The Memories Of A Former Chief Minister

Dr Banjagere Jayaprakash | Posted on: 2011-02-05 | Comments: 1

By: Dr Banjagere Jayaprakash

The 108th birth anniversary of late S. Nijalingappa, the former Chief Minister was celebrated on 10 December 2010. As an event it did not make headlines in the state. But, considering the chief ministers of Karnataka, including the present one, one feels that the personality of Nijalingappa and his style of politics belonged to a time in the history of the state, which could be termed as an era of value based politics. Nijalingappa hailed from Chitradurga district. Originally from ........ Read more

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The Glory Of Central Sahitya Academy Award For Rahmat, A Culture Critic

Unknown | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: Unknown

The selection of Rahmat Tarikere, a well known culture critic, for the Central Sahitya Academy Award has brought us immense happiness. Tarikere is on the editorial board of Samvaada. This has further added to our pride. This celebrated award is conferred for a collection of his writings on criticism ’ಕತ್ತಿಯಂಚಿನ ದಾರಿಯಲ್ಲಿ’ (“The path on razors edge”). Rahmat’s first love was folklore. From folklore he shifted to criticism and established hi........ Read more

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A Moment With 'Hind Swaraj'

Shilpa K H | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: Shilpa K H

When I joined M.A. I year, the II year students had organized a function to welcome us. During the function they gifted each of us ‘Hind Swaraj’, a book written by Gandhi. At the time I was not happy receiving it. I had expected them to give us instead of the book, some other useful item. Without making any effort to read the book, I had kept it in a corner in the hostel, all the time cursing my seniors. When we came to the II semester of the course Hind Swaraj had been made a subject of........ Read more

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WHO ARE THE REAL TRAITORS AND THE FALSE PATRIOTS?

Suresh Bhat | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: Suresh Bhat

RSS and family have got provoked from what Arundati Roy, well known Writer and Booker prize winner, has said on Kashmir recently. It demanded the registration of a case of sedition against her. Veerappa Moily, the minister was indecisive in his response at first. After analyzing the seriousness of the subject and the national and international implications of such a move, the government of India decided not to register a case of sedition against her. This is not only an exhibition of ma........ Read more

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WATCH AND ENJOY - EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE DRAMA

Sharada Gopal | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: Sharada Gopal

The money meant for the employment of the poor is diverted to a drama troupe which represents the upper strata. Let this troupe make proper use of this money and train those who really need training. Otherwise spending the money this way is like using JCB in the works of employment guarantee scheme. I was shocked to learn that in order to develop awareness through street plays about the Employment Guarantee Act the government has sanctioned Rs.2 crores to Rangayana. Five years have p........ Read more

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Around The Clouds And Lightening Of A Valley

MuraliKrishna M S | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: MuraliKrishna M S

Bhopal Gas Tragedy occurred in 1984. Even after 25 years of this black incident Justice has remained a mirage to the sufferers. The compensation that could have been justly theirs has become an empty dream. But the struggles of the activists continue. In the back ground of twenty fifth year of the occurance of this heart rending incident, there were discussions and exchanges of information from many platforms all over the country last year (2009). There were appraisals of the continued struggle ........ Read more

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Our Age-12 SECULARISM RETARDED BUT ALIVE

Dr Muzaffer Assadi | Posted on: 2011-02-03 | Comments: 0

By: Dr Muzaffer Assadi

It may not be wrong to say that the recent judgement on Ayodhya has given rise to a new debate on secularism. How far does the judgement on Ayodhya represent our secularism? How strong is the secularism of India? Or are the opportunities for secularism shrinking? Questions such as these naturally confront us. We cannot possibly deny that a few myths have been created during the debate on Indian secularism. The first myth is that secularism is a gift of modernity that too one given by........ Read more

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Bhagavan Das: An Ambedkarite Who Is No More.

Ragotham H BB | Posted on: 2011-02-02 | Comments: 0

By: Ragotham H BB

In the complex social system of India many isms such as communalism, socialism, Gandhism, etc are in existence. In one sense they all represent vested interests. It had not been possible for those who are whirling round the poisonous manuvada, (the doctrine of Manu) to become the true representatives of mankind. But what about Ambedkarism which evolved as an alternative to all these? Definitely Ambedkarism is the representative of humanity of this age. Ambedkarism which is brimming with Buddhis........ Read more

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BUDDHA IN ARUNACHAL

Unknown | Posted on: 2011-02-02 | Comments: 1

By: Unknown

Formerly known as NEFA (North east frontier agency), the state of Arunachal Pradesh is at the farthest end of North eastern India. A mountainous region situated at the base if Himalayas, Arunachal is a beautiful state. It is the only Indian state which shares its borders with three neighboring countries- Myanmar to the east, Tibet in the north and Bhutan on the west. In 1962, during the Sino-India war, China had occupied the towns of Tawang, Dirang and other nearby areas, but withdrew shortly th........ Read more

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THE DANGERS POSED BY THE MUTTS

Basavaraju G P | Posted on: 2011-02-02 | Comments: 0

By: Basavaraju G P

The adherence to chair at any cost by Yaddyurappa, the chief minister of Karnataka is the most shameful act that has taken place in the history of India in recent years. People could have enjoyed it as a farce. But as the whole episode is full of shamelessness, corruption, moral degradation, communal politics and many other highly distressing qualities, a situation has arisen where in the whole of Karnataka has to hang its head in shame. If not anything, this incident has exposed the BJP and RS........ Read more

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The 'Dalekha' Conference In Shimoga : An Alternate Program For The Play Of Words

Nagabhushana D S | Posted on: 2011-02-02 | Comments: 0

By: Nagabhushana D S

There was a state conference of Dalit writers and artists (Dalekha) on Oct 29th and 30th of 2010 in Shimoga. This was the second conference to take place after the one under the leadership of late B.krishnappa in 1976 which established the Dalekha. There were more people in this conference than in the first one. And it was held with all pomp and show though the great divide in dalit struggle was prominently visible. If you look at it that way the organisers of this conference were only one ........ Read more

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