By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Just a few days ago, even as our annual Dasara festivities came to an end, SOM published a front-page report which said that the ornate stone balustrades that had been erected along our so-called Raja Marga of dubious fame in our city, had collapsed in not less than fifty-seven places….
Stoned Age?
October 23, 2021Since actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death we all have learnt a great deal about ‘ganja.’ We learnt that globally it’s known as ‘marijuana.’ We learnt that it was a Spanish word. We learnt that in Spanish ‘J’ is pronounced as ‘H’. We also learnt that the news of ganja makes our TV anchors hyperventilate, which…
Musings on MySugar: May the sugar be sweeter
October 23, 2021Air-India comes back to TATAs ; Business of Government is not to be in business Our Mandya farmers must be the happier lot now. After years of uncertainty about the local Sugar Factory (Mysore Sugar Company Limited) which was deep in loss and was virtually closed, the farmers whose primary commercial crop is sugarcane, heard…
Musings on Annual Report of an Education Fund
October 18, 2021A couple of days back I received the Annual Report of the Coorg Education Fund, Madikeri, Kodagu, like in the past few years. Though I hardly go through it, it is a reminder that I am a Life Member of this Fund. I don’t even remember when and how I became a Life Member. Let…
Porbandar, Phulpur: Lessons to Learn
October 12, 2021By T.J.S. George Must things go from bad to worse as civilisation progresses? Of course not. In civilised societies, everyday routines go from good to better. New York’s subway system, one of the largest in the world, has coped very well with the city’s growth in population as well as in daily activities. London’s underground,…
A Kanhaiya opportunity for Congress
October 5, 2021By T.J.S. George What is happening in the Congress Party? The one-and-only Kanhaiya Kumar quits Communist ranks and joins the Congress. Amarinder Singh, who led the Punjab Government as though he was still the Maharaja of Patiala, finds himself summarily dismissed by a suddenly assertive Congress Party. Whereupon, without the slightest embarrassment, he drives into…
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mysuru Kendra: Remembering Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy
October 4, 2021In the human garden, where flowers bloom, Mathoorji was also one; but one that was perfumed spreading subtle fragrance. On 25th September 2021, I had the privilege of unveiling the bust of Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s (BVB) Sports Ground named after him, at Vijayanagar I Stage. That event sent me down…
Are we inviting Covid again?
October 3, 2021By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as we were all still heaving a sigh of humungous relief that the terrible second wave of Covid-19 has finally been conquered, we seem to be heading for a third confrontation with the monster. Public and Government memory in particular, seems to be awfully short, going by all…
Krishna is Vokkaliga, but he’s a Kannadiga first
October 2, 2021Two days ago, Karnataka Government announced that former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna would inaugurate this year’s Dasara festival. Immediately, but not surprisingly, it was seen as a political decision. People in political circles said that Krishna was chosen because he was from the Vokkaliga community, implying that the BJP chose him to appease this particular…
TIME to know the world’s most influential people
September 29, 2021The American influence peddler and deceptive persuader of a magazine TIME has come up with an interesting and revealing subject in its Sept. 27, 2021 issue. It has its selection of ‘The World’s Most Influential People’ numbering 100. As I know, this magazine for all its power and glory has never been well-disposed towards India…
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