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CHURUMURI POLL: President Narayana Murthy?
One day, last week, he was quoted as saying that “it would be a great honour to be the next president of the country” if all political parties agreed to …
CHURUMURI IMPACT: Kiran Mazumdar responds
Biocon chief Kiran Mazumdar-Shaw has responded to churumuri.com‘s post on her comments on Kannada writer and intellectual, U.R. Anantha Murthy. Below is the full text of her clarification. *** “WE …
‘Who’s Anantha Murthy? What’s his contribution?’
The embers of the N.R. Narayana Murthy row over the national anthem are still smouldering. With the controversy virtually rendering the Infosys chief persona non grata among parties and politicians …
Mohandas Pai on Narayana Murthy as President
The debate over who should be the next President is gathering steam, and much to the annoyance of his drum-beaters, it appears it is not going to be A.P.J. Abdul …
Nationalism is in the genes. Either you have it…
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Catching up on Narayana Murthy’s ‘embarrassment’, after having been away from the Land of Churumuri for a while, I was wondering about the impossibly labyrinthine folds of …
Humility’s like happiness. If we think we have it…
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Along with all the positive media coverage that President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam‘s visit to Mysore got, we also got, a glimpse of the unfortunate controversy generated …
Will the real Ponnappa please stand up?
Can a cartoonist have two views on the same subject on the same day in two different publications? In The Times of India, Bangalore edition, yesterday, the cartoonist N.S. Ponnappa …
‘Bill Gates won’t be President. So won’t NRN’
Ever since the “Lexus of Liberalisation” rolled out, the Indian media has been hustled into a hallucinatory high by the rustle of the advertising rupee. Feel-good pap barely distinguishable from …
‘MNCs are the new fulcrum of our patriotism’
NIKHIL MORO writes from Atlanta: I was heaving a sigh of relief that the jingoistic debate over N.R. Narayana Murthy‘s patriotism was over, when I read the latest: The Kannada …
S.L. Bhyrappa on the Narayana Murthy issue
For two ideologically aggressive individuals who are not afraid to take up topics beyond the margins of their notebooks, U.R. Anantha Murthy and S.L. Bhyrappa are daggers drawn on most …
U.R. Anantha Murthy on N.R. Narayana Murthy
In the aftermath of the N.R. Narayana Murthy row over the National Anthem, and the storm over Sachin Tendulkar cutting a cake in the colours of the National Flag, CNN-IBN’s …
The view, the opposite view, and the other view
“The view, the opposite view, and the other view,” is the motto of Al-Jazeera, the path-breaking Qatar-based Arabic news channel. The picture and cartoon above illustrate that spirit—that there isn’t, …
A suitable ‘punishment’ for Narayana Murthy
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes, tongue firmly in cheek: The brouhaha over N.R. Narayana Murthy‘s stand on the National Anthem rightly created a flutter all over the country, with Murthy eventually tendering …
What Infosys played, and what NRN said
Sagarika Ghose hosted a CNN-IBN “Face the Nation” segment on the Narayana Murthy-national anthem row, which was prefaced by a report from Bangalore by its correspondent Deepa Balakrishnan. Accompanying story: …
Bhaiyya, Tantoo Sharma ko gussa kyon aata hai?
News happens—or rather, news gets reported—in a strange fashion in India id est Bharat. If there is a train accident, you can rest assured that half-a-dozen more accidents will be …
What others are saying on Jana Gana Mana row
The Hindu: Legislators slam Infosys chief for remark on national anthem The Hindu: An avoidable row Deccan Herald: Assembly bays for NRN’s blood The Times of India: Murthy says sorry, …
CHURUMURI IMPACT: Sorry, says Narayana Murthy
Infosys founder and chief mentor N.R. Narayana Murthy has apologised for his “explanation” on why the national anthem wasn’t played as it should be during President A.P.J. Abdul Kalam‘s visit …
‘All companies must have the right to retrench’
[odeo=http://odeo.com/audio/5533963/view] Earlier this year, Karan Thapar, one of India’s more acerbic interviewers, interviewed N. R. Narayana Murthy on a range of big issues for CNN-IBN. Please click on the link …
Cho Ramaswamy: Why NRN won’t wash as Prez
Although A.P.J. Abdul Kalam only said “Fantastic, fantastic, fantastic” in response to some starry-eyed kid’s mention of N.R. Narayana Murthy‘s name as the next President, the TV channels have swung …
‘Jana gana mana’ makes foreigners uneasy: NRN
As the mascot of the new, emerging, rising, shining, strident, resurgent, pumped-up India id est Bharat, Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy wears the tricolour on his cuff links. So, you …
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