It is interesting to read and listen to the reactions of people whenever a Cabinet expansion takes place. “Oh, he has managed to get in only because of his caste, gender, region, language, etc.”, are touted normally, and most of the times all this is true. The latest is the case of Ambareesh, the film star-turned-politician. There is no doubt that if there were a better choice available among the Vokkaligas, he would not have found a place ever in the Union Ministry.

When he was driving back to Bangalore on Monday afternoon from Mysore, after his horse had lost the Mysore derby, he was naturally disappointed. But some major good news awaited him when he reached Bangalore. “I had won the life-time derby”, Ambareesh remarked his deep-set eyes glowing, recounting how he got the news about his induction into the Union Ministry.

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Girish Nikam
 
‘Whether sting operations are in public interest or to make money have to be examined one day,’ ’sting operations are generally outsourced…Very often these tapes are sold for lakhs of rupees by those who do the string operation.’— Chief Justice Y.K.Sabharwal
 
The draft bill includes 16 do’s and don’ts for TV news channels, including a [...]

From mouthing slogans like “Brahmin, Bania, Thakur Chor, Baki sab hum DS-4″ to ” Tilak, Taraazu aur talwar, maaro unko joothe char ” to the present day, “Brahma, vishnu aur mahesh, haathi nahin hain yeh ganesh”, the Bahujan Samaj Party and its precursor, Dalit Soshit Samaj Sangharsh Samiti(DS-4) has come a very long way in its evolution as a political force in some major parts of the country.

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Girish Nikam
 
The raging debate on whether Mohd.Afzal alias Afzal Guru, found guilty by the Supreme Court of masterminding the attack on Indian Parliament in 2001, should be sent to the gallows or his sentence be commuted to life imprisonment has understandably taken an emotional turn.
The letters column in the newspapers and blog sites on Internet, [...]

For the discerning participants and observers of the last week’s Nainital conclave of Congress Chief Ministers, the most interesting outcome was the interplay between the Congress President Sonia Gandhi and Prime Minister Dr.Manmohan Singh.

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