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Musings amid Lakes & Palaces
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Musings amid Lakes & Palaces

January 4, 2019

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD As I said last Friday, our own Mysuru and distant Udaipur, which I visited recently with my family, seem like sister cities to me since they have both been seats of royalty and also because both have many Lakes and Palaces. It is a different matter that while we…

Repair Leaks, your New Year Resolution-2019
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Repair Leaks, your New Year Resolution-2019

January 3, 2019

By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC He lives with his wife in an ordinary rental apartment in the city of San Francisco. He never wears branded clothing; his glasses are trusted and aged. His watches are functional and unglamorous. He does not have his own car, his primary means of transportation is the bus…

Mysore in Brush-strokes
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Mysore in Brush-strokes

January 2, 2019

By Girija Madhavan An oil-painting of a pastoral scene in green and gold, catches a ray of the morning sun where it hangs on a wall in our home. The workers in the field seem to come alive, the foliage moves in the morning breeze in contrast to the static hay ricks in the background….

Pet Talk
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Pet Talk

January 2, 2019

By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about crimes against animals and the law enforcement agencies Where can we find annual crime reports against animals? Is there any formal database maintained? The annual crime reports are recorded under the National Crime Records Bureau in India. It is revised and updated annually and…

Kuchela, Lord Krishna’s friend
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Kuchela, Lord Krishna’s friend

December 30, 2018

By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore We have seen hundreds of people who are friends of kings, rich people, Maharajas, administrators and others. But we are not familiar with an ordinary person like Kuchela having friendship with Lord Sri Krishna, who is supposed to have…

Porn Invasion
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Porn Invasion

December 29, 2018

Yippee… we are number three in the world ! First is USA, second is UK and third is India. Before we get too excited, no, we are not the third biggest economy in the world but the third biggest consumers of pornography in the world. Pornhub, the largest pornography website has released their website’s traffic…

Why this Frenzied Rush?
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Why this Frenzied Rush?

December 28, 2018

By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Our new Tourism Minister seems to be as excited with his first portfolio as a young boy would be with a new toy. In his excitement to do ‘something new’ he seems to be full of enthusiasm but miserably short of good ideas. And sadly, he seems to be…

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