Even as the terms home and house are widely apart, marked by oceans of difference between them on many counts, the rate of homes hosting their lords and ladies in a harmonious and enduring relationship turning into houses hosting the estranged life partners as single parents is steadily going up in our times across the…

The highly laudable Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was launched on October 2, 2014 with a call to the nation’s countrymen (and women as well as children) for coming together wholeheartedly in the operation clean India project as a national mission. The response of the people all over the country, including Mysuru (with its residents dubbed as…

Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888-1946) gave the first public demonstration of televised image in motion at a department store in London. Recorded information on a) When was the first television sold, b) When was the first colour television device sold and c) When was television first used in homes, may not interest anyone barring…

Ancient philosophers of the land are quoted as saying: “Speak truth in such a way that it should be pleasing to others. Never speak truth, which is unpleasant to others. Never speak untruth, which might be pleasant. This is the path of eternal morality.” A renowned scholar has further opined that even speaking truth that…

The authors who scripted India’s Constitution, officially adopted on January 26, 1950 as the nation’s supreme law, essentially providing the framework for functioning of government, desired to secure (a) Justice, (b) Liberty, (c) Equality and (d) Fraternity to all citizens of the nation. Provision was made to undo the perceived inequalities of some sections in…

One of the most widely revered and iconic leaders in world history, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) believed that a fanatic is one who can’t change his mind. The legendary British statesman has been quoted as saying “To improve is to change, so to be perfect is to change often”. The land has hosted for long…

The columns of the country’s newspapers are currently replete with reports presenting profiles of the vote-seekers of all hues and political parties with facts appearing in figures of wealth at their command from the time of their acquiring plum posts in the government following an earlier election to this day which are annoying if not…

The few nonagenarians and centenarians, who had jumped into the action famously called India’s freedom struggle, surviving to this day with memories of the trials and tribulations that they had to face, often at gunpoint of the land’s Police force taking orders from the white bosses to show no mercy for the agitating unarmed patriots…

A Kannada proverb succinctly expresses the societal status of a person with his pocket jingling with cash (Duddiddavane dodappa). One who has years of dealing with people behind him has rightly remarked that if your pocket is empty, even one rupee seems costly. A lay definition of inflation being “Too much money at the command…

Karnataka is currently embroiled in a PPP action, the acronym standing for today’s column, its expanded form appearing at the top of the script. A report appearing in a popular daily a few days ago said that PPPs had not fared well both in the State and elsewhere in the country, meaning Public-Private-Partnerships launched with…