Oldest book in President’s house is on Tipu Sultan

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/14/2013 10:36:21 AM

'With Pranab Mukherjee, an acknowledged man of letters, moving into the Rashtrapati Bhavan as President, the library is being dusted and brought back into shape. And the oldest book in the collection, dating back to the year 1800, is on the Tiger of Mysore, Tipu Sultan, or Tipu Sultaun as he is spelt on […]'

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‘Narendra Modi is test case of media objectivity’

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/14/2013 7:40:24 AM

'CNN-IBN editor in-chief Rajdeep Sardesai in his nationally syndicated column, in the Hindustan Times: “The mainstream media has always had a more uneven relationship with Gujarat chief minister Narendra Modi. Modi’s acolytes would like to suggest that the mainstream media has always been anti-Modi and has hounded the BJP’s rising star with a ferocity that […]'

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How to keep your head up with half a kilo of gold

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/12/2013 2:11:10 PM

'The commodification of women to sell everything from anything to nothing is bad enough, although Priyanka Trivedi (top) doesn’t seem to mind the least bit. But what to say of marketers who now do not think twice before using impressionable young girls and infants to satiate the growing and maddening thirst for the yellow metal? […]'

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CHURUMURI POLL: BJP better off without Advani?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/11/2013 11:56:25 AM

'Hell hath no fury like an old man scorned. With Narendra Damodardas Modi‘s nomination as the chairman of the BJP election campaign committee in Goa on Sunday, 86-year-old Lalchand Kishinchand Advani‘s fate as a “two-time former future prime minister of India” was finally and firmly sealed. But it ain’t over till the fat lady sings. […]'

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Patel Basappa, Krishnappa & lessons in humanity

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/11/2013 9:59:08 AM

'K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Very recently we read about an incident in our City where a software engineer who sought shelter from sudden rain under the balcony of a building was dealt with rudely by the house owner and driven away. This resulted in outraged people of the area pelting stones at the building in […]'

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IPL fixing system runs on Mac, Linux or Vindoos?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/5/2013 1:28:21 PM

'The IPL spotfixing meets betting saga, starring Thiru Shantakumaran Sreesanthan Nair, Gurunath Meiyappan and Narayanaswamy Srinivasan, as seen through the eyes of Sri S.R. Ramakrishna and Sri Satish Acharya of Talk magazine. Also read: A Spaghetti eastern that makes you say, ‘Basta’ It’s unofficial, our democracy has a bribe future Rama rajya is gone; Siddarama rajya […]'

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When you see plastic, just bend and pick up

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/4/2013 12:29:40 PM

'The multi-lingual Kannada actress Bhavana joins a camp organised by the Cubbon park walkers’ association to create awareness on making Bangalore’s iconic garden plastic-free, on Monday. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News *** The commodification of women portfolio Ramya: One more example of commodification of women Ramya: Another example of commodification of women Anu Prabhakar: Another example of commodification of examinations […]'

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IPL scorecard: Morality c Avarice b Greed

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 6/4/2013 10:08:35 AM

'SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: In the labyrinths of hell, inside its boiling cauldrons, through its unfathomable maze of blood-curdling monstrosities, of the macabre, the cadaverous and the ghoulish,  in the sepulchral dankness of it all, there is perhaps a spot of idyll. But at the moment, not in Indian cricket for sure. The shock and shame […]'

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CHURUMURI POLL: Who should be IT minister?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/31/2013 12:43:14 PM

'What qualifications must an elected MLA possess to become a minister? Whose prerogative is it to nominate a minister?  Who decides what portfolio a minister must be allotted? Should ministers of certain specific portfolios possess some certain attributes? And should external inputs be given consideration at all in the ministry-making process? These are evergreen questions […]'

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Does a State of the Union also need an anthem?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/31/2013 7:22:13 AM

'For non-Kannadigas who snigger when when they see the red-and-yellow Kannada “flag”, there’s another red rag on the way, a Kannada “anthem”. Like Mile sur mera tumhara, Kannada Jeevaswara, an “anthem” dedicated to the state of Karnataka and its people, has just been released. Its aim: creating a sense of belonging to this enchanting land […]'

