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Believe It or Not!
Mohan Kumar was watching TV at 10 pm. His son Viraat said he was going to the club for a party. “Have you taken the key of the main door?” asked the…
22 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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Measuring Higher Education
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A few weeks ago, a friend called to enquire about a US University to which his son had secured admission. He was concerned as this particular University did…
22 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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A Golden Gift from a Golden Era !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Yesterday, as I was sitting in my clinic doing my routine work of seeing patients, Mukesh Leelaram my close friend from my school-days and his wife…
14 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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Lights, camera, action...
Indians love drama and so, often become sentimental fools. That is why we build temples for actors, get tattoos of cricketers and even cut off our finger when we vote for the…
13 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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Working together for a healthy India
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam An elderly person met me recently and wanted to know some details about the ongoing COVID vaccination programme. He was keen on understanding whether it would be better…
8 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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NOSTALGIC RIDE....
‘Mahindra & Mahindra’ Three weeks ago, popular chronicler of Indian automobile history, Adil Jal Darukhanawala, was in city. He was here to release ‘Timeless Mahindra’, a coffee-table book about the iconic Indian…
6 Mar 2021 · 7 min read
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Choosing the Right Doctor !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD After I wrote my last article about the many fake doctors who were exposed and apprehended by the Police at Kolkata, I have received a spate…
28 Feb 2021 · 6 min read
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Is India's steel frame rusting ?
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam A question that I’ve been repeatedly asked is why I chose Heggadadevanakote (H.D. Kote) taluk to begin my social development work in 1987. Very few know that I…
22 Feb 2021 · 7 min read
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Checking on your Doctor’s health!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A recent news report says that a drive in Kolkata and its suburbs that was started last June has revealed the existence of dozens of fake…
21 Feb 2021 · 6 min read
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Fused Bulbs and Life Lessons !
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A WhatsApp forward: A Senior Executive retired and shifted from his palatial official quarters to the Housing Society, where he owned a flat. He considered…
18 Feb 2021 · 5 min read
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Adieu to a Sr. Journalist: N. Niranjan Nikam
I have heard death always comes stealthily. In the death of N. Niranjan Nikam, a familiar name among journalists in our city, who died last night, death came, without an iota of…
17 Feb 2021 · 4 min read
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L.K. Advani: Was he cheated by Destiny?
I had read the autobiography of L.K. Advani, the BJP’s top honcho “My Country My Life”, a tome running to nearly 1,000 pages in 2008, as soon as it was published. BJP…
16 Feb 2021 · 8 min read
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Love Marriages will make us Indians ?
On Feb. 8, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul while passing judgement on a ‘love marriage case’ said, “Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners, which is a departure from the…
16 Feb 2021 · 7 min read
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Memorable days of working with Yashodhara Dasappa
By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The firebrand Gandhian who brought women into Satyagraha Movement The recently held function on Yashodharamma Dasappa — Ondu Nenapu took my…
16 Feb 2021 · 3 min read
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Hemu – History’s forgotten hero
By Prof.A.V. Narasimha Murthy Hemu or Himu, also known as Hemachandra was a commoner who, by his hardwork and bravery, became a distinguished hero. He was a contemporary of Mughal emperor Akbar.…
14 Feb 2021 · 4 min read
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General’s Museum, Medical College, Heritage Centre
Last Sunday, 31st January 2021, I went to Madikeri on a bore-breaking trip with my wife and two friends. It was a two-and-a-half-hour journey by car via Kushalnagar. The road being good…
5 Feb 2021 · 6 min read
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The Mathematics of Cabinet Formation in Karnataka
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Recently, one saw a mockery of the statement ‘first amongst equals’ in the State of Karnataka. Constitutionally, the head of Government is the Chief Minister at the State-level…
1 Feb 2021 · 5 min read
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Making Road Safety a Priority !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A news video is doing the rounds of the social media circuit over the past few days which says that the Karnataka Government has introduced a…
31 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Pushing for an Emergency?
On 26th January we saw men in blue turbans, wielding swords on horse back, ride into our Nation’s capital, as if they were the cavalry of an invading army, but they were…
30 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Mgr could, Jaya could, Rajini can't
By T.J.S. George Rajinikant had publicly announced his decision to enter politics, a decision that would have changed Tamil Nadu politics drastically. He was set to reveal the name of his party…
27 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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Love in the time of COVID-19
The world, according to reports, learnt of Coronavirus disease rather late by few months when people began to die of the scourge not knowing how to treat such patients. China was considered…
24 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
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Of Privacy and Good Old Postcards !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD These days, all around us we are hearing a great deal of hue and cry about what is happening to, or what is going to happen…
24 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
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Tale of two Palaces
Going by recent reports, Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel may very well become Taj Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel if it is leased to Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), a group company of TATA’s…
23 Jan 2021 · 10 min read
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Is it time to replace Kohli as Captain ?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The only problem in a cricket match with Australia or New Zealand is the odd timings. I had to wake up at 4.30 am to…
22 Jan 2021 · 4 min read