By T.J.S. George I have always felt patriotic and proud on Gandhi Jayanti days. Not this time. This time I was aware that Gandhi was a fake. As usual, newspapers were full of Gandhi last week. Schools and Colleges and associations of all kinds held functions to mark the 150th anniversary of the man they…
Trust deficit, venal Bank officials and ease of borrowing leave depositors doomed First an anecdote: My friend Rahul, a Bank Manager, got a rural posting. A tribal came for a loan of Rs. 2 lakh to buy buffaloes and start selling milk. Rahul asked him for a collateral security. The tribal asked what is collateral…
We celebrated the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi three days ago on October 2. It is also the day that United Nations has declared as the International Day of Non-Violence. But just two days after Gandhiji’s birthday, a case of violence was reported against 49 “intellectuals” as they were booked for sedition. Now, what did…
Yesterday, 2nd October 2019 was the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi. We call him ‘Father of the Nation’ because he got us the freedom from British subjugation and taught us many values that we should practice in our personal, family, social, economical and political life. No wonder, when he was asked by a foreign journalist,…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Five percent growth in Gross Domestic Products (GDP) ! There is a recession staring on our Indian economy. The Government in its wisdom has announced several fiscal stimulus, aimed at giving the necessary push to the economy. Ironical, the banks are flush with funds but no private players…
By T.J.S. George What spectacle! What drama! What breathtaking orchestration! Narendra Modi’s pulling power was in evidence all through his triumphant tour of the US and especially his thundering performance at Houston with the US President himself playing second fiddle. Such was the impression he made that influential newspapers like New York Times and Wall…
Like many men in Indian families, I too come from a not so proud line of men with clogged arteries. Luckily, I am yet to be clogged. But like many Indians, I too have thrown caution to the winds and succumbed to culinary charms. For most of my life, I have had an intense and…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Till he acquired it my son Adnan’s greatest ambition in life was to arm himself with a car driving licence. So he organised and orchestrated things in such a way that he would get his learner’s licence exactly on his 18th birthday. He thought that it was very wise groundwork…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC What does a woman want from her man? Money, house, ornaments ? A woman wears a lot of hats to manage a household. It is presumed that most of the times a woman is happy with gifts, flowers, cards, given by her man. Is it the truth? She…
By T.J.S. George Anything touching mother and mother-tongue is not negotiable. So strong is the sentiment that Amit Shah had to soften his stand. I am convinced that Malayalam should be declared the national language of India. Of the many reasons, consider just two. It is a universal language spoken all over the globe and…
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