Karnataka 2018 could be BJP’s grand prelude to India 2019. Can Chief Minister Siddaramaiah contain the force?

Mangaluru in southern Karnataka is one of the strongholds of Hindutva’s militant fringe. As Assembly elections loom, the cause celebre is love jihad

Chief Minister Siddaramaiah is setting the poll agenda but the BJP has found a way to counter it

A start-up is converting local cat shit into the world’s most expensive coffee, Kopi Luwak

A personal tribute to Gauri Lankesh (1962-2017)

Some of the worst casualties of the drought in south India are its cattle

Shekhar Naik is a beacon of light for blind cricket in India

The politics of water has added to the woes of rural Karnataka’s suicide capital

The waters of goodwill between Tamil Nadu and Karnataka are fast receding

When a natural resource turns into a deadly dispute