The most heinous and gruesome attack has been unleashed on the country. About 40 soldiers have died owing to the conspiracy of an extremist organization in Pulwama, Kashmir. Many have been injured. This attack is as bad as the war. This attack has been made on the soul of this country. It’s an irony that this grisly incident has happened during the last few days of Modi being in office, after he had assured that he’d bring ten heads of Pak soldiers for every Indian soldier killed before he took oath of the PM’s office.

Some of the recent incidents in Karnataka are the best examples of what transpires when political leaders lose sensitivity. Two cases of audio clippings have not only created political turmoil, but have also exposed the calloused attitude of political leaders.

There is a practice of making irresponsible students sit in a corner if they violate the class rules or fail to complete their homework. The humiliation this student suffers in front of everyone is simply unfathomable. Sometimes judges follow this to the core. They make some witnesses plundering lies sit in the corner of the court till the workday ends. But these are really given to those small robbers, thieves etc. But in Modi’s India, this punishment has been given to the officer heading one of the most premier institutions of India, the CBI.

One fails to understand what PM Narendra Modi perceives himself as, and whether he has actually forgotten the fact that he is a Prime Minister to the federation of states called India or he is just pretending like that. There seems to be some illusion about the post he has occupied that he is the permanent king of this land called India. And that makes him assume all the state heads are his subordinate rulers while he is the undisputed emperor. Hence his way of treating other state heads is not conducive to democracy.

The Nirbhaya incident shook the country like a thousand thunders would. It brought focus on the issues of safety of women in the country. It was even responsible for starting many pertinent discussions that brought focus on framing laws to ensure safety of women. Though the incident happened in Delhi, the outrage was not restricted to that city alone but the whole country responded to it with anger and frustration.

Looks like the attempts to keep Operation Kamala alive in Karnataka has boomeranged on BJP. An audio recording of Yeddyurappa trying to negotiate with an MLA’s son has exposed the ‘undercover’ dealings of Yeddyurappa.

Having defeated every conspiracy planned by the BJP to collapse the Cong-JD(S) coalition, the government has been successful in presenting its first budget. Normally opposition parties cause embarrassment to ruling parties by exposing their lacunae and lack of good administration. The opposition parties must show their efficiency in the first few months after they sit in their position. Unfortunately, when we look at the last few months in Karnataka, the opposition party is trying to turn resorts into assembly house and is attempting to weaken the government.

Hampi Kannada University has its own place of pride in the history of Karnataka. Many renowned thinkers have enhanced the value of this institution. The role of this University in bolstering the cause of Kannada can never be ignored.