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If children play with note counting machines…
The residence and offices of Karnataka BJP leader K.S. Eshwarappa were raided by the Lok Ayukta recently, acting on a complaint of “assets disproporation to the known sources of income”. …
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 …
CHURUMURI POLL: Should S.M. Krishna resign?
As the nation’s external affairs minister, Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna knows that it is a small world he lords over—what goes around, comes around. So just months after he threatened to …
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 …
Long arm of law catches up with a desh-bhakt
Nothing—not the permanent vermilion mark on his forehead; not the myriad visits to temples and mutts; not the prostration before swamijis and godmen; not the advice of astrologers and numerologists; …
A property broker with a Vidhana Soudha address
Former muzrai (religious endowment) minister S.N. Krishnaiah Shetty, who collapsed in the Lok Ayukta court on Saturday, after special court judge N.K. Sudhindra Rao directed his arrest, being carried to …
The real hero of Yedi’s downfall: Kumaraswamy?
One day he says he will “resign”; the next day his eyeballs glower in defiance. One day he is a “disciplined soldier of the party”; the next day he is …
The best Yediyurappa pictures on Planet Earth
Forty-six months ago, in October 2007, churumuri.com began curating pictures of B.S. Yediyurappa with an outstanding KPN picture (left) during a protest in front of the Raj Bhavan after “the …
From entry to exit, superstitious at every step
This is the typewritten press release that was sent by the media advisor to the Karnataka chief minister, R.P. Jagadeesh, around midnight last night, announcing B.S. Yediyurappa‘s stand after the …
And what happens to the indicted IAS officers?
B.S. Yediyurappa is on his way out after the clamour following the Lok Ayukta report, and so will the politicians who have been named alongside him: G. Karunakara Reddy, G. …
Do Lingayats blindly support the BJP en masse?
B.S. Yediyurappa has returned from the pristine sands of Mauritius to the urban jungle of Bangalore, only to say the most predictable thing with the most predictable scowl: that he …
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 …
Let a thousand Anna Hazares bloom across India
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The fast-unto-death by the social activist Anna Hazare in New Delhi and the nationwide support it has elicited for cleansing the system, has enormous …
The stunning moral collapse of BJP in Karnataka
The hi-decibel war-of-swear-words between the governor of Karnataka, H.R. Bharadwaj, and the chief minister, B.S. Yediyurappa, over the issue of the former’s go-ahead for the latter’s prosecution on corruption charges, …
Why is Yediyurappa taking on the Lok Ayukta?
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: Poor Yediyurappa, a victim of his own habits. The Karnataka chief minister is impulsive in his reactions, a habit which he has carried from …
In Karnataka Political League, Vision Twenty20
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I saw the Ace Political Expert (APE) emerge from the M. Chinnaswamy stadium after the finals of the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). As we sat down for …
‘BJP’s lotus grows in muck, so do BJP’s people’
Justice N. Santosh Hegde, the Lok Ayukta of Karnataka who has returned to office kicking and screaming after being persuaded by the “former future prime minister of India“, Shri Lalchand …
6 + 1 questions after the return of Santosh Hegde
The Karnataka Lok Ayukta, Justice N. Santosh Hegde‘s decision to withdraw his resignation will surprise a few and not surprise those whose literature major was drama. But his invocation of …
In ‘Ram Rajya’, hamaam mein sab nange hain
Justice Nanje Gowda Venkatachala and Justice Nitte Santosh Hegde. Both former judges at the Supreme Court of India. Both Lok Ayuktas of Karnataka, under four different chief ministers; the former …
CHURUMURI POLL: Dismiss BJP govt in Karnataka?
Normal human beings can’t hide a simple secret. How on earth do the abnormal human beings who now lord over the state of Karnataka hide 5 lakh tonnes of illegally …
Two lessons from Justice Hegde & Justice Hegde
With a 90-minute press conference bringing to nought the tens of crores being squandered in advertising the “sadhane” (achievements) of the two-year-old B.S. Yediyurappa government, the paid pipers of the …
CHURUMURI POLL: India’s most corrupt state?
The Lok Ayukta of Karnataka, Justice N. Santosh Hegde, has provided an appropriate curtain-raiser to the “Sadhane Samavesha” (convention of achievements) of the two-year-old BJP government in Karnataka by shining …
Those who live by the Reddys shall die by them
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: If Karnataka Chief Minister, B.S. Yediyurappa, finds himself in the vortex of an ugly political row triggered off by the challenge to his leadership …
“When I grow up, I want to be a sub-inspector”
Lok Ayukta raids unearthing “assets disproportionate to known sources of income” have long since ceased to surprise. But they also seem to have ceased to cause fear. This little hut …
From Subramanya Folly to Subramanya Revenge
The decision of the B.S. Yediyurappa government to transfer the commissioner of the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike, S. Subramanya, has set tongues wagging. Was it because of his “inappropriate” advice …