The Cabal Within the Party to Stop Narendra Modi
This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s article published in Kannada Prabha on 7 September 2013. Comments and criticism welcome as always. “A nation can survive its fools, and even the ambitious. But...
View ArticleThe Modi Juggernaut
Irony and decency die a million deaths each time Rahul Gandhi opens his mouth. Rahul indeed is the most powerful man in India today; consider this—ever since he took over as the Congress party’s Vice...
View ArticleMr. Ananthamurthy why is this Nonsense Inevitable to you?
NOTE: This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s column in Kannada Prabha published on 21 Sep 2013. In Goa on 9 June 2013, Narendra Modi was appointed as the head of the BJP’s campaign committee. In the...
View ArticleBJP-BSY=2, BJP+BSY=?
Note: This is my translation of Pratap Simha’s column published in Kannada Prabha on 28 September 2013. Jagadish Shettar. Sadananda Gowda. K.S. Eshwarappa. R. Ashoka. Prahlad Joshi. Ananth Kumar. One...
View ArticleMost Loathsome People of India: 2013
As the year draws to a close, I’m back again with the annual ritual of this blog. 2013 has truly been a year of several revelations, each one tumbling rapdily after the other. Most of them have,...
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The unleashing of secular hatred
Uneasy lies the head that wears the Secular crown ’tis painted in many an ugly hue Though it be coloured the colour of rose ‘neath it lurks a palette of deceit and scorn; The wearer bravely wears the...
View ArticleAavarana–The Veil: A Personal Journey
Born in a tiny village that’s pretty nonexistent for the world even outside the Hassan district. Lost his mother and three siblings by the time he was 10 or so. A father who had abandoned any semblance...
View ArticleNarendra Modi: the End of Slavery and a civilizational victory
Annihilation, not decimation is the word you’re looking for. Forget the BJP tally. Forget expert election punditry. Forget everything else. Focus on what just one man has acutally accomplished. He...
View ArticleTo the White Mughal and his Lies
Dear Willie, Forgive me for using that endearment, which I came to understand recently is reserved for those close to you. I had initially started out my salutation as “Dear Mr. William Dalrymple, Sir”...
View ArticleBangalore Nagarathnamma : A Profile
Note: This is my abridged translation of the original Kannada authored by D.V. Gundappa (popularly known as DVG), part of the 1987 centenary edition of his Jnapaka Chitrashale. Copyright for the...
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