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Dr. B.C. Roy and Us!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The Friday that just went by two days ago, happened to be a very special day for all doctors across our nation. It was July 1st,…
3 Jul 2022 · 5 min read
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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
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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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Our not so graceful Presidential Election!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The results of our forthcoming Presidential election that is just around the corner, are a foregone conclusion. With a determined ruling party all set to put…
26 Jun 2022 · 5 min read
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Rockstar Guru
On the 19th, last Sunday, the Open Air Theatre on the Manasagangothri campus was filled to capacity after a long time. It felt like I was at a well-funded rock show. There…
25 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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Lalitha Mahal: Will it be privatised?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A recent news “Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel to be privatised: Cabinet meeting called to decide this decision” was music to my ears. With elections coming…
14 Jun 2022 · 4 min read
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Now is the time to say goodbye
By TJS George All good things must come to an end. This column started appearing as an Express feature in 1997. It has been going on without a break for a quarter…
14 Jun 2022 · 4 min read
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Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway: High Toll, Low Strain?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A headline in Star of Mysore two days ago, proclaimed that those of us wishing to travel between Mysuru and Bengaluru along the new highway that…
12 Jun 2022 · 6 min read
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Undertrials’ Compensation and Punishment
On May 27, Shah Rukh Khan’s son Aryan Khan was cleared of all charges due to insufficient evidence in the infamous “cruise ship drug bust” case. Immediately after the verdict, Sanjay Gupta,…
4 Jun 2022 · 5 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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Lab Tests, by the Bucketful !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Having been a practicing physician for more than thirty five years or so, I was doing a reasonably comfortable job, having the sense to cut down…
22 May 2022 · 5 min read
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Anti-Conversion Bill & Caste Issues
The Karnataka Government has decided to take the Ordinance route to introduce the contentious Anti-Conversion Bill. Congress party has opposed it. Do we need this law? Yes, but a tempered version. Today,…
14 May 2022 · 4 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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Can Congress stop working for Bjp?
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…
3 May 2022 · 4 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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Let’s not re-invite covid with ‘Revenge’ Tourism!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently our State Health Minister and the Deputy Commissioner of Mysuru District have called upon citizens to continue to use masks, despite the Government withdrawing…
24 Apr 2022 · 5 min read
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Rains, weak trees and buildings
We all love a good monsoon, but we also dread it. From mid-June through the end of September, the monsoon brings torrential rain, violent thunderstorms and high wind, turning trees and old…
23 Apr 2022 · 5 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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Of Men and Beasts!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem There was a report two days ago that the elephant safari at the Bandipur National Park, which had been stopped for some years, would be resumed soon.…
17 Apr 2022 · 6 min read
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Road to riches!
Karnataka’s Rural Development and Panchayat Raj (RDPR) Minister K.S. Eshwarappa resigned yesterday as he was named accused number one in the suicide of a civil contractor Santosh Patil. The civil contractor had…
16 Apr 2022 · 6 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