By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is reported that our Government is considering the idea of bringing in measures that will ensure that the identity and phone number of the first person who creates and sends a message on WhatsApp remains encrypted in the message. This will be on the lines of the EXIF…
Pet Talk
December 4, 2019In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells about the reasons for pancreas swelling, sudden drooling & coughing in dogs By Maneka Gandhi My puppy was diagnosed with a swollen pancreas, is it normal? What could be the causes? Pancreas swelling in puppies often occurs when the puppy over eats, or may sometimes occur due to…
What manner of a man is this Rajinikanth?
December 3, 2019Recently Supreme Court Judge Justice N.V. Ramana had said that the fate of the country would depend on the character of the leaders administering it. How true and valid an opinion, specially in the context of our country’s administration conducted since 70 years. It is only after 2014 when Narendra Modi became the Prime Minister…
About the tyranny of er… Others
December 3, 2019By TJS George This week, I shall plagiarise. Without shame. I shall reproduce whole sentences from a book review in the Financial Times of London because they are sentences that sum up our lives here in our country. The book is How To Be A Dictator by Frank Dikotter and the reviewer is Tony Barber,…
Personally speaking about BJP, Shiv Sena and My Country
December 1, 2019Man does not live by bread alone, but also by the word of God. — Bible The fate of the country depends on the character of the leaders administering it. — Supreme Court Judge Justice N.V. Ramana Personally speaking the Government we got in Maharashtra, 35 days after the Assembly election results were announced, augurs…
Crotch-Crushers & Smart Clothes
November 30, 2019I have been wearing the same tailored trousers for a few years now and thought it was time to update my wardrobe to the latest trends. So on a recent visit to Bengaluru my friend Zaki became my sartorial guide. He took me to a shop called TexMart behind Commercial Street. They had many international…
What Kautilya says about juvenile crimes?
November 30, 2019By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore We are all concerned about juvenile crimes. But many organisations that want to save juveniles from taking the crime path are helpless because this problem is so huge and spread all over the world. The Police have to make…
Of Village-Shy Doctors !
November 29, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A report in my morning newspaper today says that the Government is finding it increasingly difficult to recruit doctors who are willing to serve in rural areas. The current scenario in our country where unemployment is rampant is that whenever the Government announces the openings even for some very…
Pet Talk
November 27, 2019In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains about bathing rabbit, rehydrating a bird and what an unqualified person can do for a healthy delivery of puppies By Maneka Gandhi What is something people do with their cats that they should absolutely not be doing? • Never declaw a cat. It is inhumane and torture for…
Lawyers, Cops and The Individual
November 26, 2019By T.J.S. George Unimaginable things happen in our country. Remember the scene news channels broadcast recently? A uniformed Police Officer leaving the premises of a Court in Delhi on his official bike is hit on the neck by a lawyer with other lawyers watching. He slaps the officer on the face, then slaps him again. …
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