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Rahul Gandhi, a leader to the manor born !
...but a disappointing spectacle of a leader as LoP ‘We would like to see a politician in Rahul Gandhi NOT as he is, but as he should be.’ Last Monday (Feb. 3),…
10 Feb 2025 · 5 min read
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy
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Sky Force, a film on Squadron Leader A.B. Devayya
A saga of raw courage and flying skill extraordinary Kodagu, formerly Coorg, is known for its coffee and men in military services. Field Marshal K.M. Cariappa and General K.S. Thimayya made history…
31 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
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Beware! Donald Trump is back as US President
Today no country in the world matters much other than America (USA) in international trade, commerce, war and peace. Donald Trump, its President, is like an elephant in US politics that knows…
30 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
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A retired officer and his Shanti Puja at age 80
Good governance is possible only with such officers A.K. Shiva Roy of the State Accounts Department and former Accounts Officer of MUDA died last Friday (Jan.24, 2025) at age 86 in Mysuru.…
27 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
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The Lake of the Dogs
May Dog Days at Kukkarahalli Lake be over! Among a dozen water bodies those that have survived the human greed, vandalism and neglect in the Royal City of Wadiyar Dynasty are the…
23 Jan 2025 · 5 min read
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The President of the World: Mr. Donald John Trump
When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct them. You don’t become President of the United States. You are given temporary custody…
21 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
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A film on 1975 Emergency: Lessons to learn in a Democracy
When India, with Indira Gandhi as Prime Minister, liberated East Pakistan from West Pakistan in 1971, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Leader of the Opposition (LoP) in the Lok Sabha hailed Indira Gandhi as…
19 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
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Act today, tomorrow it may be too late
Let us build the Nation He loved Yesterday I read this Abracadabra, published 31 years ago (Jan. 1, 1994) and sent to me by Dr. Bhamy V. Shenoy of MGP, dug out…
18 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
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This could happen only in US! - Dr. No Vs Dr. Yes
The news of a leopard prowling around in the Infosys campus, north of Mysuru city, was not yet in public domain. So when the invite came for a dinner on the lawns…
15 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
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Why We Die? Ask Venki Ramakrishnan
Last Saturday I received an invite for a ‘unique book discussion’ on a journey into mortality. The book is ‘Why We Die’ by Venki Ramakrishnan, winner of the Nobel Prize. Yes, indeed…
7 Jan 2025 · 4 min read
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Musings on New Year 2025: What ails once Tourist Paradise Brindavan Gardens?
If X-Mas is here can New Year be far behind? Before you are done with your X-Mas cake, the New Year beckons you with whiskey bottles for a bash. Revelry begins with…
3 Jan 2025 · 6 min read
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Siddaramaiah Art Centre : ಸಿದ್ದರಾಮಯ್ಯ ಕಲಾಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ
Time Siddaramaiah became a Philosopher-Statesman Congress MLA from Mysuru’s Chamaraja Constituency K. Harishgowda has ‘demanded’ that the present Princess Road, popularly known as KRS Road (Krishnaraja Sagar Road) be named after Chief…
30 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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An Innocent Prime Minister: Dr. Manmohan Singh - Scholar, Statesman
When India shining under Atal Bihari Vajpayee came under total eclipse with the shock defeat of BJP in 2004 Lok Sabha polls, it was a great celebration for Congress Party under Sonia…
27 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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Congress President’s new weapon to attack Modi
According to a report in The Hindu, the Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge has said that the Election Commission of India (ECI), though a quasi-judicial body, is not behaving independently. The provocation was…
25 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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A Winter Session of Despair: Democracy or Anarchy?
You cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals.”— Marie Curie When people tell me that I became President on January 20th, 1981, I feel I have to correct…
21 Dec 2024 · 6 min read
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Power & Glory of our Constitution: Debate was a Charade
The Congress party asked for it and it got it in full measure — The Parliament Debate on the “Glorious Journey of 75 Years of the Constitution of India.” The debate was…
17 Dec 2024 · 4 min read
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‘Decolonisation’ & Rewriting Indian History: Rational approach expected
I received a WhatsApp message with a photograph yesterday (14.12.2024) from an ex-army Major General which set me thinking about the way we Indians are. I think the reason for all our…
15 Dec 2024 · 4 min read
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My thoughts on the world we live in
“If you feel pain, you’re alive. If you feel other people’s pain, you’re a human being.”—Leo Tolstoy Newspaper reading is a reminder that man has learnt nothing from his past nor from…
12 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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Second coming of Donald Trump
He Promises to Make America Great Again. Will Narendra Modi Make India Great Again? Today no country in the world matters much other than America (US) in international trade, commerce, war and…
4 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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Rambling thoughts on three news items
During working years, one rarely finds time to read newspapers in depth. One generally browses the headlines and sets out to his place of work. However, when one retires, reading newspapers becomes…
1 Dec 2024 · 5 min read
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SOLILOQUY
Who is afraid of India? Not Bangladesh! Winter is here. And the Winter Session of Parliament. It got off last Monday (25.11.2024) to a rocky start. Pandemonium prevailed and both Houses were…
28 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
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Modi must put India House in order before he leaves Office —2
[Continued from yesterday] Those who voted for Modi in 2014, 2019 and 2024 expect him to set the House of Bharat Mata in order. There is so much of muck and mire…
20 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
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Modi must put India House in order before he leaves Office —1
Narendra Modi is a disappointment only because he is also a hope.’ — From the book ‘A New Idea of India’ Study of Political Science teaches that people do not know what…
19 Nov 2024 · 5 min read
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Time for Judicial Reform in a Big Way
Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, Humpty Dumpty had a great fall; All the king’s horses and all the king’s men Couldn’t put Humpty together again. — A Nursery Rhyme Writing about…
15 Nov 2024 · 5 min read