By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Teachers’ Day has gone by yesterday. Although different countries across the world celebrate their Teachers’ Days on different dates thankfully most countries have this tradition. In India our age-old Teachers’ Day was on ‘Guru Poornima’ the full moon day of the month of Ashada which falls in June or…
When you assume, you are making an ass of you and me
September 5, 2019By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A simple story: One day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus and drove off along the route. No problems for the first few stops. A few people got on, a few got off and things went generally well. At the next stop, however,…
Jaitley put his stamp on history
September 3, 2019By T.J.S. George Arun Jaitley’s connection with Gujarat led to epochal developments. There he came in contact with Narendra Modi and chemistry got to work. Was it an accident of circumstance? Or did Jaitley, the astute Mr. Brain of the BJP, see something in Modi that others did not? What we know is that it…
Merging for strength and diversion?
August 31, 2019Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced the merger of 10 public sector Banks into four entities. The first merger, that of Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank will create a super-bank named Punjab National Bank. This will be the second-largest public sector Bank in India, after the State Bank of India….
More Doctors, More Health !
August 30, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I have this rather odd habit of asking every youngster I meet what he or she wants to become in life. After listening to their dreams I invariably advise them to consider the option of becoming a doctor if it is not already on their menu. Many parents who…
A.K. Subbaiah as I knew him
August 29, 2019My college-mate, a fellow Kodava like me and a politician who spewed fire and brimstone like a dragon on rampage against his political or personal opponents, Ajjikuttira K. Subbaiah is no more. However, there is no denying the fact that in Karnataka politics he was a role model to all Opposition Leaders. Subbaiah was my…
Pet Talk: August 28, 2019
August 28, 2019In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how to ensure that a pet’s newborn litter finds a good home By Maneka Gandhi My pet dog just had puppies. When can I put them up for adoption? Ideally you should wait a week or two after the puppies have weaned from their mothers before putting them…
Floods, the language of Nature
August 27, 2019Our sages anticipated this, hence the Vedic references to the maha pralaya that would trigger, at the end of the chaturyuga, cataclysmic events that wipe out all life on the planet. By T.J.S. George Kempegowda, the Founder of Bangalore (now Bengaluru), had received clear instructions from his mother: “Build lakes, plant trees.” He did that,…
Rahul Bose’s bananas & the age of convenience
August 24, 2019On July 22 at 2.30 pm our hearts swelled with pride as Chandrayaan-2 took to the skies, just two hours later another event got us even more excited — the cost of actor Rahul Bose’s bananas ! Rahul Bose was staying at a 5-star hotel in Chandigarh, he went to the gym and when he…
Anecdotes on Mahatma
August 24, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore August 15, 1947 is a red letter day to us Indians because India got political independence from the British on that day. The first Prime Minister of Independent India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru lowered down the British flag and hoisted…














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