April , 2007
Narayana Murthy as Prez would be a shame
I write this at my own risk. I know I invite the ire of Indian IT professionals by talking this way about their patron saint. Kannadiga software pros, their parents, and other Infosys worshippers will call me an insane journalist. Naive Kannada enthusiasts will say I am anti-Kannada or traitor. Shouldn't I be proud that a son of the Kannada soil is getting a waitlisted ticket to Rashtrapati Bhawan? Let me be blunt. N R Narayana Murthy will make a poor President. Former Editor of Vijay Times and an obsessed Mysore Kannadiga Krishna Prasad has posted a shocking report about our potential President on his popular website www.churumuri.com . It talks about an incident that happened in Mysore last week, just before our President APJ Abdul Kalam exclaimed that Narayana Murthy would be "fantastic" as the next President of India. It is....




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D P Satish has been a journalist for the past 11 years. Born at picturesque Jog Falls in Shimoga district of Karnataka, Satish did his graduation in English Literature. He is a post-graduate in Journalism from the prestigious Asian College of Journalism, Bangalore (now in Chennai). After a brief stint with the Indian Express Group, he shifted to TV. He also worked for an American news magazine called ' Image '. He has widely travelled and covered some of the biggest events from South of Vindhyas in the first decade of the 21st century. He is passionate about English literature, classical music, cinema, history, photography, jazz and Cricket. A self-proclaimed centrist, Satish keenly follows major political developments from across the World. He blogs regularly and spends hours searching for readable material from the Internet! He belives that journalism is a calling and a person meant to be a journalist, can't escape from it. A hillman at heart and by birth, Satish lives and works in New Delhi. But, loves Bangalore more than Delhi!



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