Author: Rishvanth Reddy Mucheli

  • Jealousy by Chalam (Translated from Telugu)

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    I and Chalapathy Rao are good friends. While we were studying B.A, one evening Chalapathy Rao suddenly turned deeply sympathetic to the hardships of widows and grew fondness towards them. He firmly resolved to marry no one but a widow. When his maternal uncle had come to offer his daughter’s hand in marriage, he rebuked,…

  • Parayi Pettu Panthirukulam: A Reflection of Kerala Society

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    The society of Kerala reflects a unique social configuration that is vibrant, diverse and tolerant of various cultures. The hateful ‘othering’ finds little space in the state. The occasional communal tensions emerge not because of hatred towards other communities but in regard to one’s own community. Three major religions flourished in this land and the…

  • Archives: A Case for LawFing

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    When I visited the Navakarnataka bookstore last Saturday, I chanced upon a small book titled ‘A Case for LawFing’, written and edited by S. R. Gautham. This is a “collection of humorous titbits and anecdotes relating to Law and Lawyers”. Though there is no further information about the author, in a newsletter ‘Communique’, which is…

  • Archives: The Confluence: A Play by Suri V. Subramanyam

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    During my visit to the Select Book Shop on Brigade Road, Bangalore, I found a slim copy of The Confluence: A Play by Suri V. Subramanyam. Without even looking for any details, I just brought that book because it’s a very small book (6 pages) and I would need something to read in a single…

  • Every vote counts?

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    Sometimes even just ‘1’ vote will matter a lot. Based on Assembly elections data from 1962 till now (taken from TCPD), 7 MLAs won with a margin of only ‘1’ vote. It means 7 people who could have become MLAs did not because someone from their kith and kin would not have taken voting very…

  • Two tall-tales on B.R. Ambedkar

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    Myth making is an integral part of political science and politics, especially when it comes to immortalising famous personalities. To keep the memories of notable people alive, we share stories about them, and their remarkable messages and acts. Sometimes we create stories and myths about them. Though those tall tales are not real, they have…

  • Idea of Forgetfulness

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    One day, in the early years of Independence, Jagat Narain Lal and Syed Mahmud (both senior members of the Congress Party and part of Bihar Cabinet) were travelling in a train, along with B.N. Azad, the editor of the newspaper ‘The Indian Nation’. During that journey, Jagat Babu and Syed Mahmud began an interpretative dialogue…

  • Wit and Humour of Rajaji

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    One of the greatest tragedies for the disciplines of history and political science in India is the fact that we have less biographies about the people we study about. What we have are (a) hagiographies that are uncritical and hero-worshipping in their content and bizarre in their prose, (b) good and quality biographies focusing only…

  • P V Narasimha Rao and India’s Foreign Policy

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    While his economic contributions are well recognised, P V Narasimha Rao’s role in reorienting India’s foreign policy is undermined. During his tenure, P V Narasimha Rao was committed to responding to global challenges by reorienting the foreign policy of India based on national interest and bringing several shifts in India’s foreign policy amid unfavourable domestic…

  • Archives: Charan Singh: Chronology of major events

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    1902 Born on 23 December in village Nurpur, Meerut district. 1923 Received his BSc from Agra College, Agra. 1925 Received his MA from Agra College. Married to Smt Gayatri Devi on 5 June 1925 1926 Received his LLB from Meerut College, Meerut, Agra University. 1928 Practiced law in Ghaziabad. 1929 Joined the Indian National Congress…