Bangalore Byte
Ten reasons why Chief Minister B.S.Yeddyurappa is the biggest loser in the recent Karnataka crisis.
Web | Nov 09, 2009
karnataka: bjp
Shobha Karandlaje, BSY’s pointswoman, is central to the crisis
Magazine | Nov 16, 2009
karnataka: reddys vs BSY
BSY looks cornered, Reddys muscle in
Magazine | Nov 16, 2009
Bangalore Byte
The central leadership of the BJP has to make its choice in a paradoxically choice-less situation. Whatever it may do for now, the bandage may come off sooner than expected to expose the wound yet again
Web | Nov 02, 2009
karnataka
A once-in-a-century flood—why the urgency to relocate villages?
Magazine | Nov 09, 2009
Bangalore Byte
The unprecedented deluge in North Karnataka has come alive through television and newspaper images. But the seemingly huge outpouring of help, quaintly described as 'relief', leaves a lingering sadness in its wake.
Web | Oct 23, 2009
Bangalore Byte
The lawyers, who constitute the Forum for Judicial Accountability, responsible for the petition against Justice Dinakaran, wanted no publicity. Characteristically, they were made the target of vicious rumours
Web | Oct 16, 2009
Space Travel
Rakesh Sharma, our first cosmonaut, isn’t nostalgic about space
Magazine | Oct 19, 2009
Bangalore Byte
Does Kolkata represent human vagaries and Bangalore a variety of technolgical precision? What set of ideas controls our lives here and their lives there?
Web | Oct 08, 2009
cinema: national awards
A Kasaravalli film plucks actress Umashree out of the forgettable and enhances her shine
Magazine | Oct 12, 2009
judiciary: assets
In Justice Dinakaran’s village, the Dalits says he is a land-grabber
Magazine | Oct 05, 2009
Andhra pradesh: ysr’s death
From eternal dissident to Congress bedrock. The party will sorely miss YSR.
Magazine | Sep 14, 2009
politics: karnataka
A BJP government’s cross-ideology leap
Magazine | Sep 14, 2009
Bangalore Byte
It is a year since H.Y.Sharada Prasad passed away. He did not write a book on his time at the prime minister's office, but he did keep notes that bear testimony to a rare integration of the public and private persona of an individual.
Web | Sep 02, 2009
Bangalore Byte
The minister: 'But there aren't any suicides reported from your district.' The young MLA: 'So are you waiting for people to end their lives before you can rush in relief?'
Web | Aug 25, 2009
drought
The twin problems of drought and a fear of displacement have claimed 15 lives in the last couple of months.
Magazine | Aug 31, 2009
Bangalore Byte
Yet another Independence Day. Sixty-two years of freedom. Should we heave a sigh that we have traversed such a distance or simply celebrate?
Web | Aug 14, 2009
Bangalore Byte
Reading Gangubai Hangal's obituaries, one wondered if you were mourning the passing away of a towering classical musician or a remarkable raconteur. And yet a lot remained unsaid...
Web | Aug 05, 2009
mining: the reddy brothers
Manipulating surveys, encroaching on others, the Reddys run riot in Bellary
Magazine | Aug 10, 2009
BANGALORE BYTE
The fact that India's regional tongues have a distinct worldview and a cosmopolitan character has been forgotten. Here's some proof. A poem written in Kannada, 18 years ago, when operation Desert Storm, was launched against Iraq
Web | Jul 23, 2009