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India’s most photogenic former CM strikes again
If only B.S. Yediyurappa wasn’t striking this pose in flesh and blood while visiting his new office in Malleshwaram (that will be inaugurated in Bangalore on Friday), his fans and …
Ayyo, Amma, Mama, Maami, tea is national drink?
B.S.NAGARAJ writes from Bangalore: Planning commission deputy chairman Padma Vibhushan Montek Singh Ahluwalia has declared that tea would be accorded national drink status next year. Those native to the south …
A worm’s eye-view of the high-flying neighbours
With the roofs over their heads suddenly and cruelly removed by excavators, residents of an unauthorised construction hang out against the backdrop of a multi-storeyed building, on Sampige Road in …
Cream revolution comes to an end (for the day)
All the world may pine for rains in summer, but if there is one lot that just hates it, it is young boys dealing in willow and leather. In Malleshwaram …
Once upon a time, Govinda, Venky, Seshu, Gundu
MADHU GOPINATH RAO writes from New York City: August brings back fond memories. Memories of life when things were simple and black and white, a time when money was scarce …
Once upon a time, life as it was in Basavanagudi
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes from Bangalore: Basavanagudi and Malleshwaram are two of the oldest localities of Bangalore which are still in demand amongst those who seek houses to rent or to …
Once upon a time in Bangalore (as we knew it)
MADHU GOPINATH RAO writes from New York City: With an undeniable laidback charm, not so long ago, Bangalore was your quaint old south Indian city—a pensioner’s paradise and a garden …