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Digital politics

Friday, May 12, 2006

Freakishly hectic days. And that’s my excuse for not posting anything in the last couple of days. For a while, each day has been freakishly hectic but it is easier to write on somedays than on others.
Since monday, I have been meaning to write on a couple of digital humanities themes. I also wanted to [...]

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After the elections

Tuesday, March 28, 2006

Rajyasabha elections in Karnataka are over and the industrialist has won over the writer.
Yes, Rajeev Chandrashekhar managed to ‘buy’ the most number of votes in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly and has been elected to the Rajyasabha. What he will do in the next six years remains to be seen, but if we go by our [...]

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Bush, Devegowda and Ananthamurthy

Tuesday, March 21, 2006

Let us begin with a word on the Hopeful One’s press conference this morning. There have been a spate of OPEDs (tired of linking them/commenting on them) in recent times, blasting Bush for being out of touch and for living in his fantasyland. But here is what struck me this morning, again: read his responses [...]

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Delicious ironies

Wednesday, March 1, 2006

Consider this Star of Mysore editorial about an amendment to the 1898 Indian Post Office Act. Since the link would not work after today, let me quote some excerpts.
The 1898 Act gave exclusive rights to the department of posts to carry letters. Private couriers were, therefore, allowed to carry only documents. Since the dividing [...]

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Matters of spirit

Monday, February 6, 2006

Bengaluru aka the City of Boiled Beans, that is the capital of Karnataka aka land of black soil is a much happening place these days.
The day after assuming the office, the new chief minister Kumaraswamy announced that he would ride around the city in the middle of the night, just like the great kings of [...]

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Lametnation contd

Sunday, January 29, 2006

What’s up with politicians and pilgrimages? or with homa and havana performances? How will gods themselves weigh in on the value of rituals performed by various politicians? While you and I may remain clueless on these matters, our leaders aren’t.
Now that the political crisis in Bangalore seems to be ebbing, the protagonists of [...]

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