By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last article I narrated the story of how during a train journey, exactly 40 years ago, I once amazed all my fellow travellers and shocked a nun who was travelling with us by reading her palm and correctly revealing her past. When she became very emotional and…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week KBG in a very touching epitaph upon her recent demise, wrote about Sr. Annette, a nun of the order of the Carmelite Sisters of St. Theresa and the former Principal of the Teresian College, whom KBG knew as a very close friend over many years. Sr. Annette…
[Migrants to Mysore] The recent incident of gang rape and armed robbery has triggered a new topic of conversation in Mysuru, a conversation that was for the most part limited to Bengaluru — the “outsider” problem. On hearing the news about rape and armed robbery, many Mysureans said it could not have been committed by…
By T.J.S. George In the normal course of things, people feel jealous of Mukesh Ambani for the phenomenal wealth he commands. I feel sorry for him. What is the use of wealth if it restricts your freedom? He has more money than I have, but less freedom. I can have fun driving around in my…
My sister Annette left this world on 28th August 2021 on her final journey to the world unknown. It is said that ‘To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die.’ If so, my sister is living here with us in our hearts. I came to know Sr. Annette when she was the…
This week has been a tumultuous one for a docile city like ours. Within a week we witnessed two terrible crimes — an armed robbery which left an innocent shopper dead and the gang rape of a young woman at the foot of Chamundi Hill. Most Mysureans were asking, “How could this happen in our…
Last week I was reading an unlikely bilingual book on Buddha’s discourses titled “Sutta Sangaho.” Pages on the left is in Pali using English script while on the right is in English. It has 27 suttams (discourses) rather short ones. It covers selected discourses from the Buddha’s 45 years of mission spreading his message of…
By T.J.S. George Hinduism will be finished in another century,” says Abhijit Iyer Mitra, an academic. That of course is nonsense. If there is one religion in the world that will never be “finished,” it is Hinduism. The most important reason is that Hinduism is not just a religion. It is a philosophy, an attitude…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Through my past four articles in this series about the three imperilled landmarks in our city, I have placed before you the sad plight they are now in and how nothing is being done to restore them to their former glory, although they all, along with many other similar…
Afghanistan was waiting to be taken over by the Taliban ever since the former US President Donald Trump decided to withdraw its troops. Trump’s successor Joe Biden simply endorsed the decision and implemented the pull-out of US forces. The only safeguard against the Taliban for the Afghan Government headed by Ashraf Ghani was gone. President…
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