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  1. Prohibition in Tirupati?

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    / June 25, 2012 / Leave a comment
    The demand for total prohibition in the temple town of Tirupati has become the latest political weapon with newly elected MLA Karunakar Reddy of the YSR Congress sitting on a fast over the issue. Reddy who was TTD chairman during Y S Rajasekhara Reddy’s regime said, “Let us wash the...

  2. Food habits die hard

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    / January 26, 2012 / 3 Comments
    By G Mohan In India, hundreds of new packaged food products are launched every year. The common premise is that food is a necessity and increasingly people are short of time so food that offers convenience should do well. Yet, very few products succeed in the marketplace. The urban middle class...

  3. Nothing political about my fast

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    / January 9, 2012 / 1 Comment
    By Y S Jaganmohan Reddy With a view to alleviate the lot of the hapless farmers, I am undertaking a two-day Rythu Deeksha at Armoor in Nizamabad district from Tuesday. The aim of this initiative is to bring to the Government’s notice the plight of the farming community in the...

  4. Anna, if I do not chalo to Jail, am I corrupt?

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    / December 25, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   “Are you fasting?” was the question every Anna topiwala asked in April and August. Now they ask “Are you coming to jail?”   I want to say pehle uss Ramalinga Raju ko le kar aa, jisne Satyam Computers ka bedagarg kar diya and coolly got off the tiger...

  5. Anna, fast and furious

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    / December 21, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By T S Sudhir   As the year draws to a close, Anna Hazare is getting ready for another fast. A three-day affair this time. Plus a Jail bharo call. With the likes of the 2G accused corporates, Kanimozhi and Ramalinga Raju out on bail, there isn’t a space crunch behind bars....

  6. Anna goes by the book

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    / August 29, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Bala   During the 12 days of his fast, Anna Hazare’s opponents kept hurling charges at him saying that he was blackmailing the government, that he was dictatorial in his approach, that he is not a Gandhian etc.   ‘The Community Tool Box’, a site of the education department...

  7. Now that Anna’s fast is over, what next?

    Posted by Ajaya Kumar Vemulapati
    / August 28, 2011 / 2 Comments
    By Ajaya Kumar   “Nothing succeeds like success and success is everybody’s child ” – an old saying ! I have been watching visuals of people celebrating across the country – and they seem familiar. Very much like when India wins an important match in cricket – or India defeats...

  8. What did Anna achieve?

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    / August 28, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Narasimha Reddy   Watching the euphoria at the India Gate tonight on TV, I wonder what’s the celebration all about. Given the way Indian politics works and the one-sidedness of the fight against corruption (corrupt having to decide how to control corruption), I wonder at what has been achieved....

  9. Satyagraha, Blackmail and Democracy

    Posted by Ajay Gandhi
    / August 25, 2011 / 4 Comments
    By Ajay Gandhi   There is much we hear and read nowadays about blackmail, Parliament and democracy.  It is said that Anna Hazare’s methods are nothing but blackmail, that he is trying to circumvent the Parliament and uses undemocratic means. That these will harm democratic institutions.   For the purpose...

  10. Have some lemonade, Anna

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    / August 25, 2011 / 4 Comments
    Dear Anna,   I am writing to you as a younger brother-citizen of this country. In South Indian languages, Anna means ‘elder brother’, and we have often bestowed this sobriquet on leaders we have cherished. Before you came on the scene, Anna was the name for C N Annadorai, who...

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