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Pasha Bhai and members of Clan Bokka Phod performing at Bowring Club on May 7.

Dakhni Urdu rapper Pasha Bhai's quest for selfhood in Bengaluru

Pasha Bhai’s journey from the Muslim ghetto of Neelasandra to the posh clubs of Bengaluru is as much a story about his art as about Dakhni Urdu, the l

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At riot-hit Jahangirpuri, in New Delhi on April 26.

Demolition squad: Hindutva mobs go on a rampage

With Assembly elections in three States not far away, the Hindutva machine goes into overdrive, stoking communal tension in several States by targetin

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Somashekhar Shivaraya Wodeyar, the Lingayat priest of the Madiyal temple located in Aland taluk of the neighbouring Kalaburagi district, along with Sultan Khaleel Shah Bahmani, the putative descendant of the Bahmani dynasty (with skull cap), at the entrance of the tomb of Ahmed Shah ‘Wali’ Bahmani (r. 1422-1436 C. E) during the urs (death anniversary) of the king who is considered to be a saint and is worshipped by both Hindus and Muslims.

Syncretic harmony: Walking through Ashtoor jatre in Bidar

A walk through a festival in Bidar commemorating a Bahmani Sultan venerated equally by Hindus and Muslims.

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Syncretic harmony in Bidar

A walk through a festival in Bidar commemorating a Bahmani Sultan venerated equally by Hindus and Muslims.

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Rural Development and Panchayati Raj Minister K.S. Eshwarappa (right) handing over his resignation letter to Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai after he was named as the first accused in the suicide case of contractor and BJP worker Santosh K. Patil, in Bengaluru on April 15.

Karnataka: Stench of corruption in contractor's suicide

A civil works contractor’s suicide after accusing a Minister of demanding commissions has lifted the lid on the serious charges of corruption against

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Santosh K. Patil, contractor and member of the Hindu Yuva Vahini.

Contractor who accused Karnataka Minister of Rural Development K.S. Eshwarappa of demanding 40 per cent commission found dead

Santosh K. Patil, a contractor and member of the Hindu Yuva Vahini, allegedly committed suicide today at a hotel in Udupi.

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At the 100th day of protest by the ITIL contract workers who were dismissed, on March 10, 2022.

ITIL contract workers’ fight for survival

A protest for more than 100 days by a group of contract workers who were fired by ITI Limited because they formed a union ultimately forces the manage

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Hijab-clad students of Government First Grade College at Kaup in Udupi district who refused to attend classes without the hijab, on March 16.

Judicial letdown: Karnataka High Court upholds ban on hijab in classrooms

The Karnataka High Court verdict upholding the ban on the hijab in the classroom on the grounds that it “does not form a part of essential religious p

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Arvind Narrain: “The rise of right-wing ideologies owe much to the grave levels of economic inequality wrought by capitalism.”

Arvind Narrain: Countering the totalitarian state

Interview with Arvind Narrain, writer and lawyer.

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P.L. Udaya Kumar, director, Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project, with a replica of the 10th century Begur Buttanapathi ‘veeragallu’, or hero stone. On the fourth line is the first written record of the name Bengaluru in 10th century Kannada characters.

Rerecording history: Bengaluru's Inscriptions 3D Digital Conservation Project helps preserve millenia-old stone inscriptions

A local history buff in Bengaluru finds technological solutions to preserve 1,000-year-old stone inscriptions for posterity.

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D.K. Shivakumar, KPCC president, on the padayatra in bengaluru, on March 3.

BBMP should be renamed as “BJP office”, says KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar

Shivakumar told mediapersons: “Policemen and BBMP officials are removing banners and flex hoardings put up by the Congress party. If this continues, I

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Former Congress Chief Minister Siddaramaiah with KPCC president D.K. Shivakumar.

Congress leader Siddaramaiah blames Prime Minister Narendra Modi for Naveen’s death in Ukraine

Siddaramaiah said: “While the Russian Army is to be blamed, Prime Minister Modi and the BJP Union government are equally responsible for the young stu

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