Karnataka's political drama Triumph of chicanery in Karnataka Ravi Sharma Rishikesh Bahadur DesaiThe Karnataka model of coalition politics as an antidote to Hindutva politics appears hopelessly compromised as the government totters on the brink of
Karnataka Ground regainedV. SridharRishikesh Bahadur Desai Ravi SharmaThe BJP’s massive win destroys the Congress-JD(S)’ “Karnataka model” of political alternative and poses a threat to the very survival of the
Karnataka A bridge too farRishikesh Bahadur Desai Vikhar Ahmed Sayeed Girish Pattanashetti Ravi Sharma & Firoz RozindarThe BJP is banking on caste and community factors in a campaign devoid of livelihood issues, but the combined strength of the Congress and the JD(S) m
Karnataka Missing chemistryRavi SharmaVikhar Ahmed SayeedRishikesh Bahadur Desai G.T. Satish The logic of electoral arithmetic, which ought to have given the Congress-JD(S) combine a head start, is considerably weakened by the alliance’s fai
Issue of Separate religion How Lingayats votedRISHIKESH BAHADUR DESAI in BelagaviThe issue of separate religion status for Lingayats may not have been weighing on the minds of voters as much as it has been for academics and politic
Are Hindi films problematising history? After Padmaavat, the Hindu historical tasted blood and sharpened its fangs, but the recent Samrat Prithviraj is a weak offspring of the genre, neither
SlideshowPostcards from Khasi hillsImages that mix politics, history and discomfort to document how the Khasi people made Christianity, a “foreign faith”, their own.
