By 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. …
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I was meeting up with an old friend after several years and we decided to catch up with each other over coffee. This friend had worked as a Senior Adviser in his Government before moving on to work in the private sector. He was narrating his experience of working with two…
This morning the BJP pulled off a coup in Maharashtra. Many who watched the news on TV this morning were left wondering if it was fake news. The headlines read “BJP-NCP form Government in Maharashtra.” Even more shocking, they had already sworn-in BJP’s Devendra Fadnavis as Chief Minister (CM) and Nationalist Congress Party’s (NCP) Ajit…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A recent report says that the tap water supplied to residents in fifteen out of twenty one of our major cities and State capitals where the survey was conducted was found to be unsafe. We have to be thankful that it was found safe in six of them! Delhi…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Mukthi Bhawan? I am sure many of you would have heard about this building in Kashi where people go to die! Why? One may ask. As per our own Hindu scriptures, if one dies in Kashi, the abode of Shiva, one attains Moksha [ultimate salvation]. No rebirth. So,…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells about the reasons why cats may eat grass and its effects My dog has started drinking a lot of water recently. Should I be worried? Generally, water intake will vary a little with diet. If dogs are fed wet food, they may drink less, while dogs that are…
By T.J.S. George Come to think of it, everything in our country has a religious dimension to it — food, clothing, Universities, Hospitals, Civil Service, the professions like Law and Journalism, and even this column because its byline has a religion’s brand on it. (I gave up religion long ago. I retain my belief in…
One has to ask, what use is a pre-poll alliance if the partners cannot deliver a Government even after the people have given them the mandate? It is said Politics is the art of possibilities, but Shiv Sena and BJP have shown the art of irresponsibility. They have left Maharashtra, a State that makes up…
[…not at their own personal survival at the cost of the Nation] In the Book Talk column of Star of Mysore dated Nov. 13, 2019, I saw a brief write-up on the book “Kashmir’s Untold Story Declassified” by Iqbal Chand Malhotra and Maroof Raza. Since I am a great fan of Maroof Raza, that highly…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD This morning I attended the Month’s Mind Mass held to pray for the soul of Mrs. Dorothy Fernandez, who passed away at the age of eighty six on the 15th of last month. She was my music teacher when I was studying at the Good Shepherd Convent Primary School…
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