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Janaki Nair

Janaki Nair

Articles by Janaki Nair

In Karnataka, the quiet demise of Ahinda politics

Siddaramaiah had the foresight, vision, and the opportunity to forge a new path that could have truly breathed new life into the Alpasankhyataru - Hindulidavaru - Dalitaru , or Ahinda , platform. But in capitulating to caste/family dictates, he has chosen not only to forsake political morality but has squandered a chance of being a bolder heir to the legacies of Devaraj Urs. (@siddaramaiah X/PTI)

Updated on Apr 20, 2026 15:07 IST

Maze facing Karnataka’s caste counting exercise

The survey, which covered over 10 million households, is exactly what it says – a survey, not a census, which sampled a substantial population systematically. (PTI)

Updated on Oct 14, 2025 17:45 IST

History textbooks and their tryst with truth

If there are any innovations in this new “truth-telling” exercise, they are pressed into the service of national pride. The same standard of truth-telling is not applied to Hindu kings, such as Shivaji, or Maharana Pratap, as Akbar and Aurangzeb. (PTI)

Updated on Aug 29, 2025 15:28 IST

The many ways to increase women’s presence in politics

The family is the primary training ground for men and women who aspire to a life in politics (Arvind Yadav/HT PHOTO)

Updated on Mar 25, 2025 13:55 IST

Uniquely Indian traits that produce civic indifference

Karnataka, Aug 29 (ANI): An aerial view of Purple Line Namma Metro Train of 7.5 Kms extension of Phase 2, from Nayandahalli to Kengeri, in Bengaluru on Sunday. (ANI Photo) (Shashidhar Byrappa)

Updated on Dec 13, 2024 17:04 IST

Bengaluru development needs better planning

An aerial view shows the Kempegowda Bus Station in Bengaluru on September 9, 2024. (Photo by Idrees MOHAMMED / AFP) (AFP)

Updated on Sep 11, 2024 16:09 IST

Behind Bengaluru’s looming water thirst

People stand in a queue with water cans to get drinking water at Jnana Jyothi Nagar in Bengaluru. (PTI)

Updated on Mar 12, 2024 16:30 IST

Orange versus saffron in Karnataka, again

The robust, and quite differentiated, network of (largely Lingayat) mathas (or monastic institutions), and their mathadishas (heads), have charted a distinctive path for several centuries (PTI)

Updated on Dec 20, 2023 16:30 IST

Bengaluru traffic plays a joke on Trevor Noah

Vehicles stranded in a massive traffic congestion in Outer Ring Road corridor in Bengaluru on Wednesday. (Mahadevapura Task Force)

Updated on Oct 3, 2023 07:04 IST

An ugly and unidirectional love

Updated on Sep 1, 2013 20:08 IST

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