Narendra Modi: Voice of India's civilisational aspiration

U R Ananthamurthy’s assertion of leaving the country if Modi is voted to power is an affront to the deep sense of the Indian voters who have time and again shown a certain sagacity and wisdom......

He will be missed by all who step out and fight for justice

U R Ananthamurthy was one among the most creative triumvirate of Modernist Kannada literature of the late sixties and seventies (the other two being the late P Lankesh and K Poornachandra Tejaswi).......

'The common man does not elect the PM'

'One big leader said you might get 3 lakh votes and still lose.''I said if I do, I will make sure you are sleepless because it will be me and three lakh people.'Rediff.com's Archana Masih meets......

The fight against superstition gathers momentum

Though the list of superstitious beliefs is long, often dissolving distinctions of class, caste, religion and education, Karnataka's anti-superstition bill is seen as a big step ahead.Nikita Puri......