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From a daughter to her mother Indiramma, Kavitha Lankesh writes, “I will miss you. Everyday.”
By the morning of Monday, June 15, 2026, Indira Lankesh (Indiramma as we all knew her), mother of Kavitha and Gauri Lankesh, wife and partner of Parvathi Lankesh and grandmother to her beloved Esha, left peacefully in her sleep. She was 83 years old. Today, on the afternoon of Saturday June 20, about 1/1.30 p.m. her beautiful and loyal daughter, Kavitha Lankesh wrote this tribute to her on Meta/Facebook.
Problems, Struggles and Policy for Himalayan Region as seen in the Writings of Sunderlal Bahuguna
A Gandhian Vision of Himalayan Region
Unveiling the hidden challenges behind the greatest religious celebration ever: Maha Kumbh, 2025
The Maha Kumbh Mela 2025, a grand religious event drawing millions of pilgrims, is a celebration of spiritual unity. However, this huge gathering brings significant challenges that need immediate attention. Attempts to use this festival to sow seeds of communal disparity, exploitation of sanitation workers, restrictions on media freedom, environmental hazards, and issues with crowd management reflect the gaps in planning and execution.
EVM row: Winning MLA from Malshiras (Markadwadi) issues ultimatum to ECI, demands elections by ballot papers
Sitting MLA from NCP (SP) Uttam Rao Jankar, the winning candidate (NCP-SP) from the Malshiras constituency within which Markadwadi village made history in November 2024, demands the holding of the fresh by-election from his constituency by the use of paper ballots alone, by ECI; presents 1, 76,000 sworn affidavits of voters as evidence that there was manipulation in EVMS (he got less votes); Jankar also says he is ready to resign if ECI agrees for the same
Debunking “Popular Myths” through a study of Bose
A close study of Bose, Patel and Nehru, through their own writings and contemporary works reveals that all three enjoyed a deep affection and healthy respect for each other, even if they deferred in the means to the goal, India’s freedom. On Bose’s 128th birth anniversary that falls on January 23, 2025, this is a good historic recall
It is Time to Renew Our Constitutional Vows – Sanjay Hegde
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No info on pre-numbered slips issued during LS, assembly polls: ECI
Such pre-numbered slips are a statutory, legal requirement, designed to record the total number of voters standing in the queue by the close of polling hour
Is Narayan Guru Part of Sanatan Dharma?
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While bitter hostilities between Meiteis and Kukis have formed the larger narrative, with Kukis seen as a target, Arambai Tenggol’s acts of violence on the Pangals, a small Muslim minority, with the latest being the brute torture of a young man have remained in the dark underbelly of the violence in Manipur
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From a daughter to her mother Indiramma, Kavitha Lankesh writes, “I will miss you. Everyday.”
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