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Karanth's release ends Bhawans stupor

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NK SINGH Bharat Bhawan, the controversial "House of Arts" at Bhopal, has started limping back to normalcy with the release on bail of B.V. Karanth—the noted drama director who was recently arrested on the charge of attempted murder. The lake-side multi-arts complex, constructed with public funds and run by a private trust headed by the ruling Congress (1) leader, Mr Arjun Singh, became the centre of unsavoury public attention in the wake of the sensational Vibha-Karanth affair. Normal functioning of the cultural complex was disturbed and the Bharat Bhawan repertory, Rangmandal, was almost paralysed following the arrest of its director, Karanth, and the serious burn injuries sustained by the leading actress of the troupe, Vibha Mishra. Over the last month, little had happened in Bharat Bhawan apart from two minor programmes and a campaign launched to defend the institution against public criticism. Now with Karanth back in action, Bharat Bhawan is restarting its cultural activ...
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Harmless goodbye kiss lands BJP leader in trouble

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NK SINGH


The saffron brigade may be reconciled to saying sayonara to political power - namely in Gujarat and Uttar Pradesh - but apparently it can't stomach a harmless goodbye kiss. 

Particularly if the kisser is a high-profile BJP office-bearer. 

RSS bosses in Delhi are still red-faced over the reported act of public indiscretion committed in Mumbai recently. 

The BJP leader had returned to shore from a party on the high seas with his family and friends when he kissed the two young women accompanying him. 

The incident, witnessed by an RSS worker, was promptly reported to headquarters. An explanation was sought and given. 

The innocent pecks, the RSS bosses were assured, was merely a display of platonic affection for the girls, who happened to be family friends. 

For the RSS disciplinarians, it seems, kiss and kin don't go together.

India Today 15 November 1996

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