Politics over principles characterises India: Shashi Tharoor

mcadambi - 15-SEP-2008

Indian politics is essentially debate over principles unlike developed country politics:

"The French political scientist Maurice Duverger once explained that politics in India involves conflict over basic principles and in Britain, conflict over subsidiary principles, whereas in the US, party politics amounts to a conflict without principles. For both parties agree on most things: liberal democracy, free-enterprise capitalism, low taxes and superpower status abroad."

The 100-days business

silkboard - 11-SEP-2008

Read a very sensible letter to editor in DH yesterday (forget the name, sorry). It said something I so agree with. Whats this "100 days of government" business? I was disappointed to see Yeddy even trying to list 100-day achievements via newspaper ads. And then media asking for opinions on 100-days. Can a meaningful as well as visible change be caused by a state government in just over three months? Aren't we impatient if we expect that? Doesn't this impatience put pressure on elected folks to do the same short-sighted things that we later

Belgaum Ganesh decoration using FLEX in demand

belgaumblog - 7-SEP-2008

The Ganesh Festival has begun since yesterday and all air filled with joy and vigor. The decoration for the Sarvajanik Mandals this time (347) has one noticeable factor of the use of FLEX (plastic same as those big hoardings) material for all decoration as background, pillars etc. Until last year FLEX was used to make only the mandals sign board. but this time a vast use of this has been seen all over by the mandals. Still as this is just the first day after the installation of the idols in the pandals, still the decoration is going on.

Ganesha Festival & Our Environment

Ravi_D - 1-SEP-2008

You may not have seen some of these pictures... but this is what happens after the festival is over. This entry (see last paragraph) seems to even imply a ban by Mumbai police.

Care. Participate. Know. Change

tsubba - 29-AUG-2008

An inspiring story from HD Kote shows why the geeks will rule the world. The Hindu

A 14-km stretch connecting Bidarahalli with N. Begur in H.D. Kote wore out within a few months after it had been re-laid. The residents, led by a non-governmental organisation, filed an application under the Right to Information Act and found out that the money spent was not proportionate to the work done. They filed a complaint with the Lokayukta and we ordered the road to be re-built, Mr. Hegde said.

PIL Filed against MLAs' America tour

shas3n - 21-AUG-2008

A PIL has been filed in the highcourt questioning trip (junket?) that the CM, MLAs and officers are taking. There is an article in thatskannada about this and I guess tomorrow's newspapers might carry this too.

Since the article is in Kannada, I am translating the highlights.

* The team size for the visit was 115.

Rohan Kokane of Belgaum makes a record in skating

belgaumblog - 20-AUG-2008

Aniket Halgekar has reached the 1st ever Orkut and MTV Rodies battleground

belgaumblog - 20-AUG-2008

MTV the popular music channel has organized Sony Ericsson MTV Roadies Battleground a reality show and Aniket Halgekar of Belgaum has reached the Finals.

Ban on iron ore export likely

mcadambi - 19-AUG-2008

We in Karnataka know very well how our feudal Reddy brothers control the mining mafia and the transport mafia as well. Our miners prefer to travel by helicopters.

Rohan Kokane makes the limbo skating record

belgaumblog - 17-AUG-2008

The seven-year-old limbo skater from Belgaum city, Rohan Kokane, has staked claim to world record by comfortably skating under a bar with a clearance height of 6.5” in backward direction and 5.7” in forward direction in an auditorium in the city on Friday.