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.
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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
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The Congress messes up in AP and Karnataka. In Orissa, it already had.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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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
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They aren't even calling it drought. But a large belt of India is drying to dust.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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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
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Anju Bobby George is our lone hope for Greece. Tell that to the sports authorities. Updates
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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Deve Gowda returns from oblivion as the protagonist of the Kannada poll opera Updates
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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Fifty years in Kannada cinema. Yet you'll remember Rajkumar for his kidnapping.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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Fear, anger are normal victim reactions. It's mass depression that's scaring workers.
BY Sugata Srinivasaraju 5 February 2022
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