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Life in partitioned Punjab revisited
A month back Sujata Rajpal, writer and a home-maker who contributes articles and interviews of VIPs for Star of Mysore, gave me a book of modest size, in English of course, saying…
1 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
Abracadabra By K. B. Ganapathy
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Hindutva lost and found in Maharashtra
If majority rule, after headcount, is not Democracy, then what is? As the TV panellist said, it could only be a skewed Democracy ‘by the political parties, of the political parties and…
30 Jun 2022 · 4 min read
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Political warriors of Maharashtra
Political pundits define politics as an art of possibilities. Some call it an act of bravado. The ultimate goal is to capture political power that overrides all other powers that one can…
28 Jun 2022 · 5 min read
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An evening with Sadhguru
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is the new-age Hindu Saint with his sprawling Ashram near Coimbatore at the foothills of the Velliangiri Mountains, sanctified with a temple for Yoga Guru Patanjali, the originator of…
20 Jun 2022 · 6 min read
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TJS George, Journalist Extraordinaire
A journalist is a grumbler, a giver of advice, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” —Napoleon Bonaparte Last Sunday, 12.6.2022, when I…
15 Jun 2022 · 6 min read
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Guess who will be the President and Vice-President of India!
This morning I saw in one Kannada newspaper, a news originating from New Delhi, about the election of India’s President and Vice-President as the term of incumbents will soon come to an…
29 May 2022 · 7 min read
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Waiting for Lord Krishna
Musings on pada puja, a role-model of a government officer and Bhagavadgita A few days back I visited a friend’s place in city on learning that a revered Swamiji would be visiting…
13 May 2022 · 5 min read
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Devaraja Market and Lansdowne buildings: ‘To be or not to be’ dilemma faced by the authorities
The Mysuru District Heritage Committee presided over by its Chairman Dr. Bagadi Gautham, who is also the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru, took a very special and important decision in its meeting…
28 Apr 2022 · 4 min read
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Government must have ‘human face’: Ask Dr. Manmohan Singh
A few days back, I read what is generally known in journalistic parlance as ‘human interest’ story in News Trail, titled ‘Orissa High Court orders reinstatement of physically challenged teacher’ or what…
21 Apr 2022 · 5 min read
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MCC: Are you ready for disaster management this monsoon?
If summer is here, can monsoon be far away? No. Come May-June, the blue sky above will turn grey and then black; wind will move faster and scorched earth would drench itself…
12 Apr 2022 · 4 min read
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Old Man and the World
As a very senior citizen of this country, I have seen stray cases of violence, for various reasons, among individuals and communities. This is not as disturbing, repulsive and mind-numbing as what…
4 Apr 2022 · 5 min read
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Early Assembly polls for Karnataka: Advantage Congress or BJP?
Now that the top leaders of consequence from the Congress and BJP are in Karnataka, probably because they are expecting an early poll for State Assembly, I decided to express my thoughts…
1 Apr 2022 · 6 min read
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Tale of a Hill called Chamundi in Mysuru: My thoughts on Saving the Hill
Citizens of Mysuru city have been hearing wise men and reading scholarly articles and detailed reporting of events connected to the only hill that Mysuru has, Chamundi Betta for as long as…
13 Mar 2022 · 7 min read
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Musings on first woman ‘Chairman’ of SBI — 3
[Continued from yesterday] Arundhati completes her four-year assignment in New York and changes in the family affairs take place with her husband joining her, taking a job in US etc. Anyway she…
11 Mar 2022 · 4 min read
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Musings on first woman ‘Chairman’ of SBI - 2
[Continued from yesterday] On Sept. 5, 1977, Arundhati Bhattacharya was sent to SBI Staff College, Hyderabad. After the training period, she was posted to her familiar ground during her student days, Alipore.…
10 Mar 2022 · 5 min read
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Musings on first woman ‘Chairman’ of SBI —1
On 25.2.22, Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy, city’s well-known physician, gave me a signed book titled ‘Indomitable,’ an autobiography of Arundhati Bhattacharya, former Chairman of State Bank of India (SBI). He also gave…
9 Mar 2022 · 5 min read
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Remembering our first Prime Minister Nehru
These days we are observing Narendra Modi Government’s decisions to promote the legacies of leaders of freedom movement, who, it believes, have been ignored by the Congress regime over the last seven…
16 Feb 2022 · 7 min read
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Of mice and men
Pipe Dreams The war of words about two basic domestic needs of Mysureans seems to lead nowhere. Paradoxically, it is between the local BJP honchos and not the JD(S) or the Congress.…
5 Feb 2022 · 3 min read
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A Memorial for Swami Vivekananda
A painful journey. When is the arrival? It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness..., it…
4 Feb 2022 · 4 min read
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of mice and men: Random thoughts
I do not know why or how. The day following our Republic Day, which went well all over the country, including Lal Chowk in Srinagar, J&K, I decided I must try a…
29 Jan 2022 · 3 min read
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Republic Day musings on India’s march since Independence
Some intellectuals are of the opinion that we must trust people and take their advice. Dr. U.R. Ananthamurthy was one such intellectual. In one of his Durbars with his courtiers he was…
24 Jan 2022 · 6 min read
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Long March of a Malayali Boy From Darkness to Light ! —2
You are the architect of your life — Swami Vivekananda [Continued from yesterday] Joseph was not sure of success with the Bishop but mustered courage and knocked the door. “Knock and it…
13 Jan 2022 · 4 min read
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Long March of a Malayali Boy From Darkness to Light —1
You are the architect of your life — Swami Vivekananda Recently I got a book titled ‘In Search Of A Destiny’ with a hangline ‘A Life’s World Journey.’ The title seemed rather…
12 Jan 2022 · 4 min read
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A Place Apart: English translation of some Kodava poems
There are two basic forms of writing. One is prose and another verse. Prose is used in speaking and writing, distinct from verse. Prose follows a basic grammatical structure. In verse, poetry,…
8 Jan 2022 · 4 min read