For years, D.K. Shivakumar was the eternal bridesmaid of Karnataka politics. He was always close to power, always indispensable to the Congress party, but never quite the chosen one. Now, at last, he has arrived at the altar and is set to become the Chief Minister of Karnataka. But… The question is not whether Shivakumar…
Indian politics is about personality and not policy. We are a people driven by blind emotion and some of us hope that our heroes can deliver in the real world what they perform in the reel world. Nowhere is this hope more visible than in Tamil Nadu, where cinema and politics have long shared a…
The Karnataka Government has revoked its 2022 school uniform order and permitted ‘religious and traditional symbols’ in schools and colleges. Students may now wear hijabs, turbans, sacred threads, rudraksha beads, etc., provided these ‘complement the uniform’ and do not compromise discipline, safety or identification. It sounds reasonable, even liberal, but it is also quite contradictory….
Every year, when SSLC and Pre-University results are announced, the State witnesses a familiar cycle of joy, disappointment, relief and grief. But what should garner our attention is… death. Last week, five students ended their lives following their results. Three of them did so because they did not secure the marks they had hoped for….
The defection of Raghav Chadha, along with six of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs to the BJP yesterday, is just another episode in India’s long- running history of political defection. It is a reminder that ideology in Indian politics is not a guiding principle. It’s also a reminder that Indian politicians have no sense…
Yesterday morning, a three-year-old leopard that had come down from Chamundi Hill sneaked into a house in Siddarthanagar, got cosy under a bed and went to sleep. Probably after having made a meal out of a street dog. Thankfully, the leopard was captured with no injury to him or to humans. Across India, human-animal conflict…
One of the tragedies of Indian democracy is the repeated failure of the Opposition Party to perform its primary duty — which is to question, expose and challenge the Government of the day. Unfortunately, this failure is visible even in Karnataka. For long stretches, the BJP in Karnataka appears disengaged. There are no sustained protests,…
I was recently invited to Kaveri Ponnapa’s book launch that I had been looking forward to. Many in Mysuru may not recognise her name, but anyone who has even a passing interest in Coorg or the culture of small, distinct communities of this land would certainly know her remarkable work, ‘The Vanishing Kodavas.’ Just like…
Yesterday, a Special Court under the Delhi High Court discharged former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the now-famous liquor policy case. For the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), it was a celebratory ‘Patiala peg’ served neat by the incompetence of the CBI, giving them a political high against…
Mysuru is called a Royal Heritage City, but for nearly a decade now, it’s become a ‘Flex City.’ There are flex boards and flex hoardings everywhere. They are at Circles, they are atop buildings, they are on trees, they have climbed Chamundi Hill and even crawled into the median of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway ! Our city…
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