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POLL: Has RSS shown Narendra Modi his place?
The RSS ideologue M.G. Vaidya has kicked off a big storm in the BJP teacup ahead of the Gujarat elections, by alleging that Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi was behind …
‘Ram, a bad husband; Lakshman, a worse brother’
The Ramayana, reinterpreted by the renowned criminal lawyer Ram Jethmalani, in The Hindu: “Ram was a bad husband. I don’t like him at all. Just because some fisherman said something, …
CHURUMURI POLL: Spare 2G scam-tainted Kani?
The order of the special court hearing the 2G spectrum allocation scam on the bail application of the former Hindu sub-editor turned poet turned parliamentarian, M.K. Kanimozhi in the 2G …
CHURUMURI POLL: Will you vote for Hema Malini?
The BJP’s decision to nominate the former dancer-actor Hema Malini as the party’s nominee for the Rajya Sabha polls from Karnataka is now a fait accompli. In itself, appointing an …
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 …
CHURUMURI POLL: A Kannadiga MP for Bihar?
Should an “outsider” represent us, is a question that dogs linguistically resurgent Karnataka whenever a Rajya Sabha election is round the corner. Should a Telugu (Venkaiah Naidu) represent Karnataka? Should …
CHURUMURI POLL: Has Jethmalani exposed BJP?
Nothing serves to show up the hypocrisy of politicians and political parties better than an election. And so it is with the nomination by god’s own party, the BJP, of …
Jessica Lal verdict, proof that Indian media works
The Supreme Court of India has upheld the life sentence awarded by the Delhi high court to Manu Sharma, the son of Congress leader and former Union minister Vinod Sharma, …
‘BJP’s brand of Hindutva is counterfeit Hindutva’
The noted jurist Ram Jethmalani in The Sunday Guardian: “My complaint against the BJP has been that the Hindutva projected by it for electoral purposes is a counterfeit Hindutva. Its …
At last, Advani’s quest for a debate is realised
Lalchand Kishinchand Advani wants a debate, and he is getting one. Not from the man he wants to take on, but from the woman who is taking him on in …
The genesis of the great Hegde-Gowda rivalry
The Congress’ move to put up Mamata Nichani against H.D. Kumaraswamy in Ramanagara/m has attracted attention for all the wrong reasons. But as Johnson T.A. writes in the Indian Express, …