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Janaki Nair
The writer is professor of history, JNU, Delhi, and author of ‘Mysore Modern: Rethinking the Region under Princely Rule’.
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In Rama Bhima Soma, Srikar Raghavan navigates Karnataka’s history through its language, politics and identitySubscriber Only
March 09,2025 05:30:00 AM
Over the course of the book, the author takes us back to some of the more well-known landmarks of the 1970s and 1980s: the Boosa movement, the eruption of the form-changing Dalit literature, the rise of the Rajya Raitha Sangha
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
Thomas Matthew’s mammoth biography of Ratan Tata forgets the man for the corporate czarSubscriber Only
March 08,2025 14:12:27 PM
A plethora of details, mostly about the companies Ratan led or was associated with, blot out the man himself. The book, however, has the merit of putting in one place a large amount of information, which while old hat for many in the corporate world, would certainly interest the general reader
Sat, Mar 08, 2025
The larger lesson in a small victory for meatatarians in KarnatakaSubscriber Only
December 26,2024 13:22:15 PM
Shedding the negative connotations associated with meat eating, and cultivating toleration — in schools, colleges, public events — would go a long way in making the plurality of food cultures acceptable
Mon, Dec 30, 2024
Dhoti in a Bengaluru mall, jobs for locals: Can Kannada compete with capitalism?Subscriber Only
July 21,2024 12:02:42 PM
Has the battle already been lost? Can the citizens of Karnataka, local and migrant, give up being ‘cosmopolitan’? This will require not only the will of the state, but also the support of the bourgeoisie.
Thu, Jul 25, 2024
Prajwal Revanna case: Karnataka’s women need more than courtroom justiceSubscriber Only
June 07,2024 16:00:48 PM
They need to be assured that those who prey on them will be held accountable, and that their independence — in every form — will be protected.
Mon, Jun 10, 2024
When women are ‘loved’ to death: A Karnataka storySubscriber Only
May 17,2024 12:34:34 PM
The backlash that follows every small act of women’s empowerment makes the task ahead a complex one, requiring healing and attitude correction that a police force or a political party alone cannot achieve.
Fri, May 17, 2024
In Karnataka, Congress and BJP are two sides of the same coinSubscriber Only
April 10,2024 19:46:12 PM
The Congress campaign so far shows no signs of turning BJP’s disastrous failings in Karnataka to its advantage. If anything, it appears as if Congress, and not the BJP, will be hobbling to the ballot box
Wed, Apr 10, 2024
No, Karnataka isn’t a safe state for womenSubscriber Only
January 05,2024 07:07:19 AM
Who would have suspected that an economic powerhouse like Karnataka conceals some of the most egregious forms of discrimination against women?
Fri, Jan 05, 2024
Janaki Nair writes: CM Siddaramaiah and the constitutional patriotism of the Karnataka modelSubscriber Only
October 07,2023 07:55:14 AM
In consulting all parties over the Cauvery Water Sharing dispute, in placing on hold the needlessly hasty and unthought adoption of the New Education Policy, and in removing the more egregious alterations to school textbooks, the government may be cautiously crafting an alternative strategy for change
Sat, Oct 07, 2023
Janaki Nair writes: D K Shivakumar, Bengaluru’s ‘cosmopolitanism’ and the wrong approach to citiesSubscriber Only
July 18,2023 07:45:20 AM
Treat cities as public good — not a private asset — and build anew the idea of commons from bottom up for a functional, sustainable and socially just urbanism
Tue, Jul 18, 2023
Why Karnataka rejected the BJPSubscriber Only
May 14,2023 12:50:47 PM
Win for Congress presents opportunity to rethink styles of political leadership, reimagine economic development, reinvent democratic norms
Tue, May 16, 2023
Karnataka’s statue-building spree is loaded with segmented politics of casteSubscriber Only
March 20,2023 06:45:43 AM
The ‘New Karnataka’ that is daily being promised rests firmly on segmented caste ‘banks’ that hollow out the meaning of a secular, democratic, citizenship.
