In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about sea turtles and causes of their mortality By Maneka Gandhi I just found out that keeping turtles is illegal, where can I release my turtle? Never release a pet turtle into the wild. Turtles kept in captivity may not have the important nutrients they need to survive…
Tharoor-style non-stop stimulation
December 1, 2020By T.J.S. George Shashi Tharoor seems to be a non-stop writing machine. He is a busy man — Member of Parliament, in-demand public speaker, international traveller and what not. In the midst of all that, he finds the time and the energy to turn out not just any book, but thick volumes full of research…
Between the Good and the Bad, with my Guns !
November 29, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After I wrote two articles over two weeks about how I acquired my two guns, a double-barrelled shot gun and a pistol, a good many of my readers have asked me if after going through so much of effort to possess them, I ever had an occasion to put…
Tiring Justice
November 28, 2020Yesterday, the Supreme Court delivering its reason behind granting interim bail to Arnab Goswami, Editor-in-Chief of Republic TV, in the abetment to suicide case, held that Courts should, “ensure that criminal law does not become a weapon for selective harassment of citizens.” Phew! Thank you SC for that judgement…but what’s the use? All we can…
Obama: Legacy of a civilised mind
November 24, 2020By T.J.S. George Barack Obama’s autobiography caught attention in India because of his remark on Rahul Gandhi and “the nervous unformed quality about him.” In the process, the sheer grandeur of the book, “A Promised Land,” escaped attention. Actually, the Obama opus is a classic, in the range it covers, in its analytical depth, and…
Back to James Bond & my quest for his Gun !
November 22, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week I told you about my great desire to possess the legendary Walther pistol of the James Bond fame and how I had so far been unsuccessful in acquiring even a licence for it, let alone the gun itself. Today I’ll tell you about how luck smiled on…
Obama Certification
November 21, 2020Suddenly the Senior Congress leaders are voicing their dissent against their party in the media! Ironically, earlier the same leaders encouraged the suspension of their party colleagues who indulged in such “introspective” acts because it was seen as trying to undermine the Gandhi family. Where did these Senior Congress leaders suddenly find such courage?! And…
Rambling thoughts on Arnab Goswami’s arrest, release and our legal system
November 19, 2020In my recent memory, no arrest of a journalist had roused as much disturbing feelings as when Arnab Goswami, the Chief of the Republic TV, was arrested on Nov. 4, 2020. For me, as a student of law and a journalist, it was most intriguing because he was NOT arrested for reasons of any violation…
Pet Talk
November 18, 2020In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives tips on how to look after guinea pigs’ health Can we not have a cage for guinea pigs? Can they roam freely? Before you decide to let your guinea pigs loose in the house, you need to make sure they are adequately trained to use the litter box….
James Bond’s famous Gun and Me!
November 15, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Sir Sean Connery, who once played the role of James Bond, the fictional character created by the British writer Ian Fleming, is no more. For a man who portrayed a gun-toting British secret agent, with a licence to kill, he meekly walked into the embrace of death while asleep,…














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