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Dialectics on Basic Instinct
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Dialectics on Basic Instinct

September 23, 2022

Kama, Kamasutra and Khajuraho! Reading about sex-related offences committed by men in our daily newspapers and viewing them with news reports and in panel discussions on TV, I am left wondering what could be the cause for such crimes and how could it be checked if not completely curbed. In simple words, the cause could…

Fleeting thoughts on a Queen’s death
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Fleeting thoughts on a Queen’s death

September 20, 2022

The whole of yesterday afternoon I was glued to my grandpa’s rose-wood armed chair till late in the evening watching the grandiose, spectacular, colourful and elaborate funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain. Yes, Great Britain not just Britain. It denotes political union of England, Scotland and Wales. Then what is United Kingdom?…

Why mourn the Queen?
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Why mourn the Queen?

September 17, 2022

The British Queen is dead. She was the representative of one of the most cruel empires. Yet, basic human decency requires us to express our condolences. However, the Indian Government and some Indians went overboard with condolence, making us look subservient. No matter how much anyone attempts to soften the evil image of the British…

Neta Fashion
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Neta Fashion

September 3, 2022

Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrashekar Rao (KCR) visited Bihar on Wednesday. He met Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and called for a ‘BJP-mukt Bharat’ and much more. While he said plenty for us to hear, we had just one thing to see, a South Indian Cowboy. KCR had a cowboy-type hat on! It looked odd to…

Welcome to “Grand” Dasara
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy, Columns

Welcome to “Grand” Dasara

August 28, 2022

Are we well braced for a “Grand” Dasara that our Government has declared, in great aplomb and confidence, to celebrate this year’s Dasara beginning from Sept. 26 to Oct. 5 in a “grand way”? Can we expect the vainglorious Dasara zing to be back after a gap of two years caused by COVID-19 pandemic? I…

40% Commission, 100% NO Prosecution
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40% Commission, 100% NO Prosecution

August 27, 2022

Come elections, and along come allegations. And so, it continues, the politics of allegation never leading to prosecution. Rarely are allegations by an Opposition party taken to their logical end. The Opposition party will kick and scream. They will organise yatras, sit for dharnas and declare bandhs against the ruling party’s corruption. But when they…

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