Yogi Adityanath’s potential to emerge as a BJP star in his own right is what the world will be watching. Already there are references to him as “another Modi” and “the new Modi.” BY TJS GEORGE It is possible that Yogi Adityanath is not the communal dracula he is seen to be. He is, of…
A charming journey of city’s artist N.S. Harsha
March 27, 2017It is said of the artists that their work should speak for them and not the artists. There seems to be some truth in it because that was what I found in a renowned artist from our city N.S. Harsha when he visited our office two months back to collect some news items relating to…
Yugadi arrives again…
March 25, 2017By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore. Yugadi also called as Ugadi is fast approaching and people are already making preparations to welcome it. The word yugadi is a Sanskrit composite word, yuga and adi; and it means the commencement of a yuga. In this context,…
Clean Bottoms Continued… on Public Demand!
March 25, 2017By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My last write-up about ‘Clean Bottoms’ has evoked a tremendous and continuing response from readers both from within and outside the country. Readers are writing or calling up to say that the absence of facilities to wash up in many high-end hotels in our own country is indeed a…
Media Vs Legislature …both need introspection
March 25, 2017The Press is perspiring and seething with anger after K.B. Koliwad, the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, announced the formation of a House Committee to suggest measures to monitor and regulate the functioning of Media in Karnataka. This decision was taken during the Budget Session after a four-hour discussion! Yes, instead of discussing the Budget,…
Audacity of Legislators
March 24, 2017Media is the life-line of Democracy and Secularism. Don’t strangulate it To be true to my faith, I may not write in anger or malice. I may not write idly. I may not write merely to excite passion. The reader can have no idea of the restraint I have to exercise. – Mahatma Gandhi “You…
A Dialogue with a Mandya Man
March 23, 2017My experience tells me that every day is a renewal of life. Its experience is different from the previous day’s. Such an experience came my way on Wednesday 22nd March, 2017 when I met one Damadahalli Swamygowda Chandrashekaragowda (D.S. Chandrashekara) of Mandya district. He was 53-years-old. Lewis Carroll says in ‘Alice in Wonderland’, a picture…
Mother’s Day Out
March 23, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take out another “woman” out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to take out was my mother who had been a widow for 19 years. The demands of my work and…
Pet talk: Can a pet cat/dog understand what you say to them?
March 22, 2017By Maneka Gandhi Statistically 62% pet owners claim that their pets understand what they say to them. It is scientifically proven that in its lifetime a dog/cat learns at least 200 words. Animals learn commands like sit, stay, no, come here, etc. An animal will easily understand what you are saying when: Usage of same…
Modi’s vision has a target year, exactly same as Xi’s; but Modi’s foot soldiers pursue other targets
March 21, 2017BY T.J.S. GEORGE Miracles never cease. On March 12, Prime Minister Narendra Modi told a gathering of BJP workers, “I have a milestone of 2022 when India completes 75 years of independence.” He wanted everyone to take up a project for the good of the country and complete it by 2022. On March 13, China’s…
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