By T.J.S. George Some of our regional languages have a wisdom saying that goes: “Dad, don’t keep beating me. I won’t improve.” The current equivalent of that wisdom is: “Fellow citizens, don’t…
By T.J.S. George
Some of our regional languages have a wisdom saying that goes: “Dad, don’t keep beating me. I won’t improve.” The current equivalent of that wisdom is: “Fellow citizens, don’t prefer this party over that. All are stuck in the same rut of opportunism.” For a democracy, this is a tragic situation. But facts are facts, tragic or otherwise.
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,…
