By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A very interesting story, courtesy Facebook: A family was dining out in a posh restaurant. In the family group, there was an old man, who was very clumsy. He dropped the food all over his shirt. The diners in the restaurant, amused in the beginning, showed their resentment by…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka suggests on what should be fed to baby pigeon and tells why parakeet suddenly loses its feathers? A pigeon has laid an egg in a nest near my house. The egg has hatched and a small baby pigeon has come out but the mother died so…
Perhaps Indian Muslims attract special attention because their story is related to the religion-based partition of India. By T.J.S. George It is the irony of ironies that (a) The Government of India banned triple talaq without getting a proper Bill properly passed in Parliament, and (b) Muslims attacked the “reform”, saying that it will not help…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC I had resigned myself to witness the repetition of the same old Dasara procession this year too as the State Government had appointed the same old Committees and the same themes were being discussed with some cosmetic changes. But surprise, surprise, our Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh has sprung…
Dear Readers, Next year, our lives, as we humans know it on this planet, is going to change forever. Our time here on earth is categorised based on a Three-Age System — Stone Age, Bronze Age and Iron Age. Later, we added the Space Age. Now, thanks to a Godman from our State, we will…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday evening as I was turning the pages of SOM to scan the headlines, I literally jumped out of my skin in excitement upon stumbling on the news that the Gun House Imperial Restaurant that used to once function from the Palace Gun House was soon going to throw…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about the suicidal tendencies in animals, squirrels’ habitat and musical instruments made of animal products. What does rhinoceroses have on their nose? “Rhinoceros” comes from Old Greek, meaning “horned nose.” But the horns are not made of bone but of matted hair or keratin. Can…
By T.J.S. George Here is the noblest summing up of civilisational values by an Indian: I am proud to belong to a religion which has taught the world both tolerance and universal acceptance. We believe not only in universal toleration, but we accept all religions as true. I am proud to belong to a nation…
Thursday was Ganesha Chaturthi, the festival to celebrate the birth of Lord Ganesha, the revered elephant-headed Hindu God. But on his birthday, an elephant was beheaded! One of the elephant sculptures at Highway Circle was severed from the main pedestal. We are a nation of vandals — wilful destroyers of what is beautiful or venerable….
On Wednesday, 12th September when I was driving to my office in Bannimantap, I was witness to the ugly face of some Mysureans. The beautiful fountain, known as elephant fountain, because of the four elephant heads it carried, was vandalised. I was devastated. I was angry. The Police and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officials…
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