Finance Minister’s claim that she does not have the money, profile to contest Lok Sabha polls suggests that nationalist narratives the BJP puts out periodically mean little because everything ultimately is governed by narratives of money and narrower identities
Kharge comes to the top job with many qualifications, yet he can aspire to be a moderate success only if he builds a broad social coalition within the party that looks at cultural, political and electoral questions independently, and harmonises them to fight the BJP.
Sugata Srinivasaraju writes: He stepped down in his first term as Karnataka CM after being convicted on corruption charges. He’s stepping down again because he didn’t learn from that first debacle.
Tipu Sultan was the rare ruler who documented his subconscious. What does his register of dreams say about the king and those he considered his enemies?
Gopala Gowda's penury offers a glorious contrast to today’s Karnataka legislators who are being measured in dollar millions. He functions as a convenient instrument to measure the slide of intent and values in public life.
