naming of Kumar Mangalam Birla, the youthful chief of the Aditya Birla group, in the 14th first information report (FIR) filed …
POLL: What does Sachin Tendulkar’s future lie?
Many of us, lesser mortals, cannot keep our feet on the ground and our heads on our shoulders after we “succeed”. A good job, a nice designation, a few accolades …
