Articles by Sugata Srinivasaraju

Sugata Srinivasaraju

The Quaestor Quatrains

Sagely statesman or savage beast, poetry soothes the soul of either

Apr 09, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
The Citrus Blight

Base shrinking and internally riven, can the BJP stay relevant for 2014?

Apr 02, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
A Quiet Sultan

The student days of ‘Tipu’ in Mysore

Mar 19, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Stones For Words

Pillars of the state in a blood feud. The symptoms are dire.

Mar 19, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Deathly Altar Of Tatu Ajja

Was Basavaraja’s death plain murder or a gruesome enactment of a tantric ritual?

Mar 05, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
The Eyes Have It, The Eyes Have It

After land and mining scams, the BJP’s gateway to the south chews on Porngate

Feb 20, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
‘I’m A Specialist In Rocket Science And A Failure As A Psychologist’

Former ISRO chairman offers fresh insight on the controversial Antrix-Devas deal

Feb 13, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju INTERVIEWS G. Madhavan Nair
Geography Lesson Revised

It won’t be such a bad thing—smaller states. Language-based units have run their course. It’s time to...

Feb 06, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Does Ash Like It Sukka?

Illi baaru, boss. Swinging between button idlis and pandi curries.

Jan 09, 2012 Sugata Srinivasaraju
The Leftover God

A temple’s demeaning ‘leftovers’ ritual has all sides frothing

Dec 19, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
The Retailer

Can a Walmart ever match Indian jugaad?

Dec 12, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Orange Bitters

Bellary bypoll turns litmus test for BJP

Dec 05, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Couldn’t Prevent Jack From Being Happy

We had an eye out for happiness, and found it in poverty softened by hope, in struggle, in selflessness, and...

Nov 28, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Watered Down

An RSS group baiting Modi? Read on.

Nov 14, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
For A Golden Rendezvous

Labourers at the Kolar Gold Fields mine an ore of hope

Nov 07, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
Kicking As He Goes

Yediyurappa thinks he’s been fixed by his party and is hitting back

Oct 31, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju
‘The Indian Dream Will Be An American Photocopy’

The head of the department of psychiatry at Nimhans Bangalore speaks on the present and future young of India...

Oct 31, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju INTERVIEWS Dr Sanjeev Jain
“I Had To Tell Kejriwal That, In Hisar, We Had Jumped The Gun”

The former Karnataka Lokayukta expresses anguish on how how Anna Hazare’s ‘apolitical’ movement may be...

Oct 24, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju INTERVIEWS N. Santosh Hegde
His Barony, Undermined

With G. Janardhana Reddy’s arrest, will the mineshaft collapse on the Bellary brothers?

Oct 10, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju ON Janardhana Reddy
Smelting Point

How will the Bellary Reddy arrest play out for the BJP?

Sep 19, 2011 Sugata Srinivasaraju