Tale of two typical cases “The more I learn about people, the more I like my dog’ — Mark Twain Reading daily newspapers and watching TV channels, specially TV9, I get a feeling that a violent and greedy minority in our society is not going to change despite there being a Police Force, Law Courts…
Remember Jinnah’s demand for 800-mile corridor between East Pakistan and West Pakistan across India?
December 18, 2017Ruminating on Railway Line from Kerala via Kodagu to Mysuru I had gone away from my job as a journalist since 10th of December, 2017. The persistent fever had taken away my interest in doing what I love most — reading. Since a couple of days I resumed my book-reading and also reading articles that…
Money matters: Professional fees or deposits in Banks
December 10, 2017Musings on hefty lawyer fee and the new FRDI Bill A country’s governance is based on many systems put in place. No matter the form of the Government is Democracy, Communism, Oligarchy, Military Dictatorship or Religion-based Republic. The Constitution can always be written down as one wants or the existing one may be given a…
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria -11: A visit to Dachau Concentration Camp
December 4, 2017(Continued from Wednesday) Welcome to the Dachau Concentration Camp Memorial Site. Today’s memorial is a commemorative site to remember the people who suffered in the Dachau Concentration Camp and the 41,500 prisoners who died there. It has the character of a cemetery, a place of sorrow and remembrance. Please support us in our efforts to…
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria-10: Our own Cafe Coffee Day and Mysuru family in Vienna!
November 29, 2017(Continued from yesterday) Having done with the Palace for almost a day, we visited some Churches and Museums as a routine but the evening was special for us. We had booked expensive tickets for the concert — Vienna Mozart Orchestra at 85 Euro per ticket (Rs. 6,545). It was boring for us, not used to…
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria – 9: Vienna, a genuine God’s own country !
November 28, 2017(Continued from Nov. 17) Last time I had mentioned about the Olympic Stadium at Munich where the 1972 Olympics was held. We took a train to reach there, about half-an-hour’s journey. An out of the world surprise awaited me. I had earlier seen three Olympic Stadiums — Athens, Greece; Seoul, South Korea and Beijing, China…
Journalist Koti: Man and his Mission
November 25, 2017Midnight telephone calls are like midnight knocks on the door. Often unpleasant — either the Police or an unexpected guest. So also the early morning telephone calls. One such early morning call came to me from K. Shivakumar, Senior Special Correspondent of The New Indian Express at 6.30 am on Thursday, November 23, 2017. It…
Chief Minister Siddharamaiah Man for the Age of Reason: Appointing Astrologers in Hospitals. Howzat?
November 18, 2017I do not know what the stars foretell about Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s political future in 2018 Assembly elections. But I do know what the people of reason, the rationalists, foretell about his contributions to gullible people to live in dignity. They foretell a place in Karnataka’s history for Siddharamaiah as a redeemer of superstitious people…
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria 8: A pictorial tour of Oktober Beer Festival
November 17, 2017(Continued from Nov. 12) Tuesday 19th September 2017 was the day we were waiting for. Attending the Munich Beer Festival. We took a taxi from our hotel and as arranged, our German friends were already there at the entrance waiting for us. There is no need to remind ourselves that Germans are known for their…
Gone Away: To Germany & Austria — 7: Foot-loose in Munich City
November 12, 2017[Continued from Nov. 2] My readers must be wondering if I am on a long, strenuous, rambling trip in Germany because of the start-up hiccups in writing the travelogue of sorts in one go. The last one I wrote was on Nov. 2. Hence I owe an explanation. The reasons are many, but mainly those…
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