In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how stressful it is for a pet to travel and how to make the journey more comfortable By Maneka Gandhi Do flights allow pet animals to travel in the cabin with the owner? Even though regulations regarding pet travel in flights in India are largely similar, there are…
Vadra, a timely weapon for BJP
February 12, 2019By T.J.S. George Unlike father Rajiv Gandhi and brother Rahul Gandhi, Priyanka Gandhi has to wear two crosses — the Gandhi dynastic cross and the Vadra controversies cross. The second hurts more. The haste with which the Government has opened the Vadra can of worms points to the viciousness of today’s politics. But the worms…
Walking God walks to Heaven
February 10, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore For the past few weeks since the ‘Walking God’ Sri Shivakumara Swamiji left for heavenly abode, electronic and print media have been writing articles about this Saint particularly with regard to the services he was rendering to the society…
All eyes on Supreme Court
February 5, 2019Not only the custodian of the Constitution but also of Democracy Save Constitution? Save Democracy? Save Police Officer? But who will save those who were cheated ? If salt loses its savour with what shall it be salted? —Bible The events people of our country were witnessing at West Bengal’s Kolkata following the confrontation between…
Why North-East Citizens Rebel
February 5, 2019By T.J.S. George Imagine all South Indian States uniting on a platform of ethnic difference from the North, as C.N. Annadurai briefly contemplated once upon a time. Something similar is happening in the North-East. Ethnically, culturally and historically, the North-Eastern States have been different from the rest of India. North-Easterners often talked about going to…
Civet Coffee from Coorg: Rich man’s dream coffee !
February 4, 2019I had heard of people taking their pet dogs for walk in the parks, roads or footpaths for exercise. Also to prevent the animal from committing nuisance, easing itself, at the owner’s house with eyeful of its poop. I also see these dog-walkers daily in my area walking back with a wry smile once the…
Can Indira 2.0 save Congress?
February 2, 2019On 23rd January, the Congress finally played its Ace card when it was left out of the SP-BSP coalition in UP. It appointed Priyanka Gandhi Vadra as the Party General Secretary for Eastern Uttar Pradesh in the run-up to the Lok Sabha elections. Priyanka’s entry into full-time politics surely has given hope to most Congressmen….
The Rotary Journey: To S. Korea and Japan – 6
February 1, 2019An accidental Memorial for Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose in Tokyo The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” —St. Augustine [Continued from Jan. 8] When I decided to go to Japan for the second time with my Rotary friends, I had one special interest — that was to…
Hindustan: A land of mighty temples-1
January 30, 2019Cosmic power and glory of Lord Shiva It was in 1958, as I remember correctly, I went on a South India tour by train with a group of college students. I was studying at Madikeri First Grade College in Kodagu and our History Professor Muthuswamy, a Tamilian himself, was in charge. Our first destination was…
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