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From Roar to ... Purr
This morning the BJP pulled off a coup in Maharashtra. Many who watched the news on TV this morning were left wondering if it was fake news. The headlines read “BJP-NCP form…
23 Nov 2019 · 4 min read
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Unholy Alliance
One has to ask, what use is a pre-poll alliance if the partners cannot deliver a Government even after the people have given them the mandate? It is said Politics is the…
16 Nov 2019 · 5 min read
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Remembering Kannada only on Rajyotsava
November 1st was Karnataka Rajyotsava, our State’s birthday. It was on this day in 1956 that all Kannada-speaking provinces were brought together and named Mysore or Mysore State under the States Reorganisation…
2 Nov 2019 · 4 min read
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Time to unburden Chamundi Hill?
On Tuesday, there was a landslide on Chamundi Hill. About 50 ft. of road connecting Nandi Statue area to the View Point on Chamundi Hill main road broke off from the Hillside…
26 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Spiritual Spinners !
The Income Tax Department conducted raids last week where it seized Rs. 43.9 crore in cash, Rs.17.5 crore in US currency, 1,271 carats of diamonds and discovered Rs. 500 crore of undisclosed…
19 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Fashion Tricks
Yesterday our Prime Minister was a cynosure of all eyes as he welcomed the Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore crisp white traditional…
12 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Jayantis are a farce
We celebrated the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi three days ago on October 2. It is also the day that United Nations has declared as the International Day of Non-Violence. But just…
5 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Hearty talk...
Like many men in Indian families, I too come from a not so proud line of men with clogged arteries. Luckily, I am yet to be clogged. But like many Indians, I…
28 Sept 2019 · 5 min read
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We need Dasara & our DC needs a leg-up
Mysureans love Dasara, not just because it’s a celebration but also because it’s a time for rejuvenation. Come Dasara, our administration becomes ‘quick fix Murugan’ to spruce up our city. And they…
21 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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Fine us, but punish them
Three weeks ago, a friend picked me up for lunch. He was late. The reason for the delay he said was the long line at the RTO and Emission Certification Centre. A…
14 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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Merging for strength and diversion?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced the merger of 10 public sector Banks into four entities. The first merger, that of Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank will…
31 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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Rahul Bose’s bananas & the age of convenience
On July 22 at 2.30 pm our hearts swelled with pride as Chandrayaan-2 took to the skies, just two hours later another event got us even more excited — the cost of…
24 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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Chhota Parivar Sukhi Parivar
Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his customary Independence Day speech on Aug. 15 and there were no surprise announcements. But what surprised many is that the PM’s sharpest critic, senior Congress leader…
17 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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Finally, from Kashmir to Cape Comorin
Kashmir is no more the special one. But it remains so for the Congress Party and Pakistan. And why not? Kashmir has been used and misused for politics both within India and…
10 Aug 2019 · 5 min read
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Strength is Life, Weakness is Death
The death of V.G. Siddhartha, Founder of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), shocked everyone but the way he died was what made it disturbing, sombre and sad. Now it has been assumed that…
3 Aug 2019 · 6 min read
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Yeddy won the BATTLE but... Siddu WON the war
B. S. Yediyurappa has been sworn-in a fourth time as CM but can he complete his term this time at least? To begin with, he has to win the Trust Vote on…
27 Jul 2019 · 4 min read
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Shadow Boxing
Oh! Just when we thought after the exciting Cricket World Cup final there is nothing to excite us, Karnataka Political League began. Our MLAs started playing political cricket. But what was to…
20 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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Nataka in Karnataka
By Vikram Muthanna The political drama in our State with every passing election is becoming like a Bollywood Director Rohit Shetty’s comical-action with multiple star cast — there are heroes and villains,…
13 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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Budget Thoughts
By Vikram Muthanna Like most Indians I too watch the Union budget. But usually by the end of the Finance Minister’s speech I feel like I have understood nothing and end up…
6 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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An Adventure for Social Media
Earlier this month, 11 people died in the Himalayas. But what was even more shocking was the photograph of the ‘traffic jam’ at 27,000 feet above sea level! This height is called…
15 Jun 2019 · 5 min read
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Praying for rains… again & again
It is that time of the year again, when it is time to pray for rains again. Earlier this month our State Government ordered prominent temples under the Muzrai Department, which are…
8 Jun 2019 · 5 min read
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Up in Arms - Pit
Two days ago, while the Nation was waiting with bated breath to see what the new Government’s Cabinet would look like, many others were looking elsewhere. And what they saw made them…
1 Jun 2019 · 5 min read
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“It’s the Leadership, Stupid”: Taking a peek into Modi Magic
Narendra Damodardas Modi, India’s first Prime Minister to be born in Independent India, on May 23rd also became the first Prime Minister since 1971 to secure a single party majority twice in…
25 May 2019 · 8 min read
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Press Conference: Who needs it ?
Yesterday Prime Minister Narendra Modi joined BJP President Amit Shah at a press conference called by the latter. Many of us hoped the journalists would ask him questions and PM Modi would…
18 May 2019 · 4 min read