E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji was watching the TV intently. “Konegoo Yediyurappanna arrest maadidrallo!” “Howdajji.” “He went where no chief minister from our State had ever gone before, even if it …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: OK, so I succumbed to the pressure and voted. All those radio ads, the newspapers specials, the gigantic banners on streets, and peer pressure from …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: On 20 January 1961, in his inaugural address after taking over as the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy said: “Ask not what your country …
JDS helmsman H.D. Deve Gowda was/is well known for deeply contemplating the upliftment of the underprivileged in very, very public settings. At the Congress janandolana in Bijapur yesterday, former deputy …
Indian cell phone operators grudgingly took a small step towards “number portability“—which allows subscribers to keep their old cell phone number even if they change their service provider—recently. CHANDRAMOHAN BRAMHASANDRA …
Former speaker S. Ramesh Kumar, a former JDS man now in the Congress, on TV9: “H.D. Deve Gowda always wants H.D. Revanna to be in charge of the public works …
In a surcharged atmosphere, nothing exceeds like excess. As if to underline the aphorism, the former State Congress chief Janardhan Poojary has dubbed H.D. Kumaraswamy as “the most corrupt chief …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: After riding the crest of a wave over the past 40 months, by hook and by crook, the writing is on the wall for …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: In tying up with the Congress in May 2004, his guns may have been trained on the BJP. In tying up with the BJP …
CPI(M) politburo member, Sitaram Yechury: “Deve Gowda‘s opportunism is something I can’t really understand because I was personally instrumental in making him the Prime Minister 10 years ago… “At that …