Today is Koregaon Vijayotsava Day. As is the normal practice, thousands of Dalits will gather around Koregaon Vijay Stambh to pay their respects. But then, the whole place is surrounded by policemen.

There was a time, when states like Uttar Pradesh and Bihar were known a ‘jungle raj’. Robberies and dacoities were common on streets, on trains and any space used by general public.

The current tragedy of this country is those who are not domain experts have begun to give expert opinions on every issue. Those who do not even have primary knowledge of science speak about science, politicians talk about economics and street rowdies speak about dharma and culture with clubs in their hands.

Looks like the royal blue fox is losing its outer colour and coming back onto its skin shade. Some leaders within BJP have begun to speak about the bad performance of the party and failure of Amit Shah and Modi, in the elections held across five states.

BJP leaders have created a massive controversy around the words CM Kumaraswamy has said to the police officer who called to inform him regarding the murder of a JDS leader who was close to the CM, in Maddur of Mandya district recently. Kumaraswamy has already clarified his words and the emotions behind those. But using these words as a pretext, leader of opposition BS Yeddyurappa of the BJP is trying to ensure HDK is being seen as a culprit in the whole episode. But would it not be better if the BJP leaders had one look at their own national leaders?

The politics of statue that's happening in India isn't limited to this country alone, but has spread to some other nations as well. The proof of this lies in the fact that the incidents around Mahatma Gandhi's statue in Ghana are getting complex with every passing day. Giving in to pressure by a few professors, the statue of M K Gandhi was ripped out from the University campus. This is almost the same politics that's getting a lot of attention in India as well.