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Assembly elections

Tuesday, April 15, 2008

Here in America, some have been saying that the 2008 Presidential contest is perhaps the most important election of their lifetime.
So where does the upcoming Karnataka Assembly election stand, in comparison? Will the BJP finally turn the corner and come to power on its own in a southern state? If that were to happen, how [...]

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Sam Smith

Friday, March 28, 2008

Sam Smith, Chicago Tribune’s long time NBA writer, is one of my favorite sports journalists. Sam is smart, very funny, has an engaging personality and loves basketball, which seeps through every word he writes. His columns as well as the weekly NBA mail bag are always both playful and serious. Sam knows everybody, [...]

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Why has Dwarakanath been asked to resign?

Tuesday, March 25, 2008

The Hindu reports that the chairperson of the Karnataka Backward Classes Commission C. S. Dwarakanath has been asked to resign.
It seems no explanation has been provided.
The relevant section (Chapter II and Section 4) of the THE KARNATAKA STATE COMMISSION FOR BACKWARD CLASSES ACT, 1995 states (note especially the highlighted portions):
4. Term of office and conditions [...]

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Teaching Samskara

Tuesday, February 19, 2008

(Updated below) 
Mangalore Univerisity Hindi Teachers belatedly realized they didn’t want to teach Samskara.
My response to that at Churumuri. Here is the money quote:
So if we are not debating with URA on his suggestion on how we can go beyond a hierarchical caste system (that only sexual contact can break caste taboos), then I don’t know [...]

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Jet propelled bullock cart

Thursday, April 19, 2007

Gideon Haigh asks in the Guardian an interesting question in light of India’s miserable performance at the World Cup:
India is cricket’s financial hub, providing 70% of the game’s global income; India’s most lucrative franchise is the rivalry with Pakistan. Over the past five to seven years, under Sourav Ganguly and [...]

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Cricket Matters 1

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Do you dig Bermuda? And all 20 stones/140 Kilograms of my man, Dwayne Leverock. And that incredible catch that Leverock took against India the other day. Folks watch this lovely tribute to the old man.
And that young kid, Malachi Jones, the first ever player to take a wicket with his first world cup delivery. All [...]

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