Mysore/Mysuru: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) has accepted Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s Constitution which is among the best in the world and there is no agenda before the RSS to change this Constitution, said RSS All India Saha Prachara Pramukh Narendra Thakur. Thakur was speaking at an interaction meet with Editors and senior journalists, organised by RSS…
Rangayana Director regrets failure in meeting Constitutional aspirations
February 9, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Regretting that we have failed in giving an administration that meets the Constitutional aspirations even after seven decades of Independence, Rangayana Director Addanda C. Cariappa said that at the same time, it is disgusting to note that we have given space for the ideologies propagated by divisive forces (Tukde-Tukde gang). He was speaking after…
Following the Constitution is our responsibility: Judge Devamane
February 8, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: Asserting that following the Constitution is the responsibility of everyone, Judge B.P. Devamane, who is the Member-Secretary of District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), said that every citizen of the country should understand his or her duties towards the Constitution. He was speaking at the ‘Constitution Day’ programme jointly organised by DLSA, Mysuru Bar Association…
Seminar on ‘Constitution, Democracy & India’ held
December 9, 2019Mysuru: Mysuru Ratna Samskrutika Pratishtana had organised a seminar on ‘Constitution, Democracy and India’ as part of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Mahaparinirvana Diwas at Institution of Engineers-India (IEI), Mysuru Local Centre, on JLB Road here on Dec.6. Inaugurating the event, MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad regretted that Ambedkar is being portrayed as a clerk who had worked…
“We The People”— Part-2: The Man who (literally) wrote India’s Constitution — Prem Behari Narain Raizada
November 27, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Dr. B.R. Ambedkar, the Chairman of the Drafting Committee of the Constitution, is very well- known as its architect, but very little is known about the man who literally penned the Constitution. When the draft of the Constitution of India was ready to be printed, Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru…
“We The People”: The making of Indian Constitution and the forgotten Kannadiga who helped build India’s Democracy
November 26, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The British Government took over the administration of India from the East India Company immediately after the First War of Independence (Sepoy Mutiny) in 1857. They had a very low opinion about Indians and their capacity to rule themselves. In 1927, the then Secretary of State for India, Lord…
Lecture on ‘Aspirations of Indian Constitution’
November 21, 2019Mysuru: Regretting that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar’s vision of ‘we are Indians and the country comes first’ is being forgotten, former University of Mysore (UoM) Political Science faculty Prof. H.M. Rajashekar expressed concern over rising casteism and communalism among the youth. He was delivering a special talk on the topic ‘Aspirations of Indian Constitution’ as part…
Awareness programme on ‘Constitution’ held
August 22, 2019Mysuru: “We cannot understand our Constitution, if we cannot understand our country,” opined retired Judge of Karnataka High Court Justice H.N. Nagamohan Das. He was addressing the gathering at ‘Samvidhana Odu,’ an awareness programme on laws, organised jointly by the District Legal Services Authority (DLSA), Mysore Bar Association, Education Department and Law School, University of…
Youths advised to protect constitution, save democracy
March 19, 2019Mysuru: Emphasising that the practise of casteism, corruption, increase of crime and terror activities are threatening peace, stability and existence of democracy in the country, former Judge of the Supreme Court Justice Shivaraj V. Patil called upon the youths to protect the law of the land by adhering to the principles and core values of…
Democracy in India: Enough of Westminster Model, why not US Model?
January 11, 2018By K.C. Biddappa, Retd. Senior Vice-President, ITC Ltd. This has reference to K.B. Ganapathy’s Abracadabra in Star of Mysore dated Jan.3 regarding the perpetuation of dynastic politics in Indian democracy. How true! Dynastic politics is in the DNA of Indian political system. For a common, hard-working, honest and tax-paying citizen, democracy in India has very…
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