Indian politics is about personality and not policy. We are a people driven by blind emotion and some of us hope that our heroes can deliver in the real world what they perform in the reel world. Nowhere is this hope more visible than in Tamil Nadu, where cinema and politics have long shared a…
The Karnataka Government has revoked its 2022 school uniform order and permitted ‘religious and traditional symbols’ in schools and colleges. Students may now wear hijabs, turbans, sacred threads, rudraksha beads, etc., provided these ‘complement the uniform’ and do not compromise discipline, safety or identification. It sounds reasonable, even liberal, but it is also quite contradictory….
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem The recent news that 561 roadside trees are proposed to be razed in and around the city to widen roads, comes as a rude shock to all Mysureans who are concerned about the well-being of the city and its environment. It may be noted here that exactly a year ago,…
Every year, when SSLC and Pre-University results are announced, the State witnesses a familiar cycle of joy, disappointment, relief and grief. But what should garner our attention is… death. Last week, five students ended their lives following their results. Three of them did so because they did not secure the marks they had hoped for….
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After having narrated in my past three articles, the tales about the role of statues that are erected to commemorate the memories of distinguished personalities, I would like to tell you about how the trend has now changed. Whether this is for good or bad is for you to…
The defection of Raghav Chadha, along with six of his Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MPs to the BJP yesterday, is just another episode in India’s long- running history of political defection. It is a reminder that ideology in Indian politics is not a guiding principle. It’s also a reminder that Indian politicians have no sense…
Yesterday morning, a three-year-old leopard that had come down from Chamundi Hill sneaked into a house in Siddarthanagar, got cosy under a bed and went to sleep. Probably after having made a meal out of a street dog. Thankfully, the leopard was captured with no injury to him or to humans. Across India, human-animal conflict…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last week’s article, I had written about how the erection of the statue of H.H. Chamaraja Wadiyar X, our 23rd Maharaja, in front of our Palace, ran into a bit of a problem and how it was solved in a most ingenious way, paving the way for…
The Lalitha Mahal Palace is back in the news… again. The Karnataka Cabinet has once more decided to invite private players to repair, restore and manage the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. It sounds promising. It always does. The same decision was announced in 2024 and several times before and several years prior and nothing came…
The French-born celebrated sculptor of the time; William Robert Colton was commissioned to make the statue of Chamarajendra Wadiyar X in white Italian marble. As the statue’s face bore no resemblance to the face of late King, the Queen commissioned Ganpatrao K. Mahatre from Bombay to make the correction By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Last…
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