Not all babies are born with the proverbial silver spoon. So also, not all babies are to be found with that coveted gift as they grow into adulthood. A more important phenomenon, sleep, provides a clear contrast between the child and the adult. The child that dodges its weary mother by remaining awake longer than…

Positive outlook and optimism under all circumstances are the watchwords coming from some quarters, ostensibly to save people bugged by depression by keeping alive their hopes in life ahead. The prescription not to lose heart and equanimity in times of difficulty in facing the challenges of daily life has acquired importance and value on a…

The renowned British Statesman Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) has been quoted as saying: There is no permanent friendship in politics; there are only permanent interests. Some quotes attributed to Philosophers who lived at different times in the past trigger thoughts in us as a help in appropriate perception of friendship. The famed strategist Vishnu Gupta,…

The commonly expressed lament by public speakers at functions where people belonging to different sections of society congregate, as in Mysuru, that the present generation is bereft of the land’s values of the past often triggers the youth to ask what values are they talking about, with no prospect of getting a convincing answer from…

Experts are turning their heightened attention and people at large are contributing with disdain to the steadily worsening health of environment, locally, regionally, nationally, globally and even in outer space. The terms climate change, global warming, air quality, atmospheric debris, ocean-bound plastic residue and so on have begun to figure in interactions among the literati…

The air across the country as well as many regions around the world is abuzz with media reports featuring individuals and institutions indulging in scandalously sexual acts. Sex related issues have got elevated or downgraded as their cases may be for two distinct reasons. Sex-driven crimes of various descriptions by common people are for grabs…

Issues relating to sporting hair, either on top of the scalp or on the surface of one’s face or neck-downwards at the back of body require to be discussed and written about without hurting the feelings of those left with far less of that renewable stuff than what they would have relished or liked to…

Going by the matter appearing in print of the land’s dailies of all hues and also the regular telecast in various television channels during news time, one is prompted to infer that the nation’s people at large never had it so good. The list of pro-people measures introduced by both the Central Government and the…

Two features of cities, both globally and across India, seem to be of great concern to both their administrations and the residents themselves. One is the headcount, both resident and floating numbers, and the other is the motorised vehicles of all descriptions, both personal transport and public fleet. Mysuru is said to have hosted about…

Portraying India as the world’s largest democracy in a tone of its glorified image may sound pleasing while citing its expanding population, currently estimated as 135 crore, as a mass may not sound heartening to those who have been writing in dailies expressing concern about meeting the yawning gap between the country’s various resources and…