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‘Media hysteria turning a whole nation neurotic’

The Kannada writer and thinker, Prof U.R. Anantha Murthy, on the Indian media’s role in whipping up “mass hysteria” through its breathless coverage of the recent terror attacks and t… more →

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'Media hysteria turning a whole nation neurotic' — 1 comment

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: The Kannada writer and thinker, Prof U.R. Anantha Murthy, on the Indian media’s role in whippi … more →

Tags: For the Record, Issues and Ideas, Magazines, Newspapers, Television, churumuri, kafka, Nathuram Godse, sans-serif

'Godse's way of thinking is alive and influential' — 107 comments

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: The following is the full, unexpurgated text of the convocation address made by the Kannada literatt … more →

Tags: media, Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Mahatma Gandhi, Gujarat, Narendra Modi, Sonia Gandhi, Ramana, Nathuram Godse

The seeds of hatred are being forced to bear fruit — 143 comments

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: What is now happening in Karnataka is quite disturbing; almost  u … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, BJP, HD Deve Gowda, H.D. Kumaraswamy, CNN-IBN, Sangh Parivar, LK Advani, churumuri

'Sangh Parivar is destroying Hindu civilisation' — 184 comments

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: By U.R. ANANTHA MURTHY What has happened in Dakshina Kannada is a shame. The Christians in the past … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, BJP, Gujarat, Narendra Modi, conversions, udupi, Sangh Parivar, churumuri

Does the identity of Anglo-Indians not count? — 215 comments

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: D.P. SATISH writes from New Delhi: Former Indian all-rounder Roger Binny was a nominated MLA in the … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, anglo indians, BENDRE, churumuri, Derrick Fullinfaw, Karnataka Rakshana Vedike, krv, Kuvemu

What's in a name? What's in a set of initials? — 37 comments

churumuri wrote 4 years ago: RAMYA KRISHNAMURTHY writes from Bangalore: I don’t know Usha K.R.. I have never met Usha K.R.. I did … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Literati, People, A Girl and A River, Aishwarya Rai, Amitav Ghosh, Anita Nair, Arundhati Roy, Ashis Nandy

Can parties be sued for unfulfilled promises? — 10 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: U.R. Anantha Murthy in an interview with Vicky Nanjappa of rediff.com and India Abroad: Q: Do you th … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, People, churumuri, Karnataka elections, Rediff.com

A PEOPLE'S MANIFESTO FOR THE 2008 ELECTIONS — 36 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: Call him what you will, like him or hate him, agree with him or disagree with him, there is no denyi … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Literati, Kannada & Karnataka, churumuri, Karnataka elections, People's Manifesto

'How Karnataka is becoming Gujarat of South' — 123 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: GAURI LANKESH writes from Bangalore: Recently, three young men were arrested in Hubli and Honnali on … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Literati, media, Aavarana, C.S. Dwarakanath, churumuri, Gauri Lankesh, Lashkar-e-Toiba

The feather vendor, the P & G honcho, and URA — 22 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: Former Procter & Gamble India head Gurcharan Das in The Sunday Times of India: “At great s … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Literati, Kannada & Karnataka, churumuri, The Sunday Times of India, gurcharan das, Procter & Gamble, Bhalachandra Nemade

What goes up must take something down with it — 13 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: U.R Anantha Murthy at the centenary celebrations of A.N. Krishna Rao, quoted in Praja Vani: “B … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Literati, Kannada & Karnataka, IT, BT, IIT & IIM, churumuri, Praja Vani, AaNaKru, A.N. Krishna Rao

Hindi teachers, please don't leave our kids alone! — 15 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: PRITHVI DATTA CHANDRA SHOBHI writes from Oakland, California: Now that the University of Mangalore h … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Literati, A rite for a dead man, AK Ramanujan, churumuri, D.H. Lawrence, hindi, KUVEMPU

CHURUMURI POLL: Is Samskara a little too sexy? — 37 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: The demand by some teachers of Mangalore University for the withdrawal of U.R. Anantha Murthy‘ … more →

Tags: Churumuri Poll, Kannada & Karnataka, Literati, A rite for a dead man, AK Ramanujan, churumuri, hindi, Mangalore University, samskara

Bangalore's dying. All we can change is its name? — 45 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: MADHU GOPINATH RAO writes from New York City: What’s in a name? A lot apparently if the spate of Ind … more →

Tags: Issues and Ideas, Kannada & Karnataka, Mysore-Bangalore, Wodeyar, churumuri, Bengaluru, veera ballALa

An old flame ignites the media's insensitivity — 22 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: The release of former Congress minister H. Vishwanath‘s autobiography Halli hakkiya haadu (The … more →

Tags: Kannada & Karnataka, Literati, media, Mysore-Bangalore, B. Saroja Devi, churumuri, H. Vishwanath, Halli Hakkiya Haadu, mid day

CHURUMURI EXCLUSIVE: S.L. BHYRAPPA — 77 comments

churumuri wrote 5 years ago: Like it or lump it, S.L. Bhyrappa‘s latest novel Aavarana is the hands-down literary sensation … more →

Tags: Google Videos, Issues and Ideas, Literati, Aavarana, churumuri, S.L. Bhyrappa


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