While most poets writing their lines about birds in general and their favourites in particular fascinate themselves and their adoring readers glorifying the flight at great heights and over long distances across the planet earth as well as the magical colours of their plumes adorning the headgear of monarchs and women with captivating looks, poet…

A seasoned columnist respected for his astute analysis of the ways of public figures in the West has rightly observed that the people we need to hear from most are the ones who make themselves heard the least. The land has a legacy of rich literature marked by words of wisdom attributed to its cognoscenti…

Officers of various Departments of the Government and those of companies in the corporate sector make a fascinating study of their ambiance. While the scene that strikes an observer in the offices of either Union Government or its counterparts in the States and Union Territories across the country may fall into a common pattern familiar…

Presence of women in fields, raising grains, filling the country’s food basket from the stage of sowing to the stage of moving the harvested mass rid of the inedible dockage for stocking before turning it to a commodity in the land’s commerce appears to have been taken for granted. The home-maker’s untiring inputs in keeping…

Usually, rare events, including the case of a man biting the dog, when reported in the print media, not only draw the attention of readers of dailies but also figures in the evening sessions of the urban literati sipping their favourite beverage in drawing rooms or in parks as well as restaurants. However, the recurring…

The need for and importance of raising the skill set in the economically productive sections of the nation’s population, estimated as more than three-fourths of its total headcount have just been bestowed focussed attention by the incumbent governments, both at the centre and a few states, including Karnataka. The much delayed change in the mindset…

Interacting with others over long distances without the aid of any communication device such as telephone, travelling by aircrafts with seating capacity not exceeding a limit, reaching destinations at the speed of mind (manovega) and many other happenings sourced from the land’s ancient scripts, including the narratives in the epics and puranas have been written…

In the poem ‘Idylls of the King,’  poet Alfred Tennyson (1809-1892) wrote “The old order changeth, yielding place to new. And God fulfils himself in many ways, lest one good custom should corrupt the world.” The subject of this column namely, the time-honoured custom of practising the last rites of the departed people in many…

Debates on issues of availability and requirement of energy, in knowledgeable circles, particularly for heating both in industry and homes are bound to bestow focus on its renewable and non-renewable sources with greater concern than so far in days ahead. The plight of economically deprived sections in the land’s population, even as it expands, with…

Lines from the land’s ancient scripts convey messages that are eternally relevant in the matter of safeguarding harmonious relationships among members of society. One such line, namely  Yatra naari poojyanthe tatra ramanthe devathaah, which translates to: Where women are respected, the divine beings experience delight, may be appropriate to be cited in today’s column. Women…