By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy It was in March 2020 India took many harsh measures and enforced lockdowns which gradually reduced the incidence of Covid disease. As the country was feeling happy by the beginning of 2021, and slowly relaxed many restrictions, covid-19 disease has returned with greater fury and virulence. All over the world…
Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy honoured with Service Jewel Award by Freemasons Lodge
January 29, 2020Mysuru/Mysore: Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, city’s renowned Physician and Cardiologist and a member of Freemasons Lodge Mysore No. 34, was honoured with a presentation of “50 Years Long Term Service Jewel” by Most Worshipful Brother Rajeev Ramkrishna Khandelwal, OSM, Grand Master of The Grand Lodge of India, at a grand function held at the Hotel…
India becomes a Republic: Somnath Temple in Gujarat, The First General Elections, Bharat Ratna to Nehru
January 25, 2020By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy [Continued from yesterday] The famous Somnath temple was in Junagadh State (or Junagarh, a Princely State in Gujarat) before Independence and was known for its splendour and wealth. It was first plundered and destroyed by Gazni Mahamood in 1025 and subsequently by many more foreign invaders. After India’s Independence and…
India becomes a Republic
January 24, 2020The First President, The First Prime Minister and The Initial Years… By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy India gained Independence on 15th August 1947 but technically it was not yet a fully free nation. The newly-independent country had a dominion status and King George VI of Britain was its nominal head. The process of giving it…
Serendipity: The Role of Chance in Making Scientific Discoveries
December 28, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy One sometimes finds, what one is not looking for. When I woke up just after dawn on September 28, 1928, I certainly didn’t plan to revolutionise all medicine by discovering the world’s first antibiotic, or bacteria killer. But I suppose that was exactly what I did. — Alexander Fleming…
“We The People”— Part-3: Interesting facts about the Constitution of India
November 28, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy The basic five principles of the Indian Constitution are: a Republican State, a Parliamentary form of Government, a Federal Structure, Fundamental Rights and an Independent Judicial Branch. The first session of the Constituent Assembly was convened on 9th December, 1946 in the Constitution Hall, now known as Central Hall,…
“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…
Indian Independence: Down the memory lane – Integration of Indian States
August 14, 2019By Dr. C. D. Sreenivasa Murthy Following Modi Government’s historic decision abrogating the much- abused temporary Article 370 and also 35(A), Star of Mysore made a special request to Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, a voracious reader and traveller-at-large, to write a special article recalling the early days of Integration of Indian States because among the…
Modern South India: Past and modern story of South India and of Southern Culture
March 17, 2019This book is the work of Rajmohan Gandhi, a Historian, Biographer and a Prolific Writer. He has an illustrious pedigree. He is the grandson of Mahatma Gandhi and C. Rajagopalachari (Rajaji), freedom fighter and the first Governor General of India. He has earlier written the biographies of freedom fighters like Sardar Patel, Khan Abdul Gaffar…
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