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Posted on 14 June 2018 by churumuri
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H.D.Kumaraswamy’s tourism minister has revealed his first big project: shift Mysore’s iconic race course


For modern-day “lawmakers”, legislation is mostly a side business. “Business” is their main business. Many of them list agriculture as their primary source of income but it is land that …

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Posted on 2 June 2018 by churumuri
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A blood-curdling disaster waiting to happen in Hindutva’s laboratory in the South. What are bhakts going to do about it?


Cataclysm is not a word that must be loosely uttered or used, but a cataclysmic disaster awaits the “naadina janathe”, the 6.5 crore Kannadigas H.D.Kumaraswamy reminds us of, every day. …

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Posted on 27 May 2018 by churumuri
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A spicy ‘khichdi’ whipped up by cooks from all over, versus a great, great, great grandma’s recipe


By SHASHIKIRAN MULLUR What happened around me these last days? The traffic came back. The posters and hoardings showing the faces of our pretty politicians came back. (The use of …

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Posted on 25 May 2018 by churumuri
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Does the ‘S’ in JDS stand for superstition? H.D.Kumaraswamy visits an astonishing 19 temples, mutts, godmen in 3 days


*** “God’s Own Party” BJP keeps describing the JDS-Congress coalition in Karnataka as an “unholy alliance”, but H.D. Kumaraswamy has gone out of his way to seek the stamp of …

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Posted on 23 May 2018 by churumuri
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11 things Kannadigas expect from their new government which you did not hear during the “high-voltage” campaign


The way political parties and politicians frame State assembly elections—and the way the media amplifies it—it would seem that the only issues before people are the alleged “plight” of Hindus, …

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Posted on 13 May 2018 by churumuri
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Deve Gowda’s most trusted aide, a one-time school teacher, learns a lesson but puts his voters to test


Janata Dal (Secular), the third bedfellow in Karnataka’s political harem, is in a piquant position with the result of the 2018 slugfest just a couple of torrid nights away. No …

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Posted on 3 May 2018 by churumuri
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Media in the time of elections: a megaphone for megalomania and propaganda? Or a microscope for deceit, lies and distortions?


At the release of the Congress manifesto, Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah claims his government has fulfilled “99% of its 169 asssurances ” in the last five years. At an election …

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Posted on 26 December 2017 by churumuri
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Does Anantkumar Hegde’s mother Lalita approve of his ‘sanskaar’ when he likens Tipu to a dog?


Five days after the Bharatiya Janata Kazhagam (Bha-Ja-Ka as Bha-Ja-Pa is known in Tamil Nadu) was left unbeaten on 99 in its quest for “Mission 150” in Gujarat, a report …

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Posted on 29 January 2014 by churumuri
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Usually before an election, the wheels come off


During his recent whistle-stop tour of Kerala, Rahul Gandhi jumped out of his security cocoon and clambered on top of a police vehicle. But it is not just the Congress …

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Posted on 25 April 2013 by churumuri
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Why Modi will address only one rally in K’taka*


Security personnel on election duty search a car at a check post on Hospet road in Bellary on Thursday, even as a new pre-poll survey suggests that the Congress, despite …

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Posted on 28 July 2012 by churumuri
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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 …

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Posted on 20 September 2011 by churumuri
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Namma Metro as the metaphor of ‘Avara’ Avarice


Illegal mining scams, denotification scams, land grabbing scams, site allotment scams…. For a State that makes much of its nela (land) and jala (water), it is no surprise that all …

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Posted on 1 September 2011 by churumuri
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When the witness box resembles a conveyor belt


One of India’s most progressive States. The cradle of reforms. “Rama Rajya” in the eyes of the Mahatma. The homeground of sage-administrators like Sir MV. The capital of information technology. …

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Posted on 27 August 2011 by churumuri
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The shortest route to a man’s heart is through…


In theory, some Lucknow maulvi has issued a fatwa against “politically motivated” iftars. In practice, that is an edict that is meant to be violated flagrantly; the breaking of the …

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Posted on 31 July 2011 by churumuri
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‘BJP has fallen prey to politician-entrepreneurs’


PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes: The protracted and acrimonious power tussle in Bangalore, quite reminiscent of several episodes in recent years, demolishes Bharatiya Janata Party’s claim to be a party …

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Posted on 27 July 2011 by churumuri
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One question I’m dying to ask B.S. Yediyurappa


After a minor leak and much drama baazi, the Lok Ayukta report on illegal mining in Karnataka is officially out, and the facts provide the full and final proof of …

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Posted on 23 July 2011 by churumuri
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Has the BJP lost all sense of shame in Karnataka?


If a photograph is worth a thousand metaphors, this is it. On the face of it, the cranes, the excavators and the barricades show the backbending work on the Bangalore …

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Posted on 26 June 2011 by churumuri
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Even God needs proof of what the buffoons said


As two arrogant, power-drunk, mammon-worshippers shamelessly cross the line between “State” and “Church” and put the good lord in an embarrassing position, OB (outside broadcasting) vans of the TV newschannels …

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Posted on 21 June 2011 by churumuri
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Just one question ‘God’ should ask Yedi & HDK


Now that two power-drunk, sons of the soil lording over the real estate that is Karnataka have decided to subject the presiding deity at Dharmasthala to His biggest test yet—to …

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Posted on 20 June 2011 by churumuri
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Should netas swear before God in secular India?


Long years ago, the American author Kurt Vonnegut wrote that disaster is brought on most frequently, not by sceptics who agree to live under flawed and cumbersome human laws, but …

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Posted on 11 April 2011 by churumuri
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The Mahatma in the eyes of Deve Gowda’s son


BHAMY V. SHENOY writes: I was shocked to read a news item in today’s Deccan Herald—“If Gandhi were alive, he would have been corrupt: HDK”—in which the former chief minister, …

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Posted on 24 February 2011 by churumuri
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Guess what I bought my girlfriend on Feb 14?


Ordinary mortals buy roses for their beau on Valentine’s Day. Sons of the soil buy TV news channels. Well, that’s what Bangalore Mirror, the tabloid from The Times of India …

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Posted on 23 January 2011 by churumuri
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Why Yediyurappa is on a strong wicket (for now)


MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: A  protracted legal battle, especially over the issue of the discretionary powers enjoyed by the governor, appears likely to be the most important fallout …

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Posted on 6 January 2011 by churumuri
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No winners here, all are losers in their own ways


MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: Politics does not always pay. This perhaps is the bitter lesson that the political parties have learnt  in the just-concluded panchayat elections. All three …

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Posted on 11 October 2010 by churumuri
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Nothing is what it seems when scoundrels meet


Indian politicians, cutting across party lines, cutting across States, have two, standard quotable quotes for the camera. One, “nothing is impossible in politics”. And two, “there are no permanent friends …

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