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  1. What is there in a statue?

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    / January 24, 2012 / Leave a comment
    By Andhra Watch In a country where statues and temples are regarded as incarnations of leaders and deities, Andhra Pradesh would set a milestone. Interestingly, there are more statues of Dr B R Ambedkar than Mahatma Gandhi in the state. Religious and community leaders like Agrasen and Vangaveeti Ranga have...

  2. Keeping YSR alive

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    / May 16, 2011 / 3 Comments
    By Uma Sudhir   The epitaph of Y S Rajasekhara Reddy reads : `Visionary-Statesman. The world will remember the courageous & compassionate Dr Y S Rajasekhara Reddy, the one who laughed often and loved much.’   At 6:15 am on Friday, the 13th, when I and my camera crew arrived...

  3. I want a statue on Tank Bund

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    / May 12, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By Vijay Marur   A few weeks ago several statues installed on the picturesque Tank Bund by that flamboyant Chief Minister NT Rama Rao were pulled down by the mob. Of the many that were there, only a few escaped unshaken and unscarred. Why were they demolished? Was it just...

  5. A perverse joy

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    / March 11, 2011 / Leave a comment
    By M S Hussain   Like millions of Indians, I was horrified to see the picture of the smashed statue of one of the Telugu greats lying on the street. Eleven other statues of noted Telugu personalities were given a watery grave by people who were clearly taking an unspeakably...

  6. An open letter to Sonia Gandhi

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    / March 10, 2011 / 3 Comments
    Dear Smt Sonia Gandhiji,   The spin doctors of the Congress have been painting you in glorious colours for having given a dressing down to Dayanidhi Maran and M K Azhagiri (wonder what he understood of your Italian-accented English) as a result of which the DMK presumably climbed down and...

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