By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A meaningful story, a WhatsApp forward: A gourmet chef once invited a dozen of his close friends to the restaurant. He had prepared a special…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC
A meaningful story, a WhatsApp forward: A gourmet chef once invited a dozen of his close friends to the restaurant. He had prepared a special biriyani, the secret recipe of which he claimed he had got from an old lady from his village. The aroma of this special dish spread all over the place. Everyone’s mouth started watering. Now they were all eager to taste this special biriyani. Everyone was served the dish.
India seems to have developed a peculiar relationship with humour. We are confused about what comedy actually is. Every offensive remark is treated as either a national crisis or a Constitutional issue.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A small news item buried deep inside my newspaper caught my eye today. It said that the National Medical Commission (NMC), the body that governs and…
For years, D.K. Shivakumar was the eternal bridesmaid of Karnataka politics. He was always close to power, always indispensable to the Congress party, but never quite the chosen one. Now, at last,…
