The Latin expression Ars longa, Vita brevis, itself a Latin translation of a statement of wisdom originally from Greek, rendered in English as Art is long, Life is short, also attributed to the Greek physician Hippocrates (460-370 BC) has its relevance for all times, particularly so in the present context of the land’s economic scenario…

Although the event of performing the marriage of their daughter by parents takes place as a private activity of the family, by following all the steps both preceding the event and going through its paces in letter and spirit, given the presence of close kith and kin as well as others including friends and well-wishers…

Motion pictures produced in the country during the first half of the last century, more than a hundred years ago, called bioscope, a term pronounced differently in the land’s different languages, sans sound, not to speak of dialogue by the actors and actresses, have come a long way witnessing both high-decibel sound and dialogue that…

The time-honoured fable of the greedy boy getting caught napping by his mother after his hand got stuck in the neck of the bottle while trying in stealth to over-provide himself with his favourite candy seems to suit the vote-seekers of our times in particular and the people at large in general, given their insatiable…

Public gaze on waste, read garbage, particularly in Mysuru and rest of the country as well as the vast space all over the earth in general seems to have faded, but the mounting mass of the undesirable stuff continues to be found wherever one cares to notice. Even the WhatsApp column of this daily, regularly…

Feeling young in old age is a privilege not given to more than a minuscule fraction of population anywhere across the earth. However, acting young in old age is a different ballgame altogether. Memories of childhood are not easy to come by but those of boyhood days come in a complex mix of good, bad…

The term environment has been understood as the living space for all life forms spanning our immediate surroundings in particular and the vast space spanning the earth in general. However, the worsening scenario of environment in our immediate surroundings seems to have been bestowed concern in informed circles leaving the deteriorating state of environment in…

The bond between persons of same gender, males as well as females, in stages of childhood, youth, adulthood and advanced age passes off as friendship. Other bonds have acquired fascinating types, thanks to the societal ethos about such togetherness. Husband and wife, as long as they live under one roof, irrespective of compatability  between them,…

The country’s pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a phenomenal expansion year after year matching, perhaps, only its automobile industry in monetary terms. The yearly output of medicines in the land is estimated at two lakh crore and, in wider sense, its healthcare sector has reportedly exceeded five lakh rupees worth annually. Small wonder, then, that retail…

An idiom in Kannada conveys the message that the robustness of the tree is unmistakably hinted at the stage of its sapling itself, even as the seed germinates. The English language idiom Child is father of the man, originating from the poem My Heart Leaps Up by William Wordsworth (1770-1850), the most popular interpretation of…