A Helpline to rule Karnataka’s 6.5 crore people from Lord Buddha! While I was studying Diploma in Advertising in Mumbai, the first principle in offset printing was explained thus: Water and oil do not mix. Before the May 12, 2018 Karnataka Assembly election, we have seen how Congress and JD(S) fought the election, going after…
Rahul, the young man in a hurry to become Prime Minister and the Perils
June 13, 2018Narendra Modiji, Amit Shahji and Mohan Bhagwatji will understand that India cannot be run by only these three people. India will be run by the people of the country,” thus spake Rahul Gandhi while addressing an Other Backward Classes (OBC) Convention organised by his party, Congress, in Delhi recently. As a senior citizen, having seen…
Celebrated visit of Citizen Pranab Mukherjee to RSS HQ
June 8, 2018Much is made about former Congress Union Minister and the former President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to RSS Head Quarters (HQ) in Nagpur to address a function yesterday. Even as the news of the visit was announced, the Congress began to question the visit as ill-advised and absolutely wrong. How can a Secular leader…
Kumaraswamy and Kennedy: A study in contrast! Also an untold story!!
June 1, 2018After the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections were announced on 15th May 2018, we have come a long way, yet we do not see a full-fledged government in place. Yes, this might be due to the “coalition compulsion,” a boring, untenable excuse UPA government used to give as justification or reason for its massive…
Karnataka’s Honourable MLAs All
May 26, 2018At last, 11 days after the election results came out, on 15th May 2018, Karnataka got its new Government with much drama and suspense. Now is the time for sharing the spoils of election-war. Without wasting time, the top leaders engaged themselves in the Ministry formation exercise immediately after the Assembly was adjourned following the…
King-maker becomes the King: BJP’s defeat in victory
May 20, 2018Yesterday was Saturday and the whole country watched with bated breath the Saturday Political Fever of Karnataka. Voting was on May 12, 2018 and when the results came on 15th May 2018 the numbers were as follows: BJP 104, Congress 78, JD(S) 38 and others 2. The exit polls predicted a hung Assembly with the…
Pride goes before the Fall: Musings on Congress defeat in Karnataka
May 15, 2018The man of Power is ruined by Power. The man of Money by Money. The Submissive man by Subservience. The Pleasure-seeker by Pleasure. – Hermann Hesse, Nobel Laureate for Literature As I watched the Karnataka Assembly elections 2018 results this morning on TV, I could not help but recall the words of Hermann Hesse…
Tomorrow: A Day of Destiny for Karnataka
May 11, 2018Voting for Karnataka Assembly’s 224 seats takes place tomorrow. [To be exact, it is 223 seats as polling for Jayanagar seat in Bengaluru has been countermanded following the death of BJP candidate B.N. Vijaya Kumar.] A fair and peaceful voting under the watchful eyes of the Election Commission and the security forces is expected —…
Vindictive stigmatisation fails to politically eliminate S.A. Ramdas
May 9, 2018With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And we voters, left with no choice, keep voting not wanting NOTA. After all, let there be someone to represent us as an MLA…
A one-horse race in Varuna: Cake-walk for Dr. Yathindra
May 6, 2018Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress party candidate. A medical doctor by profession, he was brought into politics by his father after the sad and untimely demise of his…
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