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J.B.S. Haldane: Distinguished yet Disillusioned!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last weekend, I wrote about how I received a wrong book in response to my order from an online bookseller and how, instead of being a…
20 Nov 2022 · 7 min read
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Wrong delivery... to the Right address!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD There can be no denying that it is very good for all of us when the things we do, go right and it can naturally be…
13 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
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A mother first and everything else, only later!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday, I was both delighted and distressed too, upon reading a piece of news on the front page of one of the newspapers that I read…
6 Nov 2022 · 4 min read
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Deepavali escapade to Goa — 4
Narakasura comes alive amidst vestiges of Portuguese rule [Continued from yesterday] For those born before 1947, when India won independence from the British and after that year, visiting Goa and Pondicherry (now…
4 Nov 2022 · 5 min read
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Deepavali escapade to Goa — 3
Narakasura comes alive amidst vestiges of Portuguese rule [Continued from yesterday] I have heard, read and seen on TV Ramlila being played during Dasara as part of the festival celebration. In Delhi…
3 Nov 2022 · 3 min read
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Deepavali escapade to Goa —2
Narakasura comes alive amidst vestiges of Portuguese rule [Continued from Oct. 31] Goa beaches have an amalgam of names in Portuguese, English and in Marathi because of dominant Marathi influence and may…
2 Nov 2022 · 6 min read
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Deepavali escapade to Goa —1
Narakasura comes alive amidst vestiges of Portuguese rule The rise of Mr. Rishi Sunak, the Hindu British citizen of Indian-origin, rising to the dizzy height as the Prime Minister of England at…
31 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
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Basking in Reflected Glory
As soon as Rishi Sunak was named the new Prime Minister of England, I prepared myself for the onslaught of cringe-worthy celebrations and tweets. I wasn’t disappointed. As expected, the Indian media…
29 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
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Rishi Sunak’s Finest Hour England makes its choice
I am 100% sure the late lamented World War II British Prime Minister and hero, Winston Churchill (Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill) must be turning in his grave at the tiny Parish…
27 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
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Mr. Mallikarjun Kharge, Congress President, I presume?
Congratulations to our dear Kannadiga Sri Mallikarjun Kharge, the veteran Congressman, on his being elected as the 98th President of the Indian National Congress (INC) on October 19, 2022. By the way,…
22 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
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Congress must choose: Gandhis or Democracy
India desperately needs a strong Opposition party. Sadly, Congress refuses to take that place. Its members always choose the Gandhi family’s wishes over their voters’. On Wednesday (Oct.19), 80-year-old M. Mallikarjun Kharge,…
22 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
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Yatra: Optics & Opportunities
Congress’ Bharat Jodo Yatra (Unite India March), led by Rahul Gandhi, is on the move. The Congress party’s grand intent of ‘Bharat Jodo’ feels more like ‘Congress Jodo’, considering the internal fractures…
15 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
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Om Namah Shivaya
Among one of the most popular Hindu mantras is Om Namah Shivaya. It means salutation to Lord Shiva, the most important Godhead of the Hindu pantheon. Shiva is one of the three…
12 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
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Dasara-2022: Old wine in new bottle
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The Dasara-2022 has come and gone. 62 troupes, 48 tableaux, over 1,500 artistes, a logistic nightmare. I should congratulate the District Administration for managing this…
7 Oct 2022 · 6 min read
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Words of experience for aspiring young entrepreneurs
I believe that one of the important qualities a journalist must have is curiosity. If he is not curious to know Who, What, Where, When, Why and How — five W(ives) and…
6 Oct 2022 · 6 min read
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A rare feast for the eyes and soul!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem As you are all in the midst of celebrating a very colourful Dasara festival back in Namma Mysuru, my family and I are celebrating a different kind…
2 Oct 2022 · 4 min read
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Foot Touch
As media coverage of Dasara began, an old photograph made headlines. A photograph from 2019 of Sudha Murty touching Pramoda Devi Wadiyar’s feet made the news. Many asked why Sudha Murty should…
1 Oct 2022 · 5 min read
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The Big Top Comes to Town Great Bombay Circus
A royal touch was given to the Great Bombay Circus when it was inaugurated by the royalty Mrs. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar on 24th September as one more attraction for Dasara. Except for…
27 Sept 2022 · 4 min read
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Dialectics on Basic Instinct
Kama, Kamasutra and Khajuraho! Reading about sex-related offences committed by men in our daily newspapers and viewing them with news reports and in panel discussions on TV, I am left wondering what…
23 Sept 2022 · 6 min read
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Fleeting thoughts on a Queen’s death
The whole of yesterday afternoon I was glued to my grandpa’s rose-wood armed chair till late in the evening watching the grandiose, spectacular, colourful and elaborate funeral ceremony of Queen Elizabeth II…
20 Sept 2022 · 3 min read
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Why mourn the Queen?
The British Queen is dead. She was the representative of one of the most cruel empires. Yet, basic human decency requires us to express our condolences. However, the Indian Government and some…
17 Sept 2022 · 5 min read
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Mr. Bhakta visits a temple in Kodagu
A few months back I went to my ancestral house in Kodagu and also availed the opportunity to go to the nearby Igguthappa Temple — dedicated to Lord Shiva. It is the…
11 Sept 2022 · 4 min read