Hegde’s think tank – Four years ago, Ramakrishna Hegde, the chief minister of Karnataka, setup the Economic and Planning Council (EPC)

Chief minister Ramakrishna Hegde and the dissidents, led by H. D. Deve Gowda, have called a truce. But, given the belligerence of both sides, how long will it last? WHh deliberate cunning chief minister R.K. Hegde tried to reduce the serious matter of dissidence to a simple issue of discipline. But it is not likely […]

This is an edited version of Rohini Nilekani’s conversation with Barkha Dutt on her new book and the intersection of the markets, society, and state. I haven’t spoken a lot about the incident that I mention in the introduction of my book, which started me on my engagement with civic issues, because tragedies happen in […]

H.D. Deve Gowda has none of Ramakrishna Hegde’s charm, but his dissidence has finished off the Karnataka chief minister’s national ambitions.

Praja Vaani – Kannada View PDF