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Everybody’s nervous and anxious on the first day

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/29/2013 3:01:22 PM

'The multilingual actor Sumalatha (third from left, front row) sits in the visitors’ gallery at the Vidhana Soudha in Bangalore on Wednesday, as the first session of a new assembly begins, with her husband, the actor and former MP, Ambareesh, in the revenue benches as a debutant minister. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Filed under: Kannada […]'

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A short lesson in humanity from a courier boy

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/28/2013 1:23:17 PM

'K.B. GANAPATHY writes: Reading daily newspapers could ignite many unlikely thoughts in the minds of people who are rather sensitive. I probably belong to this class of people and which is why, I was deeply disturbed reading a news item yesterday titled, “Techie assaulted for parking bike in front of a house — irked residents […]'

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But to hear you him, you need 3D Surround Sound

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/27/2013 12:05:44 PM

'The Carnatic saxophonist Kadri Gopalnath (second from left) is all ears (and eyes) as photographer Shruthi A.N. explains the intricacies of 3D photography at the launch of a website of a 3D photo club, in Bangalore on Monday. The actor Shivaram is to his left. Photograph: Karnataka Photo News Also read: Rudresh Mahanthappa, the Kannadiga […]'

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Government is corrupt, what about corporates?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/25/2013 8:06:52 AM

'T.N. Ninan, editorial director of Business Standard, in his weekly ruminations, against the backdrop of the IPL and Ranbaxy scandals: “Pillorying the government of the day for pervasive corruption is the easy thing to do, whereas it might just be an escapist option. It helps those of us who are neither in politics nor in […]'

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Rama Rajya is gone. Siddarama Rajya is here.

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/22/2013 9:14:47 AM

'The ascension of K. Siddaramaiah, the agnostic-socialist who visits not temples and mutts upon becoming the chief minister of Karnataka but writers and intellectuals, as seen through the words and eyes of S.R. Ramakrishna and Satish Acharya of Bangalore’s Talk magazine. Previously: It’s unofficial: our democracy has a bribe future A Spaghetti Eastern that makes […]'

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Why the Mysore Palace doesn’t run out of water

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/21/2013 1:18:59 PM

'There are hundreds of engineering colleges around us. There are hundreds of “experts” ventilating on some issue or the other. But every summer it is not uncommon for brand-new localities and brand-new buildings to run out of the most basic of human necessities: water. Because they are so poorly designed. The main Amba Vilas palace […]'

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CHURUMURI POLL: Will you ever trust IPL again?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/17/2013 2:01:18 PM

'To the surprise of all but those who have just arrived from Mars, the sixth edition of the Indian Premier League (IPL) has been marred by the spotfixing scam involving players from the Rajasthan Royals. Three of them, including the former Test bowler Shantakumaran Sreesanth, have been arrested, two more are to be questioned. It […]'

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Why do we wait so long to honour our legends?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/17/2013 1:46:04 PM

'K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: We recently saw the veteran thespian Pran getting the Dada Saheb Phalke award for his contribution to Indian cinema over nearly five decades. As a child I used to think that he must be the meanest and vilest person on earth as I used to see him only as the traditional […]'

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Is the answer to India’s hungry stomachs, chikki?

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/14/2013 10:54:10 AM

'The food security bill is the next big social welfare item on the UPA meny as it hurtles towards elections. The idea is unexceptionable, to use India’s surplus and rotting foodgrains to feed India’s poor, hungry and malnourished. And the hope is that like NREGA, free food coupled with direct cash transfer will win a […]'

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The Editor who foresaw Siddaramaiah as CM

Author : churumuri      Blog : churumuri      Date : 5/10/2013 1:15:14 PM

'K.B. Ganapathy, editor-in-chief of Star of Mysore, on the man who will be Karnataka’s next CM, in today’s paper: “Back in November 2010 I had gone to Siddaramaiah‘s Mysore house with Mysooru Mithra editor M. Govinde Gowda to invite him personally for my second son’s wedding. “As expected, the house was full of people spilling […]'

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