After 14years in Germany, I’m back in my beloved Bangalore with bigger dreams than I initially left with 🤩
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@ManeeManjunath@krishnabgowda When a small town with narrow lanes is inundated with heavy traffic in mornings:
Carts removed ❌
Construction vehicle stopped ❌
Increased buses❌
Rerouted cars ❌
Potholes filled❌
Problem is not science!
Ramalinga Reddy’s resignation from the Karnataka cabinet today over portfolio allocation underscores an enduring reality of the state’s political statecraft: the persistent friction between a leader’s self-perceived political capital and the pragmatic arithmetic of the high command.
While Reddy’s dramatic exit over the Bengaluru Development portfolio has shaken the current administration, history shows that "portfolio rebellion" is a deeply entrenched tradition in Vidhana Soudha, where the distinction between "heavyweight" and "lightweight" ministries frequently tests party discipline.
A classic parallel is the 2013 rebellion of the late veteran leader Shamanuru Shivashankarappa. Inducted into the Siddaramaiah cabinet and allocated the Horticulture and APMC portfolio, Shivashankarappa—then the powerful face of the Akhila Bharatha Veerashaiva Mahasabha—viewed the assignment as an affront to his seniority and rushed to New Delhi to lobby for a more high-profile ministry.
However, the political drama met an unexpected structural counterweight: the state's powerful community mutts. Dr. Shivamurthy Shivacharya Mahaswamiji of the Taralabalu Sirigere Mutt publicly and sharply reprimanded Shivashankarappa. The seer famously noted that deeming a ministry dedicated to farmers as "inferior" was an insult to the agrarian community, effectively using spiritual and moral authority to deflate the veteran’s political ego and forcing him to back down.
Reddy's resignation today reveals that thirteen years later, the structural anatomy of discontent remains identical. In Karnataka’s factional politics, ministries are rarely viewed merely as administrative responsibilities; they are treated as currencies of influence and territorial dominance. When the perceived value of the currency falls short, the institutional machinery inevitably stalls—proving once again that in Bengaluru, the battle for protocol often overshadows the mandate for governance.
Dear Modi ji, if you leave your house dirty for too long, it will breed cockroaches. Clean the house before it’s too late. Then the cockroach infestation problem doest even arise.
@ManeeManjunath@krishnabgowda There's a tonne of value in citizen reported data if used right. Working on it here and will release soon:
https://t.co/BTaDWCCYXX
Congratulations @krishnabgowda avre on getting Greater Bengaluru Development. Please tackle the mess that is our traffic. We need to urgently have a scientific study of traffic patterns and use it to replan and reroute traffic to cut down congestion and commute times.
45 exam paper leaks in 24 years. 3.86 CRORE aspirants affected. Convictions? Just 2.
The usual pattern: FIR filed. Outrage peaks. Officials transferred. Case goes cold.
The system isn't broken. It is what the system is . via @IndianExpress
This is what needs to be fixed. No politician on either side of aisle seems keen on stopping the rot.
Hint: look at the investment of politicians in coaching centres and engineering/medical colleges.
Did a burger run last night to, 'The Burgery In' in Indiranagar. They ruined my evening. Ugh. Oily, disgusting burgers, terrible meat quality, and I made the mistake of ordering briskets: i'm still salty with that abomination.
We need more burger joints in Bangalore :(
I just reviewed the morning routine of a 36-year-old working mom with ADHD.
The way she described her 6:30 AM wake-up explained executive dysfunction better than any medical textbook.
She said:
Bro, let’s stop pretending.
Muslims make up about 25% of the entire world’s population — over 2 billion people across 50+ countries.
Japanese people? About 1.4% of the world. One single country.
Shinto exists only in Japan.
So when people say “Japan should prioritize minorities and be more accommodating to Islam,” who exactly are we talking about?
The global majority is coming to one of the world’s smallest ethnic and religious groups and demanding that Japan change its culture, food, and traditions for them.
That’s not “protecting minorities.” That’s the majority trying to colonize a tiny minority.
Japan has every right to protect its own people and culture first.
If Muslims want to live under Islamic rules, they already have dozens of countries where they can do that. They don’t need to come to Japan and turn it into another one.
Good morning TL, in desperate need for a haircut! Could you please suggest any good hair salons that will not burn my pocket down? Preferably someone who can handle curly and kids hair too?
I don’t want to disappoint people here because most of them don’t know the ground reality.
A minister who couldn’t even install rain gauges is now projected as the man who will do wonders for Bengaluru 🤣
Social media has completely brainwashed these guys.