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Make way…Siddharamaiah is marching into Varuna
Some BJP party workers speculate on a 2018 scenario even this time. Which is why, it is said, Vijayendra does not want to lose the chance to contest like last time. And,…
3 Apr 2023 · 7 min read
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy
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Celebrating Democracy in Karnataka
Yesterday morning the Election Commission of India (ECI) announced the calendar of events for Karnataka Assembly election-2023. The Code of Conduct for the election, which prescribes ethical, moral and legal principles to…
30 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
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Defamation: Rahul Gandhi convicted - <em>Lessons to learn for our law-makers</em>
I was surprised to learn from TV yesterday that Congress leader, Lok Sabha MP, Rahul Gandhi was found guilty in a criminal defamation case filed in Surat, Gujarat and sentenced to two…
24 Mar 2023 · 8 min read
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<strong>Role Model of a Politician R. Dhruvanarayan</strong>
Normally it used to be a good morning for me and my friends while on our morning walk. However, today it was not a good morning for me. The reason was the…
11 Mar 2023 · 4 min read
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Right to Recall MPs, MLAs will curb corruption
This is the time to remember and reiterate the view of Jayaprakash Narayan (JP), revered as Lok Nayak, that the people have the right to demand resignation of their elected representatives if…
7 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
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Musings on election and universal adult franchise
Time has come for people of Karnataka to choose a Government of their choice after five years. The State Assembly elections are expected around May 2023, this year. The election is almost…
2 Mar 2023 · 6 min read
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There is no short-cut to Power
I have read that if an Administrator makes a mistake, it is a New Law. If an Educationist makes a mistake, it is a New Principle. If a Scientist makes a mistake,…
22 Feb 2023 · 5 min read
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A Museum for Gen. Thimayya in Kodagu -2
[Continued from yesterday] General K.S. Thimayya’s daughter Kongetira Mireille Chengappa had died a few days ago and it was very thoughtful of the curator to have displayed a small board inside by…
21 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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The Discovery of Nehru -2
[Continued from yesterday] Everything was hunky dory for the Maharaja Hari Singh Bahadur till the day we got independence. Soon after, the Maharaja was shaken by a savage tribe of raiders who…
17 Feb 2023 · 6 min read
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The Discovery of Nehru -1
It is needless to say that the inspiration for the headline of this article is derived from the well-known book titled ‘The Discovery of India,’ written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, our first…
16 Feb 2023 · 6 min read
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I discovered one more Godman!
Last evening between 6 pm and 8 pm, I experienced Mahatria Ra, who spoke to tell the audience (whom he often described as crowd) that “Life hinges on 3 relationships.” The Convocation…
14 Feb 2023 · 6 min read
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Gen. Pervez Musharraf of Pakistan Vs India
Many in India had expressed many kinds of opinions on Pakistan’s former Dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s death on Feb. 5, 2023 in Dubai. Vir Sanghvi, the well-known author, television journalist and columnist…
10 Feb 2023 · 4 min read
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What does Davos mean to India?
Are we benefiting from this annual shindig? If not, why are we there? Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, at least, redeemed our country’s honour among the comity of nations by sending…
16 Jan 2023 · 7 min read
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Musings on last days of Spiritual Masters of Sanatana Dharma
The primordial question to mankind is found in the Rigveda (8,000 years old). The question is: Who knows and who can say whence it all came and how creation happened? This question,…
7 Jan 2023 · 5 min read
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A great master fades away - Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji
Last evening around 10 pm I felt a tad diminished as a humanist on learning from TV about the passing away of Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji of Jnanayogashram, Vijayapura (formerly Bijapur). Though Swamiji…
3 Jan 2023 · 5 min read
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Mumbo-Jumbo of Man’s Birth, Life and Death
And it is a paradox he will not even know how he will kick the bucket — illness, accident, suicide or murder. That is the mystery of life and death! Therefore, the…
2 Jan 2023 · 5 min read
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Godman Chandraswami & Margaret Thatcher
When iron melts, you get molten. When Iron Lady dies, you get either ash if cremated or dust, if buried — “dust thou art and to dust thou shalt return.” Now that…
22 Dec 2022 · 8 min read
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Thoughts on Patriotism Nationalism and Jingoism
This is the concluding part of the Abracadabra written on 9th November 2017. In view of two important talks on the similar subject by two well-known political thinkers of our times namely…
18 Dec 2022 · 6 min read
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Is religion darkness?
It was early morning of 3rd December, 2022 when I reached home from Bengaluru Airport on my return from Kashmir. Having slept in the Flybus, sleep has bid me goodbye and a…
14 Dec 2022 · 4 min read
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A tourist’s view of Kashmir: Heaven on earth...! —2
[Continued from Dec. 6] The ancient history of Kashmir, as narrated by me earlier in this column, is in sharp contrast to the present history of Kashmir. Except probably for the geography…
9 Dec 2022 · 9 min read
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A tourist’s view of Kashmir: Heaven on earth...! —1
Om Namah Shivaya’ be the invocation because according to a book by N.K. Singh titled ‘Saivism in Kashmir’ the first religion of Kashmir was Saivism — worship of Shiva. I purchased the…
6 Dec 2022 · 5 min read
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Whatever happened to bravehearts of Kashmir? Ask Vikram Sampath!
Last month an interesting book about forgotten India — Hindustan, Bharat — was released in Bengaluru titled “Bravehearts of Bharat - Vignettes from Indian History” by the young historian Vikram Sampath. A…
24 Nov 2022 · 5 min read
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R.N. Kulkarni’s evening walk to eternity...
Life seems a riddle wrapped in mystery inside an enigma! Death, be not proud... Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men... — From the poem ‘Death be not proud’…
12 Nov 2022 · 7 min read
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Intelligence Bureau: Kulkarni’s complaint
Not surprisingly, in the last and the 12th chapter of the book, rather appropriately titled A cry in the wilderness, Mr. Kulkarni bemoans his plight with the ‘holy cow IB’ for 35…
10 Nov 2022 · 6 min read