With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And we voters, left with no choice, keep voting not wanting NOTA. After all, let there be someone to represent us as an MLA…
By T.J.S. George Never was a Karnataka election more important to India than this one. Never was a Karnataka election more ruthlessly fought than this one. All bets are off. All masks are off. All decencies associated with democracy are out. The one and only objective is: Win by hook or by crook, mostly by…
Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress party candidate. A medical doctor by profession, he was brought into politics by his father after the sad and untimely demise of his…
On Thursday I had the pleasure of dining with NDTV’s Prannoy Roy, probably the last dignified English TV news anchor we have. He was in city with his band of travelling journalists. The group consisted of the popular Author and Banker Ruchir Sharma, Psephologist Dorab Sopariwala, Economist Surjit Bhalla and a few others. They were…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The transient villager that I once was out of my own volition by choosing to practice for many years as a doctor attached to a very remotely located village hospital, I have seen a great deal of difference between the way villagers and townspeople view our elections. Today, our…
A couple of days back I learnt from Dr. Shyam Prasad Shetty, Head of Cardiothoracic, JSS Hospital, Mysuru, that his cousin Dr. B. Satish Rai and my family doctor was admitted to Narayana Hrudayalaya, Bengaluru, in a serious condition. Yesterday around 4 pm he again called me to give the sad news. I first saw…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Just one look at the stats released by the Ministry of Tourism for the year 2016 says it all. Surprise, surprise, Tamil Nadu has emerged as the premium destination for both domestic and international tourists, beating the much-touted Uttar Pradesh with its Taj Mahal and other talked about…
By T.J.S. George When those who don’t have it in them think they have it in them, it’s sad. Chandra Kumar Bose was a qualified management expert who did well in the Tatas for many years. Then somebody told him that he was not just another Bose but Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s own grand-nephew. Worse,…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains about the problems & diseases of dogs, cats and birds and solutions to them How to keep your pet safe during festival season? Fireworks and crackers during festivals can have severe impact on pets, and special attention is required to minimise that impact. The following…
A Kannada TV Channel discusses why not a Bengalurean as CM this time?! The feeling among Lingayats all over the State is that in the event of a hung Assembly, should the BJP and the JD(S) form an alliance Government, the prospects of Yeddyurappa becoming the Chief Minister is very dim. And BJP’s Delhi High…
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