Rollo Romig

1 week ago | theindiaforum.in | Ajaz Ashraf |Rollo Romig |Rahul Bhatia |Nirupama Subramanian

“India under Modi” is a much discussed subject. More than a decade has passed since Narendra Modi led the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) to victory in the 2014 election. He has since led the party to two more terms in office, in 2019 and 2024, even though the BJP did not win enough seats to form a government on its own in the last election. In this long decade, India has changed in many ways. Some would say, changed beyond recognition.

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Rollo Romig

1 day agoIndia: 100-feet massive chariot overturns during procession at temple festival, leaving two severely injuredKarnataka, India - March 22, 2025 In an unexpected turn of events, a massive 100-feet chariot carrying devotees and deity idols toppled over during a temple fair, leaving two people severely injured. The incident took place during the Madduramma Devi Temple fair in Huskuru village, Bangalore Urban district, on the evening of March 22.

1 month ago | theprint.in | Rollo Romig

One distinct change that many old friends noted in Gauri was a pronounced Kannada chauvinism. She’d taken to the language and its culture with the passion of a convert, and her career in Kannada writing happened to coincide with a surging Kannada pride movement. There’s a certain paradox about Kannada: it’s an indisputably important language that has long suffered an inferiority complex.

Feb 11, 2025 | flipboard.com | Rollo Romig

Civilization 7's Forward Settling AI Has Fans Begging For Loyalty To ReturnCivilization 7 has been a major disappointment for a lot of fans of the series, who called the title an "unfinished mess" when it launched earlier …

Jan 12, 2025 | scroll.in | Rollo Romig

I asked Girish Karnad what he made of Bangalore’s IT transformation. “Actually, I became comfortable financially because of Infosys,” he said. He’s vaguely related, he explained, to Nandan Nilekani, one of the company’s founders. Back when they were getting started, and no one understood what IT was, Nilekani had urged Karnad to buy shares in the company. “I said, no, I don’t want to buy shares, I’m not interested in investment,” Karnad said. “He said, take it, take it.