Savukku Shankar, the social-media influencer, is in the limelight yet again. But behind bars now, on flimsy and even imaginary charges and attacked while in custody. His lawyers apprehend the draconian Goondas Act could be invoked against him. It is rather problematic for me to comment on the...
The second phase of the election for 14 Lok Sabha elections in Karnataka are over and the state has recorded a robust 69. 17 per cent voting on an average with Shivamogga topping with 79 per cent voting in the state. The lowest in the second phase being in Kalburgi with just 60.12 per cent....
As far as Amethi and Rae Bareli are concerned, the BJP does have a point. Ideally speaking the entire clan should be booted out of UP. The condition of their so-called pocket boroughs is pathetic. Visited the region not long ago and found even motorable roads almost non-existent, not to...
As the second phase of general elections in 2024 looms closer, the political arena in Karnataka is ablaze with controversy following the emergence of hundreds of sleaze videos allegedly involving MP candidate Prajwal Revanna from the powerful political family of Hassan. The entire controversy,...
India Shining, the nation may be, but the BJP's election campaigns still take no prisoners. Anything goes is their style and substance. Prime Minister Narendra Modi's attacks on the opposition may seem stretched but they are deliberate. From saying Muslims, who have been shown to be among the...
The DMK manifesto for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections is typical in the sense that it promises loads of freebies even while fleshing out some worthwhile points regarding the long-term needs of the people. Today, the discourse on freebies has evolved to judging freebie promises on two counts:...
My neighbour of 30 years in Chennai knocked on my door recently and offered what seemed like temple prashad. He said he had gone to Ayodhya as part of a family pilgrimage that included Varanasi. My neighbour's politics is typically Tamil, or Dravidian, if you will. He wears his dislike of...
This article was first published On Aug 26, 2018 There was something unusual about the Tamil Nadu political scene on Saturday. Vijayakanth was in the news – it was his birthday – and he had not invited troll attention. It seemed as if they had given him a pass because of his failing health. The...
Even as Bengaluru area, Chamarajanagar, Mysuru City, Mandya district, and Ramangara district experienced total shutdown on Sept 29, activists in Karnataka protesting the release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu say what the state needs is an official document on water sharing after the assessment...
Vatal Nagaraj, former MLA and head of Kannada Chaluvaliga, is not supporting the Sept 25 bandh called by political parties in Karnataka on Cauvery but speaks for some in the state when he says Karnataka has exclusive rights over Cauvery. He told inmathi.com: “I stand by my statement that the...
