By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how oysters make pearls and about self-awareness in animals. Are animals self-aware? Self-awareness is the ability to recognise oneself as a separate entity from other individuals as well as the environment. Several studies have been done on animals to see if they are aware of…
By TJS George Major political shifts are taking place in India’s immediate neighbourhood — all of them inauspicious to India. In Maldives, Nepal, Myanmar, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka, local sentiments have found expression in ways unseen before. There’s a new geopolitical game being played out there, and India is not a player. Is Delhi uninterested…
Man must not only live with dignity but also die with dignity. That may not be the law of nature, nor the intention of God. God is supposed to be kind and compassionate both to his believers and non-believers alike but what do we see? That was one of the reasons we had Mother Teresa…
May 1st is Labour Day but March is labour month — Parents labour to get their students to study and students labour to regurgitate a whole year’s syllabus. Now, exam papers have leaked… again and a re-examination has been announced. This has not only left students frustrated and parents fuming but also put the tourism…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Once the festival season begins, they come with a bang and these festivals are celebrated all over the country with devotion. The methods adopted may look different but the inner motto is to remember the divinity. This actually happened…
By Girija Madhavan Spring in Mysuru brings jewel-like flowers to the leafless, stumpy branches of the Frangipani trees after the cold season. The flowers usually have five white petals around a heart of gold. Some blooms are pale yellow set off by a magenta centre, or white deepening to pink; all are lovely and delicately…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC First Cape Town, South Africa and now our own Bengaluru. The latest research has revealed some shocking facts: Bengaluru is going to face an acute water shortage and may face the same problem like Cape Town “Day Zero.” The scenario is grim, water shortage in a Garden City…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains why dogs may stare at wall and why cats dislike making eye contact? Is it okay to throw house spiders outside? Spiders come in when they have enough insects to eat. Some people who see a spider in their house, feel that leaving it outside…
By TJS George The joke of the season is a BJP leader accusing Karnataka’s Congress Chief Minister of dividing people along communal lines. The BJP had combined the talents of Newton, Einstein and Chanakya to invent the science of pitting people against people in the name of religion and caste. It still remains the prime…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the recent and very untimely demise of Dr. M. Shivakumar Shetty, the medical fraternity of our State has lost a very lovable and unique person. Born on 12th March, 1953 at Bidar to Madivalappa N. Shetty and Pushpavathi, he studied under-graduate medicine at Bellary and completed his MD…
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