By Prof. M. Umapathy, Retd. Professor and Head, Department of Political Science, University of Mysore The tragic story of ‘Electoral-Bonds’ (2017-2024) is a remarkable development in the growth of India’s Democracy. None other than the Supreme Court of India, in its judgment on 15th February 2024, declared it as “Unconstitutional” and ended it. E-Bonds, which…
By R. Chandra Prakash [Continued from Feb. 9] It is a fundamental truth when the authors emphasise that Hinduism is an open architecture offering a vast library of texts providing guidance and therefore there are multiple choices. Every Hindu can, and does, cherry-pick his personal choices of metaphysical interpretation, of guru for guidance (or no…
By R. Chandra Prakash Title: VARNA, JATI, CASTE – A Primer on Indian Social Structures Authors: Rajiv Malhotra & Vijaya Viswanathan Year: 2023 Pages: 160 Price: Rs. 250 Publisher: OCCAM, BluOne Ink LLP, India Caste system has been arraigned for creating extreme discrimination in the Hindu society. It has also been a political tool…
Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Literary Award conferred on Dr. Y.D. Rajanna Mysore/Mysuru: Observing that Kannada literary world will be incomplete without the embodiment of political literature, MLC A.H. Vishwanath called for more literary works on politics. He was speaking at Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar Literary Award presentation ceremony organised by Devaraj Urs Pratime Pratishtapana Samiti, Mysuru, at…
Sirsi: Kodi Mutt Seer Sri Shivananda Shivayogi Rajendra Swamiji, who is known for making political predictions, has said that there will be a big political turmoil in the country between November and Sankranti in January next year, which may have global ramifications. Speaking to press persons after visiting Eeechalu Betta Bhoodevi Temple in Sirsi taluk…
By Karkala Ananda Bhat Of late, Karnataka is in the news for all the wrong reasons, as a prominent politician of the ruling party was allegedly caught in a sleaze CD scam. Perhaps, the scam may fade out just like any other similar CD scams that had rocked the State in the past. But the…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Indian democracy is still alive and kicking. The recent elections to the two States of Maharashtra and Haryana have proved it. All the exit polls had virtually written off Congress, ncp and other parties in these two States. All have to eat the humble pie as their calculations…
Declaration of 1975 Emergency by Indira Gandhi is an example It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self. Francis Bacon said this famously and the truth of what he said is seen in Indian Democracy since 1975…
The nataka in Karnataka is never-ending. With BJP sending their folk to Gurugram and a few Congress MLAs and independent MLAs hiding out in Mumbai, the political nataka is playing out like a Shakespearean play — there are dubious characters and shrewd manipulators. The only difference being, in a Shakespearean play the audience is enjoying…
By T.J.S. George When we say or do things that we should not say or do, it’s bad manners. In this election season bad manners became the very norm of public life. How else can we explain an educated and experienced political leader saying that Narendra Modi, Uma Bharati and Sadhvi Ritambara are lower caste people…
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