Like in a Tom & Jerry cartoon film, Kannadigas, fleeing their pursuers, ran furiously across the cliff—and tipped over. But, unlike in the hands of animators, where the cat defies gravity …
The #KarnatakaFloorTest today is only one part about B.S. Yeddyurappa. The larger message is about Narendra Modi, and the BJP’s claim of being a “party with a difference”. Different, that …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: Jagadish Shettar, who has been catapulted to the position of chief minister-designate in Karnataka, has been nothing but a political pawn in the game …
T.J.S. GEORGE writes: Crippled by corruption, Karnataka is now brutalised by blackmail. Corruption was the collective contribution of all parties. What the Congress carried on quietly, the JD(S) took up …
Meanwhile, away from the heat, dust and sparks over the 2G scam and FDI in retail and the Lok Pal and Kanimozhi‘s release and whatever will fill up the “hour” …
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 …
RAVI KRISHNA REDDY writes from Bangalore: It is truly a sad state of politics in Karnataka. Charlatans and confidence artists, with none of the qualifications desired by a good and …
There is nothing more revealing in politics than a old, doddering politician who buries his head in the sand and tries to gauge the prevailing wind of public opinion. And …
The BJP likes to see the B.S. Yediyurappa problem like it has done the Narendra Damodardas Modi problem: as a local problem of a local leader. But in the era …
While his obscenely large colleagues prefer obscenely large SUVs, Suresh Kumar (right)—just about the only minister in the disgraceful Yediyurappa team with whom the word “clean” could have been used without inviting …
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. …
Cartoons: courtesy Keshav/The Hindu and R. Prasad/Mail Today *** Also read: CHURUMURI POLL: Why did Sushma Swaraj ditch Reddys? How the BJP completely lost the plot in Karnataka CHURUMURI POLL: …
With the Congress-led UPA government once again dismissing governor H.R. Bharadwaj‘s recommendation to dismiss the BJP government in Karnataka, a quick recap of the amazing life and dangerous times of …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: A protracted legal battle, especially over the issue of the discretionary powers enjoyed by the governor, appears likely to be the most important fallout …
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: I bumped into yesteryear’s Ace Dramatist (AD) at the Ranga Shankara last night. AD is an actor, playwright and producer who has seen better days. He even …
Much like it is difficult for all the scams in theUPA-II regime to be mentioned without invoking the “personal integrity” of the prime minister Manmohan Singh, it seems it is …
On the eve of the 61st anniversary of the Sovereign Socialist Secular Democratic Republic of India, the historian Ramachandra Guha bemoans the state of the State in the latest issue …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: The post-globalisation era in the country has witnessed the collapse of liberal democracy and a good example is Karnataka which has been under the …
At the close of what perhaps has been his most successful week in political life—when he showed that not just the Reddy brothers, his party MLAs, the governor or the …
Ashok Chavan and B.S. Yediyurappa: chief ministers of neighbouring States, one of the Congress, the other of the BJP. Both caught in heavy-duty nepotism. One for allocation of flats in …
PRASHANT KRISHNAMURTHY writes from Bangalore: Looking at the wide-eyed, over-the-top coverage of US president Barack Obama‘s 100% sanitised weekend break to Bombay and Delhi, you can only wonder what he …
Yet another inkling of the internecine war in “Generation Next” of the BJP has come, with the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha, Sushma Swaraj, brusquely turning away …
11 October 2010 will go down in the annals (and anus) of Karnataka politics for a number of execrable reasons, but also for the role played by the police commissioner …
KIRAN RAO BATNI writes: The now out-in-the-open fissiparous tendencies in Karnataka’s BJP government can make anybody question whether State politics in Karnataka can ever rise above corruption, in-fighting, inefficiency, ignorance …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: Going by the chaotic developments within the BJP, ever since it assumed power more than two years ago, one must admire the common sense …