Once more, Karnataka is set for an “orange” versus “saffron” battle. In 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and then chief minister B S Yediyurappa began the task of cohering Basava’s Anubhava Mantapa to “Sanatana Pragatipara”, a progressive Hinduism. But many important Lingayat Swamis have held on to Basava’s 12th century rebellion as marking not only the repudiation of Brahminical Hinduism …
Published : Jul 31, 2023 13:05 IST - 9 MINS READ For a man who has received 17 death threat letters over the past year and a half, 70-year-old Kannada writer Kumbara Veerabhadrappa, remains irrepressible. Popular scholar, prolific writer Like Kalburgi and Lankesh, Kum Vee is also blisteringly forthright and speaks feistily at public forums. Rajendra Chenni, retired professor of …
In his first public meeting after he vacated his bungalow in the national capital, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Sunday said that it is easy to question others but difficult to question oneself. It is easy to question others, it is difficult to question oneself," Rahul Gandhi said. Launching an attack on the central government, Rahul Gandhi said on Saturday, …
