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Mysuru Road blocked by Railways: When will Mysuru MP and MLAs go to Delhi and meet the Railway Minister?
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Mysuru Road blocked by Railways: When will Mysuru MP and MLAs go to Delhi and meet the Railway Minister?

March 7, 2018

Yesterday I was out of Mysuru leaving the city early morning and returning late night. As is my wont, I picked up Star of Mysore before hitting the sack. What a good news! ‘Train via Kodagu scrapped’. The sub-title said that the Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal would make an official announcement in Parliament today…

The Great Bank Robbery. By All
Columns, Point of View

The Great Bank Robbery. By All

March 6, 2018

By T.J.S. George The funny thing about the banking fraud that is rocking the country is that no one is accountable for it. The Finance Minister remained silent at first and then blamed the supervisory agencies — as though he was but an onlooker. His Cabinet colleague, the ever-unconvincing Ravishankar Prasad, blamed it on the…

Death of Decency
Columns, In Black & White

Death of Decency

March 3, 2018

On Feb. 24th Sridevi died. On 25th our decency died. Following Sridevi’s death, everyone; the media, celebrities and the public went overboard with their expression of grief and praise.  Then they turned into vicarious pleasure seekers, publicity mongers and conspiracy theorists. TV news channels were the worse of the lot. In the initial hours of…

Beware! Bathrooms can kill too!
Columns, Over A Cup of Evening Tea

Beware! Bathrooms can kill too!

March 2, 2018

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD We have all seen a most shocking and disturbing incident in the very tragic death of Sridevi, a phenomenally versatile, much loved and admired actress. While nothing that has been said about the circumstances in which she met her end seems very convincing, the fact remains that she died…

Pet Talk
Columns, Pet Talk

Pet Talk

February 28, 2018

By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka talks about fish and aquarium. Also gives tips on how to stop cats from chewing wires? Do fish sleep with their eyes open? Fish sleep is different from human sleep. Humans sleep to get a period of rest. For fish, sleep means a period of lowered…

India ‘in hands of Goondas?’
Columns, Point of View

India ‘in hands of Goondas?’

February 27, 2018

By T.J.S. George  Justice Katju is known for using language of the extreme kind. But his words hit the bull’s eye last week when he spoke to a regional channel. India, he said, was in the hands of goondas; they must be shot. He recalled how the so-called “aristocrats” were guillotined in the French Revolution. We…

In Love with GHOSTS
Columns, In Black & White

In Love with GHOSTS

February 24, 2018

They say no one can scare an Indian politician, not even the Gods. But it seems Ghosts can! Remember, former Bihar Health Minister Tej Pratap Yadav, son of Lalu Prasad Yadav, vacated his government bungalow calling it “haunted” and accusing his political rivals of “letting out ghosts”?  Well, now we have another haunting, but this…

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