Cosmic power and glory of Lord Shiva It was in 1958, as I remember correctly, I went on a South India tour by train with a group of college students. I was studying at Madikeri First Grade College in Kodagu and our History Professor Muthuswamy, a Tamilian himself, was in charge. Our first destination was…
Declaration of 1975 Emergency by Indira Gandhi is an example It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self. Francis Bacon said this famously and the truth of what he said is seen in Indian Democracy since 1975…
The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.”—St. Augustine [Continued from Dec. 12] Let me pick up the Japanese thread that I had dropped on Dec.12, 2018 and weave the narration today almost two weeks into New Year 2019. After spending a night in Narita, the city with…
This morning, while I was walking in the park an elderly woman, who apparently knew who I was, hesitantly asked if she could speak to me. As is my wont, I smiled and said in Kannada, “Mathadamma” (please speak). She wanted me to recommend her daughter, a small-time beautician, for a job in a big-time…
With Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy and his family in Singapore, maybe for health check up or for a New Year’s holiday or for both, the political apple cart is likely to be overturned before the Parliamentary elections in the next five months. The JD(S) and the Congress Coalition Government came to power in the State,…
The so-called ‘political intellectuals’ while dealing with matters concerning marginal farmers, labourers and the poor of the society should exhibit wisdom to protect the wealth of the nation so that the same could be appropriated to the poor and the needy as it happened in Karnataka loan waiver case. In my humble opinion, the present…
Good governance is possible only with such officers Early this morning while having breakfast, my landline phone rang. My wife picked up the handset and said it was from Shiva Roy. Since she knew my acquaintance with him, she asked me if I liked to take the call. “Of course yes,” I said and received…
In the light of the natural disaster that struck Kodagu district due to incessant and unprecedented heavy rainfall leading to flooding and massive landslips and deaths, you are made to think whether the disaster was God-made or man-made. The religious ones may say it was God-made because of not following temple rituals as per the…
The Supreme Court (SC) was perceived as soft towards some senior advocates appearing for Congress or in cases where success of the case would indirectly benefit Congress in the 2019 Parliamentary elections. For example, when an advocate told the Court that the case about Ayodhya Land Dispute be taken up after 2019 Parliamentary election and…
Looking at the election results of the five States announced day before yesterday, I thought I must reflect on my article in this column titled “Musings on Secular Democracy and Hindu Nationalism” that appeared on Dec.8 and Dec. 9, 2018. Inspiration for that article, in two parts, was an article published in The Hindu of…
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