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    KS Dakshina Murthy
    About the AuthorKS Dakshina Murthy
    KS Dakshina Murthy is a Consulting Editor with The Federal.
      Poet Siddalingaiah leaves behind a Dalit movement in disarray
      Opinion

      Poet Siddalingaiah leaves behind a Dalit movement in disarray

      13 Jun 2021 3:12 PM IST
      H D Deve Gowda, JDS, Karnataka
      Opinion

      How Gowda going to Delhi as PM helped BJP come to power in Karnataka

      4 Jun 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Lanka port
      Opinion

      Colombo Port City nod confirms China is Lanka’s ‘big brother’, not India

      27 May 2021 8:06 AM IST
      press freedom
      Opinion

      Unsettling signs of danger to democracy in South Asia

      23 May 2021 9:57 AM IST
      Israel, Palestine
      Opinion

      Hamas’ attack is futile, yet driven to it by Israeli provocation

      15 May 2021 6:30 AM IST
      After 50 years, TN politics is free from grip of film industry
      Opinion

      After 50 years, TN politics is free from grip of film industry

      11 May 2021 7:46 AM IST
      BJP’s One India vision is an obstacle for its success in state polls
      Opinion

      BJP’s 'One India' vision is an obstacle for its success in state polls

      3 May 2021 4:33 PM IST
      Putting off NEET-PG exam, an unhealthy move bound to worsen Covid healthcare
      The Eighth Column

      Putting off NEET-PG exam, an unhealthy move bound to worsen Covid healthcare

      20 April 2021 8:59 AM IST
      A ‘Mandela’ is required to restore India’s electoral morality
      Opinion

      A ‘Mandela’ is required to restore India’s electoral morality

      15 April 2021 6:30 AM IST
      India Russia
      Opinion

      US, Russia pull India in opposite directions; Modi diplomacy under test

      10 April 2021 9:03 AM IST
      UN rights vote widens New Delhi-Tamil chasm, pleases Colombo
      Opinion

      UN rights vote widens New Delhi-Tamil chasm, pleases Colombo

      27 March 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Lockdown
      Opinion

      COVID 2.0: Can the country cope with another lockdown?

      20 March 2021 7:56 AM IST
      Quad, Joe Biden
      Opinion

      The Quad has the ability to bark, but can it ‘bite’ China?

      14 March 2021 6:15 AM IST
      India helpless as pro-Pak Taliban set to resume power in Kabul
      Opinion

      India helpless as pro-Pak Taliban set to resume power in Kabul

      6 March 2021 6:17 AM IST
      India, China thaw is good but dangers still lurk in relationship
      Opinion

      India, China thaw is good but dangers still lurk in relationship

      24 Feb 2021 7:04 AM IST
      The Khalistan movement is long dead; its ghost haunts Indian democracy
      Opinion

      The Khalistan movement is long dead; its ghost haunts Indian democracy

      17 Feb 2021 7:40 AM IST
      S Jaishankar, Dominican Republic, India, foreign ministry
      Opinion

      India losing control over its sphere of influence in South Asia

      10 Feb 2021 2:47 PM IST
      Aung San Suu Kyi
      Opinion

      Stuck between coup and disgraced Suu Kyi, democracy the loser in Myanmar

      2 Feb 2021 3:20 PM IST
      COVID forces govt to give healthcare its due; 137% jump in outlay
      Analysis

      COVID forces govt to give healthcare its due; 137% jump in outlay

      1 Feb 2021 6:47 PM IST
      Oli
      Opinion

      Uncertainty looms over Nepal after Oli expulsion amid India, China tussle

      26 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      Joe Biden
      Opinion

      India has huge stakes riding on US President Joe Biden

      21 Jan 2021 12:21 PM IST
      Pant
      Opinion

      Brisbane win holds ‘cricketing’ lessons for India’s politics

      20 Jan 2021 6:30 AM IST
      7 US
      Opinion

      Look beyond the US Capitol, democracy in danger everywhere

      9 Jan 2021 10:26 AM IST
      White House
      Opinion

      US law on Tibet reaffirms Washington’s status as global bully

      3 Jan 2021 11:51 AM IST
      Modi KP Sharma Oli Nepal election
      Opinion

      Behind Nepal’s internal squabble, stakes higher for China, India

      29 Dec 2020 2:12 PM IST
      China
      Opinion

      India, China talkathon fails to resolve impasse; it's advantage Beijing

      25 Dec 2020 8:58 AM IST
      JD(S) in Karnataka: Chronicle of a death foretold
      Opinion

      JD(S) in Karnataka: Chronicle of a death foretold

      18 Dec 2020 8:43 AM IST
      Donald Trump
      Opinion

      ‘Rogue’ US president poses more danger than any radical outfit in power

      9 Dec 2020 9:35 AM IST
      Trudeau
      Opinion

      Trudeau remarks on farmers’ protest reflect rising Sikh clout in Canada

      6 Dec 2020 12:11 PM IST
      Rajinikanth
      Opinion

      Lights, camera, action...!! But, where is Rajini saar?

      1 Dec 2020 3:46 PM IST
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