E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: In a rare show of friendship and camaraderie amidst hectic campaigning, politicians of various hues got together and played a five-overs-a-side tennis ball cricket match in Mysore, …
For the record, the humble farmer from Haradanahalli has more liabilities (Rs 64.99 lakh) than assets (Rs 32.55 lakh). For the record, the “diploma engineer” and his wife have two …
Seema Chisthi in The Indian Express: “The non-Congress, non-BJP parties rallied in Dobbespet, and now the Congress president is scheduled to flag off their campaign from Davangere in north Karnataka …
Power, even the faint promise of power, is the elixir, the magic potion, that fills blood in the veins of the Indian politician. Just months ago, after the assembly debacle …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: It’s a time to give; it’s time to hand over gifts to the important and not so important, for their contributions in the year gone by. *** …
Two years ago, finding a clean, publishable picture of Nikhil Gowda, the son-of-the-son-of-the-son-of-the-soil, was well nigh impossible, after the Hummer-driving college dropout and two of his pals ransacked Hotel Empire …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The Ace Political Expert (APE) had blisters all over his feet as he had to walk more than 6 km last Monday after waiting for around four …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I was sitting on the banks of the Ganga in Rudra Prayag. The place was enchanting. If Life is Eternity, here is a place you could almost …
Former Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, who took charge as president of the Janata Dal (Secular) in Karnataka in Bangalore on Monday, is blessed by his father and JDS national chief, …
S.R. RAMAKRISHNA writes from Bangalore: Iyengar bakeries must be Karnataka’s culinary gift to the world. The Iyengars of Tamil Nadu don’t run bakeries. The Iyengar bakeries in Madras—a friend tells …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: After the exciting launches of Chandrayaan I and II, the government quickly announced the dates for a manned spacecraft to land on the moon in the third …
D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: What is now happening in Karnataka is quite disturbing; almost unthinkable. People like me who went to school and college in the 1980s and …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Praveen Kumar III of South Western Railway was gazing at the track between Srirangapatna and Naguvanahalli. As he was staring at the track, his mind went back …
D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: In the run-up to the assembly elections in Karnataka and shortly after, B.S. Yediyurappa made an obscene number of visits to mutts and other …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: A recent discussion between commentators during a Test match on whether substitutes should be permitted to wear the “official” cap of the country woke up …
The Manmohan Singh government has reportedly decided to name Lucknow’s airport after former prime minister Chaudhury Charan Singh (in return for his son Ajit Singh‘s Rashtriya Lok Dal’s support during …
NIKHIL MORO writes from Mount Pleasant, Michigan: The alleged use of “mine power” by the Bharatiya Janata Party to lure newly elected legislators from the Congress and Janata Dal (Secular) …
R. Ramaswamy Iyengar in a letter to the editor of Praja Vani: “Some 58 years ago, N. Keshava Iyengar was the mayor of the Bangalore City Corporation. A staunch Congressman …
ALOK PRASANNA writes from Bangalore: Over the years, Indians have yearned for lots of things American. Everything from American money to American education to American movies and sitcoms and not …
M.J. Akbar lays his hands on the personal jottings of the prime minister for the benefit of Khaleej Times: “What I can’t understand is why the geeks of Bangalore never …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN is in an expansive mood. From the millions he has stashed away in various Swiss banks, after a long and distinguished career with leading transnational corporations in several …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The BJP hoisting the saffron flag for the first time on its own south of the Vindhyas is remarkable indeed. But what is equally …
Journalist turned BJP strategist Swapan Dasgupta, who had an inside track on the BJP campaign in Karnataka, writes about how the BJP learnt from and implemented the findings of an …
Now that the Bharatiya Janata Party has firmly set foot in the southern peninsula by exploding all the usual myths associated with it of being a party of just one …
“Janata seve, Janardhana seve,” goes the old saying. Meaning, serving the people is like serving god. In the anticipation of the former, Karnataka’s Family No. 1 is currently steeped in …