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How BJP plunged Karnataka into cesspool of caste
“Welcome to the Vidhana Soudha. If you are a Lingayat, press 1. If your are a Gowda , press 2. If you are a Kuruba, press 3. If you are …
A sacrificial pawn on Yediyurappa’s chess board
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: Jagadish Shettar, who has been catapulted to the position of chief minister-designate in Karnataka, has been nothing but a political pawn in the game …
Has Yediyurappa melted the Loh in Loh Purush?
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The BJP high command is neither high nor has any command left. This stark truth emerges succinctly from the manner in which the BJP …
CHURUMURI POLL: Will BSY-BJP peace last?
Yet another episode of the BJP’s non-stop nataka in Karnataka has come to an end—a quiet, wimpish end after all the fire-breathing over the weekend—but the big question still remains: …
What should BJP do about Yediyurappa problem?
The BJP’s disgraceful nataka in Karnataka continues without a pause. Nary a fortnight passes without TV viewers and newspaper readers being woken up to the now familiar anthem of name-calling, …
The flying bird always fascinates the young one
A little girl clambers up her mother’s shoulder to catch a glimpse of Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda, as he arrives at Mudalapur in Koppal district on Wednesday during …
Udupi verdict shows voters tiring of BJP antics
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The defeat in the Udupi-Chikamagalur by-election to the Lok Sabha is the price the BJP has paid—at last—for making a mockery of the mandate …
CHURUMURI POLL: Why were journos targetted?
There is something quite unreal and almost unbelievable about the extraordinary violence unleashed by lawyers on mediamen in Bangalore on Friday last. For starters, there is the timing of it. …
Five questions for L.K. Advani and Arun Jaitley
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Who exactly is ruling Karnataka right now? Exhibit A: The Mahatma Gandhi national rural employment guarantee scheme (MGNREGS) guarantees employment in rural areas. Of the Rs 2,153 …
This is your chief minister, and here is the news
Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda inaugurates the Kannada news channel, Public TV, in Bangalore on Sunday by reading a news item from a laptop computer. The channel is headed by …
Why Karnataka nixed sex education proposal
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: According to a statement by an official of United Nations children’s emergency fund, in April 2011, the Karnataka government prudishly turned down a UNICEF proposal to impart …
BJP apologises for its ‘natak’ in Karnataka? No.
After over six months in office, the Karnataka chief minister D.V. Sadananda Gowda (second from left) finally—finally!—strikes a telegenic pose worthy of his predecessor B.S. Yediyurappa, at a yoga camp …
The only feet any Chief Minister should fall at
From a shameless obsequiousness born out of fear, favour and worse, Indian politicians love to see the cameras catching them falling at the feet and knees of shady godmen, swamijis, …
Because, well, the s**t has hit the ceiling fan
The BJP’s disgraceful tandav with democracy in Karnataka is coming full circle in Bellary. It was from the mineral-rich district that the party’s ascent towards power and the State’s descent towards …
In BJP land, lone-ranger’s success has two fingers
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The BJP in Karnataka finds itself in an unusual fix. It is not in a position to openly savour the victory in the just …
Double-riding in the era of helicopter joy rides
While his obscenely large colleagues prefer obscenely large SUVs, Suresh Kumar (right)—just about the only minister in the disgraceful Yediyurappa team with whom the word “clean” could have been used without inviting …
CHURUMURI CONTEST: What’s on Yedi’s mind?
There is no other way to say this: the media will miss B.S. Yediyurappa. For three years and two months, the Karnataka chief minister was a photographer’s (and front page …
How much longer will Yediyurappa stay in BJP?
The BJP high command has been saved by the bell of rahukala, with B.S. Yediyurappa relenting and walking to the Raj Bhavan to submit his resignation following his indictment by …
CHURUMURI POLL: Who will be Karnataka CM?
The BJP central leadership’s stern instruction to B.S. Yediyurappa to resign immediately at least removes one possibility from the equation: that the party bosses might sit on the fence endlessly …
In a democracy, prince and pauper beg together
Given the kind of space, importance and attention newspapers, magazines and websites give photographs these days, it would not be unfair to say that the just-concluded general elections was visually below-par. There …