By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A full two weeks have passed, after forty majestic copper-pod trees (Peltophorum pterocarpum) along the two sides of the Hyder Ali Road in our city, were chopped down in a very swift and clandestine operation, that was cunningly planned and quickly executed, under the cover of darkness. It was…
Another opportunity slips through Karnataka’s fingers. Silectric Semiconductor Manufacturing Pvt. Ltd., which was considering Mysuru for its next plant, has now backed out. The official reason? “Issues with technical direction,” stated the Company. But the real reason, according to industry insiders was the inability of the Karnataka Government to hand over legally clear land and…
Shakespeare may say audaciously, ‘What is there in a name? A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.’ But you try calling marigold as rose and see if you get the smell of a rose. Name matters. Which is why we have many Gandhis in a political dynasty. Does any of them bear…
American President John F. Kennedy in 1963, when granting Winston Churchill US Citizenship said, “He mobilised the English language and sent it to battle.” Today, following Pakistani terror attack in Pahalgam, Kashmir, on 22nd April, 2025, targeting only Hindus and killing them, Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s friend and US President Donald Trump might say on…
Since its birth in 1947, Pakistan has been exporting terror to India. However, the recent Pakistan-backed terrorist attack at Pahalgam is unlike anything seen before. The sheer ruthlessness of the act and the post attack message raises a disturbing question: Was this a deliberate “two birds with one stone” strategy by Pakistan’s Military Establishment? First,…
Yesterday, April 22, 2025, at 2.30 pm the Pahalgam in Kashmir Valley reverberated with the sounds of terrorist gunshots killing 28 tourists — two of them foreigners and the rest Hindus. One of those killed was from Karnataka, a Shivamogga realtor, Manjunatha Rao. He was holidaying with his wife Pallavi and son Abhijit Rao. According…
Last evening, thousands of Mysureans gathered for a candlelight march, mourning the loss of 40 majestic trees, each over 70 years old, felled overnight along a short 300-metre stretch of Hyder Ali Road. Will this move the authorities? Unlikely. But it will make them think twice next time. That alone makes the protest matter. But…
America’s history shall henceforth be divided into two new chronological periods in place of the old BC and AC (now CE). That is BT and AT. Let me help you. It means the period before Donald Trump (BT) and the period after Donald Trump (AT). Americans may forget Christ for calculating the period or designating…
Yesterday, our city’s Police Commissioner Seema Latkar made a rather reasonable statement: “We don’t have any intention to book a case and collect fines. Rules are enforced for your safety.” She’s absolutely right. But the sad irony is this: In India, we seem to have a stunning disregard for our own safety. Why should a…
India seems to be celebrating the extradition of Tahawwur Hussain Rana from America, the key accused in the Mumbai serial terror strike that shook India in 2008. But for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention and his personal rapport with the American President Donald Trump, this would not have happened. It does not matter Opposition does…
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