Delay in Justice delivery destroys human dignity of litigants, accused A news emanating from Dehradun, Uttarakhand, dated 12th August 2024, reminded me of a short story by Leo Tolstoy titled ‘God Sees the Truth, But Waits.’ It was among the 50 world’s greatest short stories. But first the news that made me reflect on life…
Musings on Police
August 17, 2024A few days back I received a WhatsApp video sent by one Dr. A.M. Nagesh, Member of Mysuru Open Forum (MOF). Its title ‘Roar for Justice’ and it is a song most melodiously rendered but melancholic for its theme was such which could be known from the title of the song itself. The opening lines…
August 15th, now just another holiday
August 17, 2024Seventy-seven years ago, we seized control of our destiny, forging a democratic union that endures to this day. On the surface, this seems like something to celebrate. But beneath that surface, our democracy is faltering, crippled by our obsession with money and power. Recent political spectacles, such as the Yatras where Congress and BJP hurled…
Remembering K. Natwar Singh
August 12, 2024Tall leaders make great nations During the years of Nehru as Prime Minister, we had many brilliant, intellectual and honest persons in his cabinet, in national institutions and in public sector units. They came from across all religions and regions. The words Socialist and Secular were not in the Preamble of our Constitution. Yet, it…
Dance of Democracy in Rajya Sabha
August 11, 2024Jaya Ho Jagdeep Dhankhar Friday 9th August, 2024, trouble broke out in the Rajya Sabha when the Congress MPs demanded an apology from BJP member Ghanshyam Tiwari for a comment he had made on Mallikarjun Kharge last week. Chairman of the Rajya Sabha (and Vice-President of India) Jagdeep Dhankhar did not agree with the Congress…
A coincidence of the most unusual kind!
August 4, 2024By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, to refer a patient to her, while trying to call up Dr. N. Harshitha, an ENT Surgeon, who works with me in the Apollo BGS Hospitals and who shares the workplace with me in the OPD, I noticed that she had put up a very interesting profile…
For the love of one’s child they ruined a Legacy & Community
August 3, 2024At a recent book launch event in Bengaluru, former Mysuru-Kodagu MP Prathap Simha posed a poignant question: “If political leaders worry only about their own children, who will take care of the children of other people, who also work for the party?” The answer, it appears, is no one. Across the political spectrum, senior politicians…
First fix Roads, then build Amusement Park
July 27, 2024Guess which project is back on the table — “wannabe” Disneyland! Yes, the Karnataka State Cabinet has cleared a proposal to develop Brindavan Gardens along the lines of Disneyland! This new “wannabe” Disneyland, though tentatively christened as Cauvery Brindavan Amusement Park, is not a new project. In 2018, H.D. Kumaraswamy, who was the CM had…
Rediscovering Revenue Land loot after 29 years: T.M. Vijay Bhaskar Report!
July 24, 2024In the midst of the raging fire in the administration of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) regarding arbitrary, gratuitous and illegal allotment of house sites under its ambiguously worded 50:50 scheme to compensate the land-losers, we heard an NGO, Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), crooning about a 29-year-old Revenue Department scam that was buried in the…
Waiting for second coming of Donald Trump -2
July 21, 2024[Continued from July 19] After seeing the assassination attempt on Donald Trump and then seeing him at the Republican Party National Convention at Milwaukee on TV, I get the feeling that the 2024 November Presidential Election is going to be Donald Trump’s show. The world TV viewers are sure to spend more time watching America’s…
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