[Continued from Oct. 9] Our Berlin tour guide’s arrival at our hotel in a taxi, a grand Mercedes Benz Van, was conveyed to me from the front desk through intercom promptly. We descended from our fourth-floor room and there he was. Tall, grinning from molar to molar. While shaking hands, we said, “Sorry, we are…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about cause, symptom and cure for Mange in dogs. What causes Mange in dogs? Mange is a skin disease caused by several species of tiny mites. Some mange mites are normal residents of your dog’s skin and hair follicles, while others are not. All mites…
By T.J.S. George The mass murder of people at a music concert in Las Vegas last week and the racial savagery that rocked Charlottesville earlier must not be dismissed as far-away things that do not concern us. They are part of the ideological terrorism that has gripped large parts of the world, including India. The…
[Continued from Oct. 4] Germany is one country in the world for an Indian that seems to conjure up many images of important persons both in Germany and India. Otto von Bismarck was one such person. It was he who spoke of “blood and iron” and unified Germany as we know today. And in India,…
On 25th August 2017, a group called Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked Myanmar security forces killing nearly 80 personnel. The Myanmar government declared ARSA a terrorist organisation and mounted a campaign in Rohingya villages populated by the Muslim minority called Rohingya people. Soon they began to flee…and many of them landed up in India…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Come October 2, the entire country including politicians and common men from all walks of life pay homage to Gandhiji who is one of the main architects of our freedom. Functions are arranged in schools, colleges and speeches are…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last night I happened to attend a CME. Now, this acronym which may seem a little unknown to most people, stands for ‘Continuing Medical Education’ and it denotes an educational activity that involves lectures, seminars or workshops which give doctors an opportunity to refresh and update their knowledge in…
I guess time and chance happenth to all. One must bide his time patiently and grab it egregiously when opportunity presents itself. That was how I happened to make it to Munich’s famous October Beer Festival. People from all over Europe and the world descend on Munich in very large numbers to witness and participate…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about monkeys dancing on the street and diet for peacocks and camels. By Maneka Gandhi Is it legal to have monkeys dancing on the street? Monkeys are trained to “dance” through beatings and food deprivation. Their teeth are pulled out by the madaris so that the animals cannot…
By TJS George The Congress Party published full-page advertisements in New York to announce a Rahul Gandhi meeting there. It made history by including, alongside the pictures of Jawaharlal Nehru, Indira, Rajiv and Sonia Gandhi, those of Lal Bahadur Shastri and P.V. Narasimha Rao. Shastri was never recognised during the Sonia years while Narasimha Rao…
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