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  1. Why Karnataka is Gowda’s own country

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    / June 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Yet another wicket has fallen in Karnataka. This time, Law and Urban Development minister Suresh Kumar. And the charges, pretty familiar. Suresh Kumar was accused of securing allotment of residential sites through his family members (mother and daughter), in violation of rules. Kumar decided to resign on moral grounds, besides...

  2. Schrodinger’s Baby

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    / June 23, 2012 / Leave a comment
    Today, I would like to introduce to you all the 2.0 version of the legendary Schrodinger’s Cat. It is Schrodinger’s Baby. You place a baby – preferably aged less than five years – in a borewell ideally at a depth of 40 to 50 feet. Leave the baby there for...

  3. Let the Games begin? But in India, they already did

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    / June 22, 2012 / 1 Comment
    The serve was faulty. The volleys were worse. Return of serve was pathetic. And in the end, it was not Advantage India. In fact, Indian tennis has lost the match much before the Queen says `Let the Games begin’. In fact, the games in India began a good seven weeks...

  4. New Excise policy is as flawed

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    / June 19, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The Andhra Pradesh government has announced the new Excise policy for the current year, replacing the unhealthy auction method by fixing a license fee and by introducing a system of lots being drawn to select the licensees. In the Scheduled Areas, the new policy apparently proposes licenses being given only...

  5. Coalition = Corruption = Compromise

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    / June 18, 2012 / 1 Comment
    I am appalled by reports and analyses lauding Sonia Gandhi’s ability to checkmate Mamata Banerjee on the Presidential election. This is with specific reference to how the Congress president was extremely annoyed by Mamata’s announcement to the media about the two names discussed inside 10 Janpath and then deliver a...

  6. A Father’s day gift from Saina Nehwal

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    / June 17, 2012 / 1 Comment
    When I called up Saina Nehwal’s father Dr Harvir Singh to congratulate him on his daughter’s incredible triumph at the Indonesia Open Super Series, I asked if he was laughing or shedding khushi ke aansoo. Harvir Singh’s tears do the talking whenever he feels overwhelmed with Saina’s performance. “Sudhir Sir,...

  7. The Byelection Mode

    Posted by pragnya vadam
    / June 17, 2012 / Leave a comment
    People across the state in the 12 districts finally had a chance to see the election results and started to articulate their own opinion on the future of Andhra Pradesh. They are expecting some unusual changes to the state in a few more months or perhaps even, weeks. That Jagan...

  8. A wake-up call for Chandrababu Naidu

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    / June 15, 2012 / Leave a comment
    “It is all Chandrababu Naidu’s fault,” a senior Telugu Desam leader told me after the results of the byelections in Andhra Pradesh had delivered a duck for the party. When I asked him to explain, he rewinded to December last year. “All this is the result of the no-confidence motion...

  9. Race for President to change PM?

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    / June 14, 2012 / 1 Comment
    Sometime in May, when this important ally of the Congress in the UPA was called by Sonia Gandhi for discussions on the Presidential election, he decided to be candid. “Ma’m, we will support whoever you decide to nominate for the President. But I have a request to make. Please change...

  10. Why is Jagan a leader? Coz he has the mike !

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    / June 13, 2012 / 4 Comments
    Counting of the votes in the by-elections to the 18 Assembly seats and one Lok Sabha seat (Nellore) will take place on June 15, and the results are expected by late afteroon. Some compromised-media outlets have claimed, based on manipulated data, that Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy’s YSR Congress Party...

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