BJP badly hit

"Karnataka was supposed to be a stepping stone for the Bharatiya Janata Party's successful political foray in the south. But it is turning out to be a millstone around the party's neck."

Porngate, sex scandals, corruption charges, moral policing, political instability and a lot more factors have permanently damaged the image of BJP and have far-reaching repercussions, explains Amulya Ganguly

Sex, lies and videotape hit BJP

Why women keep away from politics

The porngate incident in the Karnataka state assembly explains why women evade themselves from entering politics...

Is it mentally sustainable for women to stay in the same room where men are watching porn? Sunetra Choudhary explains the intricate complexities.

Why women keep away from politics

Porngate's reality

Cooperations minister of the Karnataka State Cabinet Laxman Savadi was caught in the act of watching porn in the state assembly and hence was forced to resign...

Now here is a twist: Mayank Tewari who has watched the video says it not porn!!!

He also speaks about the half-truths and half-lies that the system has to contend with...

Read along if you want to know the relationship between a politician and a bikini!!! (As a side note to the crux of the article)

Celebrating spring with half truths and politics of porn

Dirty picture

Legislative proceedings are usually far from stimulating, so three Karnataka BJP ministers who were forced to resign chose a most unusual way to escape what they regarded as an arid discussion on the drought situation in the State by watching, ahem, a film clip, on one of their cell phones.

The Hindu : Opinion / Editorial : Dirty picture: "But rather than reacting to what they did with blustering moral outrage, the incident should be used as an opportunity to expose the hypocrisy of the BJP and its aggressive fellow travellers in the Sangh Parivar, who, through their moral policing and self-styled vigilantism, regard themselves as the custodians of Indian morality."