By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, learn how to determine the sex of your fish and about aquarium plants. How to determine the sex of your fish? Observing Fish to Determine Sex: Look for a nuchal hump on male fish. A nuchal hump is a small bump on the forehead of a fish….
Football is for all: Except India
June 26, 2018By T.J.S. George Of the many realities refreshed by the ongoing football frenzy, two are revelatory for India. First: Kicking a ball around is an instinctive urge of all humans which explains both the universality and the irresistibility of football. India fell off the grid because of the willingness with which it surrendered its soul to…
Will Kodagu, heaven on earth, cease to exist ?
June 23, 2018Watch out! The writing is on the wall The smallest district in Karnataka is Kodagu. It was described as Scotland of India by the British. It is 900 mts (2,953 feet) from the sea level. With this altitude, it is considered a Hill Station. It is nestled in the womb of Western Ghats with a…
Please do this first… then think of MRC
June 23, 2018The Mysore Race Course is not only the biggest piece of real estate in the heart of our city but also one of the largest green spaces. Now the new Tourism Minister wants to shift the Race Course and make it a Botanical Garden to boost tourism in Mysuru. A proactive move, but… What about…
Race Course in a Race against Time
June 22, 2018By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Perched, rather precariously now, at the two ends of one of the most majestic roads of our city are two of its most iconic and notable landmarks — the Mysore Race Course and the Lalitha Mahal Palace, both being the gifts of our erstwhile Maharajas which strengthen the royal…
Pay and then demand
June 21, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An email from an Indian in the UK: My salary in UK is 61,000 pounds per annum without tax. (61,000 x 80 = INR 48,80,000). I pay 40 percent tax on my salary. 48,80,000 – 19,52,000 = INR 29,28,000 balance. Then 700 pounds per month as house rent,…
Pet Talk
June 20, 2018In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives information on bad breath and constipation in cats. By Maneka Gandhi My cat has bad breath. How should I handle this problem? If your cat has bad breath then there could be several reasons for it, but the main reasons are: Gingivitis: If the gums appear red and…
Top Govt. Officials should take people-friendly decisions
June 19, 2018Having seen and experienced the Indian Democracy since 1947 when I was seven-years-old in an Ashram at Kengeri, near Bengaluru, I have come to the firm view that after Indira Gandhi came to power by splitting Congress party there was more politics of power and less administration of progress. The quality of politicians who were…
The urge to serve the Nation!
June 19, 2018By T.J.S. George What makes Indian politics unique is its focus on the self. Every politician is convinced that it is his right to become a Minister. Every Minister believes that it is his right to remain a Minister as long as he lives. Every Minister wants his son, too, to become a Minister by…
Doctor’s Diagnosis !
June 18, 2018Koppa was a small village town in Kodagu. The only government departments there are the ubiquitous Police Outpost and the Post Office. The government hospital was 20 kms away in the Taluk Head Quarters at Virajpet. The village town was in dire need of a doctor. When a young man Narayan from Kodagu completed his…
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