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Posted on 25 February 2020 by churumuri
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Six gems John Oliver packed into his 17-minute takedown of the ‘aggressive hugger’ with ‘no emotional validation’, the ‘temporary symbol of hate’


John Oliver‘s hatchet job on prime minister Narendra Modi on his ‘Last Week Tonight‘ show is “trending” but it is easy to not quite hear what the voluble British-born US comedian says …

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Posted on 29 January 2020 by churumuri
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A Hindu bomber detonates the Mangalore ‘bomb’ in the face of Kannada news media. And a newspaper suggests mental tests and medical treatment for the ‘real terrorists’: embedded editors, owners and TV anchors.


Karnataka is the outlier in peninsular India—the only state in the South that the BJP has managed to come to power, by hook and by crook. Twice. There is a …

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Posted on 17 January 2020 by churumuri
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If Baba Ramdev can get Babul Supriyo a BJP ticket in 3 days, what’s the big deal over a Lingayat mutt head demanding cabinet berths for 3 Lingayat MLAs?


  The most touching aspect of a Lingayat mutt head publicly “threatening” Karnataka chief minister B.S. Yediyurappa to include Lingayat MLAs in his cabinet, failing which he would incur the wrath …

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Posted on 17 April 2019 by churumuri
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Pratap Simha, like Tejasvi Surya, had taken out a pre-publication gag order against 49 media houses two months before “sex audio” went viral today


*** The BJP candidate for the Bangalore South constituency in the 2019 general elections Tejasvi Surya hit national headlines on March 29 when he secured an ex-parte temporary injunction against …

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Posted on 10 January 2019 by churumuri
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Even the RSS feels BJP is losing hold over Dalits and tribals. Is a 10% quota for the “poor” going to counter perception that it is against caste-based reservations?


Various analyses of the election results in the five States late last year—especially Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh—have all pointed in the same direction: BJP has a problem on its …

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Posted on 2 January 2019 by churumuri
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First Nitin Gadkari, now Manohar Parrikar: Is the RSS sending clear signals to Narendra Modi not to take anything for granted in 2019?


It is unlikely that Narendra Modi‘s media advisor is secretly writing a book titled ‘The Prime Ministerial Accident“, because of course, the smart man has not made the stupid mistake …

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Posted on 31 October 2018 by churumuri
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What Sardar Patel told the RSS (which Narendra Modi won’t tell them): eschew communal conflict; be loyal to the flag; respect the Constitution


Plenty of words will be said today on the birth anniversary of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel as the “Statue of Unity” opens. And plenty of attempts will be made to twist …

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Posted on 16 August 2018 by churumuri
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10 reasons why Atal Bihari Vajpayee will go down, head and shoulders, as a better prime minister than Narendra Modi


It might shock, even displease, bhakts, bots and trolls, but Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s passing will be mourned not just by BJP supporters but even by the 69% who were hardly inclined …

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Posted on 4 June 2018 by churumuri
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Eight things you wanted to know about the RSS (and BJP) but didn’t know which American scholar to ask


Former President of India Pranab Mukherjee looks set to keep his date with the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) in Nagpur on Friday,  June 7. The American academic and one-time state …

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Posted on 1 June 2018 by churumuri
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Editors Guild speaks up on Cobrapost sting operation without uttering the ‘H’ word: ‘H’ for Hindutva


The Editors Guild of India* has issued a statement expressing concern over the ‘Cobrapost’ sting “Operation 136”, that showed media owners, managers and editors willing to push a Hindutva agenda …

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Posted on 7 May 2018 by churumuri
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Narendra Modi wants Congress to learn ‘deshbhakti’ from a crossbred dog the Mughals brought to India. Bow-wow.


What is it about dogs that so excites politicians and other animals schooled in the “Gujarat Model” that lures them into the gutters of political discourse? *** In July 2013, …

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Posted on 26 December 2017 by churumuri
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Does Anantkumar Hegde’s mother Lalita approve of his ‘sanskaar’ when he likens Tipu to a dog?


Five days after the Bharatiya Janata Kazhagam (Bha-Ja-Ka as Bha-Ja-Pa is known in Tamil Nadu) was left unbeaten on 99 in its quest for “Mission 150” in Gujarat, a report …

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Posted on 15 September 2017 by churumuri
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First Twitter handle in the world to ask if Narendra Modi will be PM now asks if he will be a good Opposition leader


Even if you are a fully paid-up bhakt, with a blind love for the BJP and a visceral hatred for the Congress, it should be blazingly obvious in the privacy of …

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Posted on 11 September 2017 by churumuri
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Investigate: Why did UNESCO want to hold World Press Day in India in 2018?


The role of UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation, in building the mythology around Narendra Modi deserves closer scrutiny than India’s mainstream media has been able to …

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Posted on 28 August 2017 by churumuri
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Which of these words best describes the BJP today: brazen, shameless, immoral?


For a party which demanded Manmohan Singh‘s resignation every hour of the day, for a party which sent a Union minister to wail about the killings of RSS workers in …

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Posted on 10 August 2017 by churumuri
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RSS and the bogus ‘Rule of Three’ ignoring Hinduism’s holy trinity


Three years of the Narendra Modi regime have seen a loud and lethal brand of “enforced nationalism” take centerstage, with the national flag, the national anthem, and other things adjudged …

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Posted on 13 July 2017 by churumuri
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Every time she opens her mouth, Shobha Karandlaje gives you a pathetic view of BJP’s anti-women mindset


Perhaps there is little to be said about the retrograde attitude of the BJP towards women when Narendra Modi, he of the Beti Bachao Andolan claim, termed Sunanda Pushkar as …

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Posted on 26 June 2017 by churumuri
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Why this Presidential election is the most ideologically significant one


Manini Chatterjee in The Telegraph, Calcutta: Read the full article: The contortionist

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Posted on 26 May 2017 by churumuri
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15 questions TV channels should ask tonight as ‘Modi Sarkar’ turns three


To mark the third anniversary of the BJP-led NDA government, India’s brain-dead TV channels will roll out debates and #hashtag wars tonight, barely distinguishable from government and party PR and …

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Posted on 8 February 2014 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: Should RSS be banned again?


The release of audio tapes and transcripts of four interviews conducted by a journalist of the monthly magazine, The Caravan, which show the terror-attack accused Swami Aseemanand in conversation with …

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Posted on 21 August 2013 by churumuri
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Raksha bandhan in the Hindu saffron brotherhood


The conventional wisdom on raksha bandhan is that tying a rakhi symbolises a “sister’s love and prayers for her brother’s well-being and the brother’s lifelong vow to protect her.” But …

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Posted on 11 June 2013 by churumuri
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CHURUMURI POLL: BJP better off without Advani?


Hell hath no fury like an old man scorned. With Narendra Damodardas Modi‘s nomination as the chairman of the BJP election campaign committee in Goa on Sunday, 86-year-old Lalchand Kishinchand …

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Posted on 11 June 2013 by churumuri
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Patel Basappa, Krishnappa & lessons in humanity


K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Very recently we read about an incident in our City where a software engineer who sought shelter from sudden rain under the balcony of a building …

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Posted on 28 May 2013 by churumuri
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A short lesson in humanity from a courier boy


K.B. GANAPATHY writes: Reading daily newspapers could ignite many unlikely thoughts in the minds of people who are rather sensitive. I probably belong to this class of people and which …

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Posted on 17 April 2013 by churumuri
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‘Diminishing returns from aggressive Hindutva’


Opinion polls are crawling out of the woodwork in Karnataka. While most previous surveys have predicted a BJP downfall, a new one by the little-known Prabodhan Research Group, published by …

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