The country has hosted in the past a galaxy of statesmen, philosophers, orators, authors, academics, monks and also luminaries remembered for their lyrically expressed words of wisdom in many languages with or without script. Whatever is presently available in libraries of institutions and personal possessions of the country’s literati may be a small part of…

The expression Let noble thoughts come to us from all directions, drawn from Rig Veda and often quoted by scholars, juxtaposed to the matter that one gets to read in dailies portraying the goings on in the country nowadays prompts one to cite the line from Shakespeare’s play Julius Caesar that Marc Antony uttered at…

Heat and dust, one more than the other, generated in public domain across the country, to a greater degree in Karnataka, witnessed high and low in the matter of two main issues concerning agriculture sector of the country in general and plight of the farming fraternity in particular. Both issues have been talked about on…

The land’s history of several centuries, both recorded by chroniclers and narrated in the epics as well as various ancient texts provides glimpses of its past glory raising thoughts in some circles of literati on whether India of our times regains its now-not-in-use name Bharatha Khanda in their lifetime. Their aspiring for that highly improbable…

Readers of newspapers, both broadsheets and tabloids, publishing informative and illuminating articles on health issues and also valuable guidelines in capsule form hinting which diet protects wellness of the body and what hurts the proper functioning of its different organs are beholden to the periodicals. If only a minuscule fraction of the reader mass take…

Reports appearing in various modes of media, loaded with data citing official sources and also opinions of those who count for their incisive analysis of public affairs through highly readable articles seem to generate both hope and despair for the world’s largest, read most populous democracy. The detractors of virtually every administration, no matter which…

The thought of keeping fit as a fiddle seems to dawn on people at large only on realising the hard fact that the fiddle has already shown signs of cracks on its body and the strings not obeying the commands of the player drawing the bow back and forth. All the episodes of eating the…

The countdown phase of the nation’s election process for its 17th Lok Sabha to take shape has moved to the countup phase, if the term merits to be coined. The vote-seeking aspirants for the privilege of membership of the august house have begun the all-too-familiar five-yearly tamasha of first wangling a ticket as a nominee…

Armed with a dagger (khukri), natives of Nepal, Gurkhas monopolised the sector of Chowkidars in the country until not too long back. They were mostly incognito in city spaces, such as in Mysuru during major part of the day, taking charge of keeping vigil in their defined territories from dusk to dawn. Their current identity…

The nation’s Parliament is heading to be a reality for the 17th time in a span of seven decades. Its 543 members-to-be have presented themselves before the electorate mass of about 900 million eligible voters. Two nominated members, to represent the Anglo-Indian section of the country’s population, are to make up the total membership of…