The land’s leading lights of a distant past have left a legacy of copious texts in many languages as well as in many forms such as poems, lines of wisdom (Subhashita), anecdotes, voicing the various speechless animals, philosophical thoughts, idioms and proverbs laying down appropriate rules of the game of life, summarised simply and most…
Noted oil chemist, food scientist, nutritionist and food historian, all rolled into one, Dr. K.T. Achaya (1923-2002) in his well-researched work titled Indian Food: A Historical Companion (Oxford University Press 1994), expedited during his brief association with Mysuru-based Central Food Technological Research Institute (considered as the golden years of the national laboratory), has authoritatively observed…
The land’s youth used to be exhorted until recently by public speakers, including those holding high posts in government and leading lights in academia, to cultivate scientific temperament and outlook. It is anybody’s guess if the call has been accepted and acted upon by the youth to a perceptible extent. Rush of students to colleges…
Nation’s first Prime Minister is quoted on various occasions having made an emotional statement at the moment of its freedom from colonial rule seven decades ago. “While the world sleeps India awakes to life and freedom,” was his claim marking his famous speech. The fact that the part of the world hosting those rulers were…
History of money makes fascinating read. Going by its cosmic dance as it were in modern times, one is prompted to imagine that people would communicate among themselves free from hanky-panky deals which is common sight in the land. Come election time, be it for Gram Panchayats or be it for the Legislative Assemblies of…
What is in a name? That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet, wrote William Shakespeare (1564-1616) in his famous play Romeo and Juliet. The field is open to any playwright of our times to write a matching line about taxes in general and Goods and Services Tax in…
Going by the media reports of heightened frequency and growing number of campaigns by both government departments and voluntary groups, particularly in Karnataka, to create awareness in people at large about eschewing undesirable activities and adhering to practices leading to better quality of life, one is prompted to remark that the level of awareness about…
The lyricist who scripted the lines of a song for the popular movie Pyaasa a few decades ago, sounding philosophical, conveyed the message that while people at large keenly looked forward to receive love from others in return for love got only a load of troubles. Likewise, the top brass in the government of a…
Ironically though, budgetary provision by the land’s successive governments for addressing issues of healthcare continues to be meagre while the country hosts more people with life-threatening afflictions such as cancer and malaria than any other country across the world. While diabetes and cardiovascular diseases have been hogging heightened attention in public domain, often with estimates…
The term average is made to be understood a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of numbers, while there is very little about average being typical value of that set of numbers. A glaring example of being misled by the term average is life expectancy in a population which is a…
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