Mon, Mar 20, 2023
Janaki Nair writes: The Bengaluru Mahaparinirvana rally marks new beginning for Dalit sangharshSubscriber Only
December 12,2022 07:26:25 AM
The rally came as a refreshing pushback from regions, such as the northern districts of Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar, where caste atrocities are routine but unreported, as well as Bengaluru and Kolar, closer to the newsrooms and channels.
Mon, Dec 12, 2022
The work of worship: Karnataka’s new stateSubscriber Only
October 31,2022 21:06:19 PM
Janaki Nair writes: Worship clearly has its uses in the state, if only as a smokescreen for government helplessness on matters of governance
Sat, Nov 05, 2022
Janaki Nair writes: Reimagining BengaluruSubscriber Only
September 19,2022 04:01:22 AM
Janaki Nair writes: City fathers need to revive the intertwined tank and market garden model in every locality, introduce a more resilient and sustainable urban ethos
Mon, Sep 19, 2022
Savarkar, a bulbul and the misplaced metaphorSubscriber Only
September 01,2022 19:18:56 PM
Janaki Nair writes: If we accept that the hero of the Hindu Right riding the bulbul is a misunderstood metaphor, is the rest of the piece, which dwells at length on the miseries and torture that Savarkar experienced, also mere exaggeration?
Sat, Sep 03, 2022
Karnataka: A state of exclusionSubscriber Only
July 27,2022 04:40:52 AM
Janaki Nair writes: Divisive politics drowns out clamour against corruption, criminality in Karnataka
Wed, Jul 27, 2022
Bigotry is shaping ‘Nava’ KarnatakaSubscriber Only
April 13,2022 04:00:03 AM
Janaki Nair writes: The garden of peace that the celebrated Kannada poet Kuvempu had described is threatened by a politics that wants to render Muslims invisible.
Wed, Apr 13, 2022
Secularism has been weaponised in KarnatakaSubscriber Only
February 08,2022 03:30:28 AM
Janaki Nair writes: Whether Muslim women choose to wear the hijab or not, they deserve their space as citizens of this democratic republic
Tue, Feb 08, 2022
A ‘Nava Karnataka’ is emergingSubscriber Only
December 25,2021 03:01:50 AM
🔴 State BJP is pushing for an ethnicised Hindu nation. Proposed anti-conversion law is the latest example
Sat, Dec 25, 2021
Understanding BJP’s Karnataka dilemmaSubscriber Only
June 24,2021 03:02:46 AM
Janaki Nair writes: The current crisis it faces is an outcome of the manner in which the party won power in the state.
Thu, Jun 24, 2021
Tejaswi Surya’s urbane veneer can’t hide his vitriolic politicsSubscriber Only
May 11,2021 01:10:50 AM
He has become the battle-axe for Hindu Dharma that he promised to be.
Tue, May 11, 2021
New Vivekananda statue at JNU demands obedience and piety rather than engagementSubscriber Only
November 27,2020 03:05:46 AM
The installation of the statue comes as its obverse, of a theatre of power heralding a new reality, presided over by the Prime Minister himself at his alliterative best (invoking “confidence, conviction, character”).
Fri, Nov 27, 2020
A Fine Balance: What are the claims of women to public spaceSubscriber Only
November 22,2020 06:00:11 AM
The pandemic has brought public life to an unprecedented standstill. A historian reimagines and re-examines form and functionality in the cities which nurture us
Mon, Nov 23, 2020
Some must take barefoot to the highway, others make privileged journeysSubscriber Only
May 28,2020 06:34:38 AM
The paradoxical invisibility of migrants-as-workers until now has now been compounded by those state governments that have exercised their freedom to suspend labour laws for 1,200 days.
Thu, May 28, 2020Journalism of Courage
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