By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains about mating in elephants, about Red Pandas and also gives tips on how to get rid of flies from house? What characteristics do elephants display when they want to mate? The courtship between a male and a female elephant is short lived. They will rub…
With Kerala’s CM inviting humiliation after humiliation, the CPM saga may be coming to a close in India
May 16, 2017By T.J.S. George Are we witnessing the final fade-out of communism’s run in India? West Bengal was a Left citadel that seemed impregnable for three long decades. Rather suddenly it crumbled and repeated attempts to put it together again have failed. Kerala then became the Marxists’ only viable address. The electoral victory they gained in…
Some parallel to Trump’s America and Modi’s India
May 14, 2017I was watching live US President Donald Trump’s Commencement Speech at Liberty University yesterday (Saturday). Like in our Universities, specially in Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), Delhi, there was a division among students on the question of inviting Trump. After all Trump had been the convocation speaker at the Christian University in 2012 and again before…
Unburdening our PUC Students
May 12, 2017By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The most eagerly awaited PUC results are out; ending what can perhaps be called the longest and most painful wait of their lives for all the students who appeared for the examination and their parents too. While they bring much cheer to some they also bring much anguish to…
The art of listening
May 11, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Viktor Frankl, one of the great psychiatrists of the twentieth century, survived the death camps of Nazi Germany. His little book, Man’s Search for Meaning, is one of those life-changing books that everyone should read. Frankl once told the story of a woman who called him in the…
China’s take-over of the South China Sea is complete; a summit next week clinches its strategic gains
May 9, 2017China’s attitude to India has changed, too. It seems to have concluded that India is no longer the serious competitor it once appeared to be. A week from today “the biggest diplomatic event of the year” will take place in China with many heads of government in attendance (not India’s). This is the first summit…
Not the cleanest … just least dirty !
May 6, 2017A month ago, two students Srivalli Rattehalli and Vishnu Priyan visited Star of Mysore office to show some photographs. The two of them had taken some time off and ridden around the city clicking photographs of the two-time winner of the “Cleanest City in India.” Their photographs proved anything but that. I was always a…
How about waging a War on War itself?
May 5, 2017By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Although most people may disagree with me, I cannot help feeling that Benjamin Franklin, the most distinguished scientific and literary American of his time and one of the founding fathers of America very rightly said that “There never was a good war or a bad peace.” He said this…
Should not boys think to change too ?
May 4, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC For at least a generation now — especially in urban India and educated middle-class families — we have raised our girls to be confident and fight for their rights. But we seem to have ignored an entire generation of boys who were not told anything about how their…
Multifaceted K.V. Murthy – Not just Art Patron; Chief Patron of Lord Chandramouleeswara!
May 3, 2017By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity Our city is known as the citadel of art and culture for centuries. Thanks to the Wadiyar dynasty which patronised many writers, artistes, musicians, sculptors who brought name and fame to this Royal City. However, after Independence of our country Royalty made way to…
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