By Ramesh Kandula The state government has been correctly taken to task by many political parties and leaders for failing to make proper arrangements for distribution fish medicine, resulting in stampede and chaos during the event. But what one has not expected is the surprising reaction from a section of political leaders and activists. Leaders like Congress MP Madhu Yashki [...]

By Ramesh Kandula The Tara Chowdary case, reported widely in the electronic media, provides a little insight into how our news channels operate. The Tara episode and the inquisitorial manner in which it was treated by the channels is by no means an accurate mirror of the depths to which our reporting has plunged. But the inconsiderate, loose and voyeuristic [...]

The Spanish painter Francisco de Goya produced a series of etchings in 1797, the most famous of which he titled: El sueño de la razón produce monstruos (The Sleep of Reason brings forth Monsters). In this masterpiece of thought and technique, a writer is asleep at his desk, his head resting in his arms, while behind him are owls, bats, [...]

By Ramesh Kandula Earth Hour has become an annual farce with many dubious supporters rallying for the cause. In Hyderabad, people have been called upon to switch off their lights from 8.30 pm to 9.30 pm on Saturday to express their solidarity for the cause of environment. This cause gets liberal help by the elite classes everywhere, and sections of [...]

By Ramesh Kandula It was historical necessity that catapulted Telugu Desam Party onto the centre-stage of Andhra Pradesh politics three decades back. The regional party’s continued relevance in the changing sociopolitical dynamics has now become a matter of intense debate both within and outside TDP. Saddled in its longest innings in the opposition benches, the party is passing through one [...]

By Saye Sekhar It has been 30 years since a revolution surfaced on the Indian political arena. The revolution has a name and fame too. It was the legendary thespian of the Telugu tinsel town Nandamuri Taraka Rama Rao , undoubtedly the darling of masses, who announced the formation of a regional political party on this 29th day of March [...]

By Nalamotu Cakrahvarthy Telangana Rashtra Samiti (TRS), Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) and Nagam Janardhan Reddy must be congratulated for their recent hard-fought victory in the by-elections. Yes, the winning candidates spent a lot of money; but, so did the losing parties. Like in every other election, TRS contested on a single issue platform of a separate state. TRS claimed that [...]

By Ramesh Kandula Is communal politics more dangerous than regional politics?  Is the difference one of degree rather than of kind? That is the question that comes to my mind when left liberals throw their weight behind TRS Party’s Ibrahim rather than BJP’s Yennam Srinivas Reddy in the ongoing Mahabubnagar by-poll. A few self-styled intellectuals, writers and social activists have [...]

Dear Sachin, Let’s start off with the simple things. Congratulations. I’m wondering though, if that’s appropriate enough. Isn’t that what they normally say when one achieves something ? Not to you perhaps. To whom no encomium is sufficiently worthy, no reward fulfilling enough, no achievement befitting enough. So you have it finally. It may have been Bangladesh. May have been [...]

by Ramesh Kandula One gets to hear of Bajarang Dal only on February 14, the Valentine’s Day. On Tuesday too, the overexcited cadres of Bajarang Dal fanned themselves across the state to teach us Indian values and hand over summary punishment to helpless romantic couples. Media reports said that at least half a dozen couples were forcibly married off by [...]