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    KS Dakshina Murthy
    About the AuthorKS Dakshina Murthy
    KS Dakshina Murthy is a Consulting Editor with The Federal.
      Sengol, PM Narendra Modi
      Opinion

      For 75 years no one missed the Sengol, for the right reasons

      29 May 2023 12:00 PM IST
      Drinking alcohol, a habit India loves to hate yet can’t do without
      Opinion

      Drinking alcohol, a habit India loves to hate yet can’t do without

      18 May 2023 12:10 AM IST
      Karnataka voters’ message: You take us for granted at your own peril
      Opinion

      Karnataka voters’ message: You take us for granted at your own peril

      14 May 2023 12:52 PM IST
      Karnataka elections, Congress, BJP, Janata Dal (S), Lingayats, Vokkaligas, Muslims, Dalits
      Opinion

      Fractured Karnataka electorate keeps Congress, BJP on tenterhooks

      5 May 2023 4:41 PM IST
      Reservation for Muslim sects well-settled legally; BJP unable to digest fact
      Opinion

      Reservation for Muslim sects well-settled legally; BJP unable to digest fact

      29 April 2023 6:30 AM IST
      Bereft of BJP, Shettar’s real standing will be tested for the first time
      Analysis

      Bereft of BJP, Shettar’s real standing will be tested for the first time

      18 April 2023 7:53 AM IST
      Take out ‘educational qualification’ from Indians, and see them reduced to nothing
      Opinion

      Take out ‘educational qualification’ from Indians, and see them reduced to nothing

      16 April 2023 4:00 PM IST
      India China Arunachal conflict
      Videos

      Renaming parts of Arunachal amounts to ‘occupation by other means’

      6 April 2023 8:24 PM IST
      biden zelensky
      Opinion

      In Ukraine war, tide has turned in one year; Putin is on backfoot

      21 Feb 2023 3:46 PM IST
      BBC may be govt’s target, but IT ‘survey’ signals tough days for India’s democracy
      Opinion

      BBC may be govt’s target, but IT ‘survey’ signals tough days for India’s democracy

      17 Feb 2023 11:40 AM IST
      Religious divisions in India have spread to diaspora in the US
      Videos

      Religious divisions in India have spread to diaspora in the US

      10 Feb 2023 6:39 PM IST
      SC collegium recommendation is a
      Videos

      SC collegium recommendation is a 'binding convention': Expert

      20 Jan 2023 2:31 PM IST
      Narendra Modi Shehbaz Sharif
      Opinion

      Pak PM Shehbaz Sharif’s peace moves with India alluring, but will it work?

      18 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
      Brazil’s US Capitol-like siege ominous for all democracies, India included
      Opinion

      Brazil’s US Capitol-like siege ominous for all democracies, India included

      10 Jan 2023 6:30 AM IST
      Prachanda becomes Nepal PM as big powers vie for nation’s control
      Opinion

      Prachanda becomes Nepal PM as big powers vie for nation’s control

      26 Dec 2022 3:21 PM IST
      Stadiums fall silent after football binge, but has Qatar scored a political goal?
      Opinion

      Stadiums fall silent after football binge, but has Qatar scored a political goal?

      21 Dec 2022 6:27 AM IST
      Navid Lapid, The Kashmir Files, IFFI
      Opinion

      Israeli filmmaker Lapid’s remarks show not all Jews back their govt

      30 Nov 2022 1:04 PM IST
      India G20 presidency Modi
      Opinion

      Not much to do at G20 but Modi will gain internally from presidency

      18 Nov 2022 6:30 AM IST
      England won the T20 World Cup 2022
      Opinion

      When England conquered India, Pakistan – this time on the cricket field

      15 Nov 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Can India strike peace deal in Russia-Ukraine war? Worth dreaming...
      Opinion

      Can India strike peace deal in Russia-Ukraine war? Worth dreaming...

      9 Nov 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Imran Khan arrest
      Opinion

      Bid on former PM Imran Khan’s life reflects deep flaw in Pak ruling hierarchy

      5 Nov 2022 6:30 AM IST
      brazil presidential elections
      Videos

      Leftist leader Lula's win in Brazil bucks the global rightwing wave

      1 Nov 2022 3:39 PM IST
      Kantara’s success welcome but let’s not overlook its flaws
      Entertainment

      Kantara’s success welcome but let’s not overlook its flaws

      24 Oct 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Russia Ukraine war
      Opinion

      Russia-Ukraine war is tiring the world, but no sign of conflict ending

      5 Oct 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Conversion, Karnataka, anti-conversion law, The Federal
      Opinion

      For poverty-struck, caste-oppressed individual, does religion matter?

      21 Sept 2022 8:45 AM IST
      Gorbachev putin
      Opinion

      Gorbachev meant democracy, but his inheritors prefer dictatorship

      31 Aug 2022 1:07 PM IST
      Ukraine 6 months
      Opinion

      It's clear now: Russia-Ukraine conflict heralds dawn of Cold War 2.0

      24 Aug 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Kuttavum Shikshayum, Rajeev Ravi
      Opinion

      This film breaks the police stereotype — neither clown nor demi-god

      21 Aug 2022 6:30 AM IST
      Salman Rushdie
      Features

      They finally got through to an unsuspecting Rushdie

      13 Aug 2022 3:44 PM IST
      India free, but as ‘Rocketry’ shows, it doesn’t take much for anyone to become suspect
      Opinion

      India free, but as ‘Rocketry’ shows, it doesn’t take much for anyone to become suspect

      13 Aug 2022 6:29 AM IST
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