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Revisiting ISRO spy case
This case is only the tip of the iceberg exposing the cause for country’s staggering industrial growth and scientific research Last Tuesday, I was reading the Point of View column of T.J.S.…
13 Jul 2018 · 5 min read
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy
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2019 Parliamentary Elections: RSS Vs Seva Dal
Whoever said imitation is the best form of flattery? I must give a prize to that man. That was what I felt when I read a newspaper headline yesterday reading, “Seva Dal…
11 Jul 2018 · 4 min read
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Accidental Chief Minister must not present bogy budget
A budget, in simple terms, is a statement presented by the government (here Finance Minister) to the State Assembly or the Parliament outlining the government’s probable expenditure for the ensuing financial year…
9 Jul 2018 · 5 min read
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Musings on Tree Planting in our City
But for Democracy, Bureaucracy would have sealed our lips It was Mahatma Gandhi who wisely said that he would rather have bad self-government than good foreign rule. I had an embarrassing experience…
30 Jun 2018 · 4 min read
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A ‘Monsoon Wedding’ in Mysuru
Last Saturday, Sunday and Monday were days and evenings I and my wife decided to stay put in city. That was to honour the wedding invite of my friend late A. Raghunath’s…
28 Jun 2018 · 5 min read
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Will Kodagu, heaven on earth, cease to exist ?
Watch out! The writing is on the wall The smallest district in Karnataka is Kodagu. It was described as Scotland of India by the British. It is 900 mts (2,953 feet) from…
23 Jun 2018 · 6 min read
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Top Govt. Officials should take people-friendly decisions
Having seen and experienced the Indian Democracy since 1947 when I was seven-years-old in an Ashram at Kengeri, near Bengaluru, I have come to the firm view that after Indira Gandhi came…
19 Jun 2018 · 5 min read
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Doctor’s Diagnosis !
Koppa was a small village town in Kodagu. The only government departments there are the ubiquitous Police Outpost and the Post Office. The government hospital was 20 kms away in the Taluk…
18 Jun 2018 · 4 min read
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Child of our Times H.D. Kumaraswamy
A Helpline to rule Karnataka’s 6.5 crore people from Lord Buddha! While I was studying Diploma in Advertising in Mumbai, the first principle in offset printing was explained thus: Water and oil…
17 Jun 2018 · 7 min read
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Rahul, the young man in a hurry to become Prime Minister and the Perils
Narendra Modiji, Amit Shahji and Mohan Bhagwatji will understand that India cannot be run by only these three people. India will be run by the people of the country,” thus spake Rahul…
13 Jun 2018 · 4 min read
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Celebrated visit of Citizen Pranab Mukherjee to RSS HQ
Much is made about former Congress Union Minister and the former President of India Pranab Mukherjee’s visit to RSS Head Quarters (HQ) in Nagpur to address a function yesterday. Even as the…
8 Jun 2018 · 5 min read
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Kumaraswamy and Kennedy: A study in contrast! Also an untold story!!
After the results of the Karnataka Assembly elections were announced on 15th May 2018, we have come a long way, yet we do not see a full-fledged government in place. Yes, this…
1 Jun 2018 · 6 min read
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Karnataka’s Honourable MLAs All
At last, 11 days after the election results came out, on 15th May 2018, Karnataka got its new Government with much drama and suspense. Now is the time for sharing the spoils…
26 May 2018 · 5 min read
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King-maker becomes the King: BJP’s defeat in victory
Yesterday was Saturday and the whole country watched with bated breath the Saturday Political Fever of Karnataka. Voting was on May 12, 2018 and when the results came on 15th May 2018…
20 May 2018 · 7 min read
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Pride goes before the Fall: Musings on Congress defeat in Karnataka
The man of Power is ruined by Power. The man of Money by Money. The Submissive man by Subservience. The Pleasure-seeker by Pleasure. - Hermann Hesse, Nobel Laureate for Literature As I…
15 May 2018 · 4 min read
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Tomorrow: A Day of Destiny for Karnataka
Voting for Karnataka Assembly’s 224 seats takes place tomorrow. [To be exact, it is 223 seats as polling for Jayanagar seat in Bengaluru has been countermanded following the death of BJP candidate…
11 May 2018 · 6 min read
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Vindictive stigmatisation fails to politically eliminate S.A. Ramdas
With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And…
9 May 2018 · 5 min read
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A one-horse race in Varuna: Cake-walk for Dr. Yathindra
Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress…
6 May 2018 · 3 min read
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Dr. Satish Rai as I knew him
A couple of days back I learnt from Dr. Shyam Prasad Shetty, Head of Cardiothoracic, JSS Hospital, Mysuru, that his cousin Dr. B. Satish Rai and my family doctor was admitted to…
3 May 2018 · 5 min read
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Nebulae over BJP campaign in Karnataka: What message you send to your voters is of utmost importance
A Kannada TV Channel discusses why not a Bengalurean as CM this time?! The feeling among Lingayats all over the State is that in the event of a hung Assembly, should the…
30 Apr 2018 · 6 min read
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Boat Burners of BJP
BJP will win Karnataka only if Amit Shah and B.S. Yeddyurappa work together to the exclusion of others with ambition Are we going to see in Varuna Constituency a replay of 2006…
24 Apr 2018 · 7 min read
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The misery of losing and the miracle of finding ! -2
[Continued from yesterday] Don’t worry we will get down at the next Station and contact the Railway authorities and the Police,” my wife said trying to pump hope and courage into me.…
20 Apr 2018 · 5 min read
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The misery of losing and the miracle of finding ! -1
On April 15, 2018, The Hindu had published an article titled ‘Miracles, they do happen’ by one Jayanthi Chandrasekharan about the purse being stolen from her hand bag at the Chennai Railway…
19 Apr 2018 · 6 min read
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Trailing B.Y. Vijayendra, BJP, in Varuna Constituency
Election in a democracy is the season for migrants. Like birds and animals migrate from one location to another during certain seasons and for certain reasons like drought or forest fire, smart…
14 Apr 2018 · 6 min read