[Published on 10.5.1978] Nobody can predict the character of a woman and the destiny of a man, it is well and truly said. I am personally happy to know this. First, this so-called ‘character’ in reference to women has been a hindrance for men to make any amorous advances. Now there is hope since the…
Writing generally is a time-consuming work, no matter what kind of writing. It is also an exercise to the writer’s mind. And mind is like a knife. If you do not use it, the knife gets rusted and wasted. So also mind, if not kept engaged there is a danger of dementia and problems related…
Osho Never Born Never Died Only visited this Planet Earth between Dec. 11, 1931 – Jan. 19, 1990 —Osho, Indian Mystic Just a week back, I finished reading the voluminous book, 500 pages, ominously titled “Preparing For Death” by Arun Shourie, presumptive scholar, journalist, who ruthlessly ended the political career of Abdul Rehman Antulay, former…
History tells us like life, power is not for ever. The resignation of B.S. Yediyurappa as the Chief Minister of Karnataka yesterday was unfortunate for a politician who worked like a bull to build the party from the day he joined RSS. Though a staunch Hindu, he was never a fanatic much less a fundamentalist….
During this long period of COVID-19 pandemic, people falling victim to this epidemic, getting hospitalised, living under house quarantine and periodic lockdown etc., the worst suffers, physically, seem to be those who are aged, say above 75 years. Those whose health is good with faculties functioning with medical intervention or without, manage by pursuing some…
[Published on 5.5.1978] From my memory book, I learn that I read ‘Guide’ by R.K. Narayan during the first week of November 1962. It was the time I was obsessed with Somerset Maugham. Naturally, I could not resist comparison, however odious it may be. Narayan appeared to me like a neophyte in front of Maugham….
Jesus Christ had said that ‘no prophet is honoured in his own country.’ I am reminded of this maxim as a journalist and a witness to the ongoing protests concerning handing over of land to build ‘Swami Vivekananda Smaraka’ (Viveka Memorial) by a section of people since May 2013 when Siddharamaiah of the Congress became the…
Changes in All India Civil Service selection and training imperative [Continued from yesterday] From Chapter-3 we read about the making of a Civil Servant (IAS) like the author N.K. Singh and others. Born before independence in 1941 in Kolkata as a “premature child” he grows up to be a mature person, an IAS Officer and…
A couple of weeks back I was talking to R. Chandra Prakash, a former Professor in Manasagangothri and later the Registrar of Kuvempu University, Shivamogga, who was also the former President of the NGO Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). He mentioned that he was reading an interesting book “Portraits of Power – Half a Century of…
When a friend, who has never sent me a book nor discussed books with me, sends a book, I am curious. I am curious also because I had already heard about this book and was about to order. P.V. Giri, Chairman of Siddharta Group, could not have sent this book a day sooner. The title…
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