*** “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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The Assembly hall of the Vidhana Soudha had gradually turned into a must-see tourist spot in Bangalore beating the likes of Dodda Ganapathy, museum, Bannerghatta zoo, Lal …
If this is the kind of language H.D. Deve Gowda uses in public, in the full glare of TV cameras, it boggles the mind to imagine what the former prime …
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. *** …
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 …
“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 …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I was watching Sreenivasan Jain trying to moderate the dog (?) fight between Margaret Alva and Sushma Swaraj amidst some invited guests on NDTV and wondering how …
Law makers are now law breakers. In the 89 assembly constituencies going to the polls on Saturday in Phase 1 of polling, there are 47 candidates with a criminal record, …
PALINI R. SWAMY writes from Bangalore: The nomination of candidates for the assembly elections has followed a set pattern, suggesting that our political parties and politicians are like stuck records—they …
Former chief minister H.D. Kumaraswamy filed his nomination papers from the Ramanagaram assembly constituency yesterday. And the son of the humble farmer attached an affidavit of his assets and liabilities. …
Thamma yesterday, anna today. In the Deve Gowda family’s pocketborough, Hassan, fans and admirers of H.D. Revanna strung up banners across the City to usher in their leader’s 51st birthday …