Vajpayee was about grandstanding; Gowda was about trench fights. One was a Brahmin and another a Shudra, and the perception about them, their refinements and commitment invariably had undercurrents of caste, traditions, geography, history and plain old prejudice.
The journey itself is not as important as the dilemma it creates and dynamics it unleashes in our cultural and political life
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
The Congress messes up in AP and Karnataka. In Orissa, it already had.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
The man's supercop status is the stuff of legends. There are two hit Kannada films out based on his life. But in a Congress borough, can he order a saffron march?
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
They aren't even calling it drought. But a large belt of India is drying to dust.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
Their disconnect with elections is not always a function of their station in life, but the venality of politics itself
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
Anju Bobby George is our lone hope for Greece. Tell that to the sports authorities. <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=109 target=_blank> Updates</a>
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
Deve Gowda returns from oblivion as the protagonist of the Kannada poll opera <a href=pti_coverage.asp?gid=124 target=_blank> Updates</a>
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
Fifty years in Kannada cinema. Yet you'll remember Rajkumar for his kidnapping.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
Fear, anger are normal victim reactions. It's mass depression that's scaring workers.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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