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About the AuthorSriram Karri
Sriram Karri is the Resident Editor of Deccan Chronicle, based in Hyderabad. He is also the author of the MAN Asian Literary Prize long-listed novel 'Autobiography of a Mad Nation' and 'The Spiritual Supermarket'.
    The Uttar Pradesh narrative drew its strength from an a priori belief in the so-called unbeatable Modi-Yogi Adityanath combination. (AA Image)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | How exit polls went off mark: Could they not read the...

    The biggest showpiece of the general election, Uttar Pradesh was projected as being headed for a period under the ...

    5 Jun 2024 1:40 AM IST

    Zomato stirred controversy with its Pure Veg Fleet announcement, facing backlash and criticism over the treatment of gig workers and potential discrimination. (Image: Twitter)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | Left, right, left: Contradictions expose ideological...

    One way in which we can analyse our honesty in public discourse, to eliminate hypocrisy, is to initiate an alternate...

    26 March 2024 1:07 AM IST

    Telangana Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy. (Image: S. Surender Reddy)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | Revanth era in Telangana: Hope reigns amid caution

    Under A. Revanth Reddy, the Congress has found a formidable leader, one who has risen from the ground, without a family...

    12 Dec 2023 12:40 AM IST

    As the Congress meeting continued, it was all about how the party, which had kept its promises even in neighbouring Karnataka, would now give the people everything they expected succinctly summarised into six key guarantees houses, plots of land, free power and bus travel, pension, agricultural investment inputs, among others which, they alleged repeatedly, the ruling BRS had failed to deliver in their nearly decade-long, two-term rule. (DC Image)India
    Congress Vijayabheri creates ripples of hope of victory

    Will it prove to a be a season of faith's perfection, of restoring primal glory

    18 Sept 2023 12:16 AM IST

    Amid prices of tomatoes and spices hitting the roof, onion prices are set to surge in September. (Representational Photo: PTI)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | Tomatoes are not onions. Period!

    Recent prime time discussion between Onion and Tomato got a bit out of hand.

    6 Aug 2023 12:10 AM IST

    On International Womens Day, going beyond clich©s, one must look around, go back in time and analyse to be truly humbled into realising at how much wiser, saner, smarter and productively higher in the ladder of economics the women around us are. (Representational Image)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | India's women can offer lessons in smart economics

    Most modern lessons on diversifying a portfolio would not surprise any Indian household whose economics are steered by...

    9 March 2023 12:05 AM IST

    Changing the name of the Mughal Gardens located in the Rashtrapati Bhavan to Amrit Udyan is yet another episode. (Photo: AP)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | Some names change easy, others do not

    The BJP has chosen two distinct sets of names to make a very different kind of statement.

    31 Jan 2023 12:20 AM IST

    Tax authorities raids Chinese entities for money laundering. (PTI Photo)Opinion
    Sriram Karri | Let's end freebies. Evolve a smart welfare' consensus

    There is no such thing as a freebie. It only means a service someone else has to pay for

    31 Aug 2022 2:50 AM IST

    Cover Image of the book The Rise of the BJP: The Making of the Worlds Largest Political Party by Bhupender Yadav and Ila Patnaik.Books
    Book Review | Visceral leadership: A racy, insightful biography of BJP

    The authors have resisted the temptation to delve into any single personality, historic incident or theory at too much...

    6 Feb 2022 2:47 AM IST

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    Sriram Karri | Don't be like me, please! Welcome dissent. Be kind....

    As a parent, I, 2021, have surely shamed you. I was myself born of an equally, or more, ignominious parent, 2020

    1 Jan 2022 12:47 AM IST

    The poem, Light of Asia, by Edwn Arnold has a curious life and journey of its own.Books
    Ambedkar's Buddha inspires me more than Gandhi's: Jairam Ramesh

    I connect more with Ambedkar's social revolutionary Buddha than Gandhi's spiritual teacher, says Jairam Ramesh

    13 Sept 2021 6:47 PM IST

    The Indian Army deployed over 50,000 soldiers in Ladakh to counter any threat from the Chinese Army. (Representational Photo: AFP)India
    Armed forces may introduce Bhagwad Gita and Arthashastra into training...

    Two senior officers, confirmed that the broad conceptual and research work is ongoing but refused to give specific...

    5 Sept 2021 6:58 AM IST

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