Tag: Karnataka
The communal violence in Shivamogga over Bajrang Dal activist’s murder is aiding the BJP
Reading Time: 6 minutes The anti-Muslim communal violence in Shivamogga over a Bajrang Dal activist’s murder is helping the BJP not only in Karnataka but also in UP.
Karnataka hijab row: a standoff between Muslim women’s right to education and Hindutva fascism
Reading Time: 10 minutes The Karnataka hijab row has been used by the BJP-RSS to deny Muslim women right to education, while the Opposition fell in the “hijab” trap.
Is India facing the third wave of COVID-19? What’s the way out?
Reading Time: 9 minutes Is India now facing the third wave of COVID-19? Why the government’s vaccine drive and the lockdown-type restrictions aren’t helping anymore?
Christians of India suffer Hindutva violence while Christmas is celebrated by many
Reading Time: 4 minutes While the urban upper-caste Hindu elites and middle-class celebrate Christmas, Christians of India continue to suffer persecution by Hindutva
The 2021 bypoll results: what’s the message between the lines?
Reading Time: 13 minutes What do the 2021 bypoll results indicate? Was this a mandate against the BJP and the Modi regime? Or was it hyper-local reaction to policies?
What’s behind Modi’s record 8.6m COVID-19 vaccination on a single day?
Reading Time: 5 minutes While Modi and the BJP jeered the record 8.6m COVID-19 vaccination on a single day on June 21st, what drove this rapid surge in vaccination remains concealed.
Ramesh Jarkiholi’s alleged sex tape also exposed the Opposition’s patriarchal hypocrisy
Reading Time: 3 minutes The controversy over Karnataka’s BJP leader Ramesh Jarkiholi’s alleged sex tape has also exposed the patriarchal hypocrisy of the Opposition.
Bangalore riots: Dissecting the violence over a social media post
Reading Time: 3 minutes Did a social media post trigger the Bangalore riots or whether there is more to it? A brief analysis of why this violence happened.
The BJP’s assault on labour rights exposes real intention behind COVID-19 lockdown
Reading Time: 6 minutes The cat was peeping out of the bag for long, but with the the BJP’s assault on labour rights under the garb of fighting COVID-19 menace brought it out.
Democracy: Go, Goa, gone!
Reading Time: 7 minutes Under Modi-Shah’s domination poaching opposition lawmakers is legitimised, which is why no one criticised how the BJP poached MLAs in Goa and Karnataka.
Karnataka under BJP’s siege, boycotting polls is the only option for the JD(S)-Congress
Reading Time: 6 minutes The attempts made by the Congress and the JD(S) leaders to save the coalition government are futile as the MLAs are bought in wholesale by the BJP.
Karnataka MLA “rebellion” drama exposes the farcical democracy and BJP’s incessant poaching drive
Reading Time: 5 minutes The new drama of MLAs resigning from the Congress-JD(S) coalition isn’t surprising as Yeddyurappa and the BJP are now keen to usurp power by mocking democracy.
Karnataka Bypoll Results Shook the BJP but not Enough to Dislodge it
Reading Time: 5 minutes The defeat of the BJP to the Congress-Janata Dal (Secular) alliance in the recently-held Karnataka bypoll for three Lok Sabha seats and two assembly seats shows that an anti-incumbency wave […]
Karnataka Assembly Election Shows BJP Can’t be Booted Sans a Massive Struggle
Reading Time: 6 minutes Both Karnataka assembly election 2018 and the high-voltage political drama that followed the results, give us a clear warning that the BJP under Narendra Modi, Amit Shah and their battalion […]
Brutal Lynching of Abdul Basheer by Hindutva mob is Another Blow to Karnataka
Reading Time: 3 minutes Abdul Basheer was brutally lynched to death by Hindutva mercenaries in Mangalore not because he had any role to play in the murder of the Hindutva fascist Deepak Rao, the […]
Anantkumar Hegde’s Tipu Sultan and Kasab Comparison Manifests BJP’s Frustration
Reading Time: 11 minutes Since few years, the BJP and Hindutva fascist outfits associated with the RSS are vehemently opposing the celebration of the Tipu Sultan Jayanti by the Congress government of Karnataka. The […]
Victim Bashing Soaring Since Mass Molestation of Women in Bengaluru
Reading Time: 7 minutes The mass molestation of women in Bengaluru during the New Year’s eve brought back the barrage of victim bashing pouring in from all quarters and we can also see the […]