These days we are observing Narendra Modi Government’s decisions to promote the legacies of leaders of freedom movement, who, it believes, have been ignored by the Congress regime over the last seven decades. The Modi Government apparently believes that this is a great historical wrong which must be corrected. No civilised society should allow the…
Of mice and men
February 5, 2022Pipe Dreams The war of words about two basic domestic needs of Mysureans seems to lead nowhere. Paradoxically, it is between the local BJP honchos and not the JD(S) or the Congress. It seems like an internecine war of Mughals — between MLAs of BJP and BJP MP. Strange in a democracy. A house thus…
A Memorial for Swami Vivekananda
February 4, 2022A painful journey. When is the arrival? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness…, it was the season of light, it was the season of darkness, it was the spring of hope, it was the winter of despair.”…
of mice and men: Random thoughts
January 29, 2022I do not know why or how. The day following our Republic Day, which went well all over the country, including Lal Chowk in Srinagar, J&K, I decided I must try a column of my traditional Abracadabra in a mutated form to touch upon topical subjects or the remembered ones. The question arose. What about…
Republic Day musings on India’s march since Independence
January 24, 2022Some intellectuals are of the opinion that we must trust people and take their advice. Dr. U.R. Ananthamurthy was one such intellectual. In one of his Durbars with his courtiers he was asked what should be done when they are cheated going by their advice. Dr. Ananthamurthy’s answer was to the point: ‘Well, first verify…
Long March of a Malayali Boy From Darkness to Light ! —2
January 13, 2022You are the architect of your life — Swami Vivekananda [Continued from yesterday] Joseph was not sure of success with the Bishop but mustered courage and knocked the door. “Knock and it shall be opened unto you.” Is it not written so in the Bible? The door opened and Joseph was welcomed with a warm…
Long March of a Malayali Boy From Darkness to Light —1
January 12, 2022You are the architect of your life — Swami Vivekananda Recently I got a book titled ‘In Search Of A Destiny’ with a hangline ‘A Life’s World Journey.’ The title seemed rather an abstraction and the hangline bombastic. Author’s name a web of gossamer made of english alphabets! Joseph Ulahannan Matchanickal. The text reveals that…
A Place Apart: English translation of some Kodava poems
January 8, 2022There are two basic forms of writing. One is prose and another verse. Prose is used in speaking and writing, distinct from verse. Prose follows a basic grammatical structure. In verse, poetry, there is compromise on grammar and even use of words and phrases. It is called poetic liberty. It follows a metrical structure. With…
What it takes to be a leader? —2
January 5, 2022Concern, Confidence and Courage? [Continued from yesterday] History says, Julius Caesar, the Roman General, was giving a chase to his rival Pompey who had escaped to Egypt. Caesar and his men were in the ship. In the high seas, they were overtaken by a storm and the ship was in danger. There was commotion and…
What it takes to be a leader? —1
January 4, 2022Concern, Confidence and Courage? We often hear the refrain ‘leadership crisis.’ When Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister and Vallabhbhai Patel was not there, we heard political pundits asking, ‘After Nehru who?’ A foreign journalist and author Welles Hangen had even written a book with that title in 1963, a year before Nehru died….
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