As Coimbatore is in focus and every TV channel is busy predicting the outcome there, you must read this deep profile of Annamalai done by Prajwal and Shabbir Ahmed a few months ago tracing his life in Karnataka and TN. And his gymnastics

thenewsminute.com/premium/annama…

During the Covid second wave, Basant Kumar and I had visited a Patanjali health centre in Haridwar.

As usual, it was false advertising. What was striking was that this was done in collab with the Uttarakhand government.

newslaundry.com/2021/05/11/bab…

Investigating India: How Smaller, Independent News Outlets Are Digging into Politics in a Key Election Year. By Bhavya Dore
gijn.org/stories/india-…

ಗಣೇಶನ ಮದುವೆಯ ವಠಾರ ನೋಡಿದ್ವು ಇವತ್ತು! 🥹
We were headed somewhere post lunch & husband took me on a side quest to find the vaTaara from 'Ganeshana Maduve'. Aaand we (he) found it!
We were ecstatic to walk around the place, remembering the scenes! This man made my day! 🥰

Social Welfare Department of Government of Karnataka has a stipend scheme for Dalit & Adivasi Law Graduates in Karnataka. The online registration has been down for a few days. Yadgiri#swdkarnataka must rectify this immediately so that law graduates can avail of the stipend

To meet #Modi govt’s targets for central insurance schemes, some banks withdraw money from customers’ accounts en masse, in some cases look to forge customer consent, then ask branches to conceal forgeries
Read Hemant Gairola's meticulous investigation
article-14.com/post/banks-wan…

Oops, we debited your account by mistake, State banks tell customers who demand answers on premium payments from their accounts for #Modi govt welfare schemes they did not sign up for

Some get refunds, many do not

Read Hemant Gairola's investigation
article-14.com/post/banks-wan…

Interview with MS Subbulakshmi’s great grandson on TM Krishna, Carnatic music and row over the award. thenewsminute.com/tamil-nadu/int…

AILAJ has written to Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah requesting prohibition of the prevailing practice of uploading of 'notices of intended marriage' under Special Marriage Act & seeking action against 🚩Mohan gowda🇮🇳 for hate speech & incitement of violence.

Fantastic, and must say somewhat Periyarist (😂), letter from Ranjani Gayatri! By questioning the Brahmin hegemony of the MA, they are firmly placing themselves next to T M Krishna.

They are doing exactly what TMK did, and their supporters had a problem with: publicly calling…

I filed an RTI to verify the claim of Mohandas Pai claiming that Kasturba Medical College got land from any Government.

I got a response from the Udupi Deputy Magistrate's office with Government orders of 1953 and 1965 allotting land to Kasturba Medical College (1/2)

Dear DGP KARNATAKA CP Bengaluru ಪೊಲೀಸ್ ಆಯುಕ್ತ ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು Mohan Gowda 🚩Mohan gowda🇮🇳 has shared name address and photos of inter-faith couples , making them targets of violence. Its a clear offence under IPC 153(a), (b), 505(2). Pls book him asap.

Request all to also report his account.

🚨New: Days after it got approval from the Union Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas to extend its licence to explore and produce oil and gas in Rajasthan, Vedanta donated Rs 100 crore to BJP in #electoralbonds . The Quint
thequint.com/news/politics/…

FPJ’s taken down their viral video & story of the student who questioned Piyush Goyal’s son and college admin about students being coerced into attending this political event just before their exams?Instead, Free Press Journal has published the college admin’s “clarification”. Okay then.

The Carnatic Music Industry has stone walled EVERY attempt of dialogue, discussion and failed to set up an ICC since 2018.
All these people fighting tooth and nail spending all their time here - NOT EVEN A FRACTION OF THIS EFFORT WAS TAKEN TO ENSURE SAFETY OF MINORS AND STUDENTS…

'I wish that MS was alive so that she could use the platform of the Music Academy to herself give the award to TMK on the dais, have a constructive debate about the legacy of Carnatic music, and put an end to this tussle that erupts every few years'
newindianexpress.com/cities/bengalu…

good piece on the Music Academy and TMK. Swaroop Mami
newslaundry.com/2024/03/23/sha…

great piece by Swaroop Mami newslaundry.com/2024/03/23/sha…

Hi Ranjani and Gayatri
Thanks for writing to me.

First off - The subject here is T M Krishna. Not Periyar.

Periyar isn't getting the Sangita Kalanidhi.
T M Krishna is.

Periyar cannot be awarded the Kalanidhi since he hasn't contributed to the music industry. Also, the man…

Anant's Ark + Pablo Escobar's hippos!

Read the full investigation into #Vantara by m rajshekhar for Himal Southasian. And support independent media.

himalmag.com/politics/relia…