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Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells about good bedding to keep newborn pup warm What is a good bedding for newborn puppies? Bedding for a litter of puppies…
20 Jan 2021 · 9 min read
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A Sunday escapade to Karighatta
Being cocooned for over eight months at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt like breaking out from the cocoon and walk around like a free man. Going to office is…
18 Jan 2021 · 3 min read
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Making India proud by running world’s largest vaccination programme
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The last couple of weeks has seen discussions around the vaccine for COVID and whether they are safe and effective. While each person is entitled to his or…
18 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
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An amazing era of digital doctors !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week Dr. J.A.K. Tareen, a Geologist, writer, painter and a former Vice-Chancellor of three Universities, all rolled into one, sent me a very amazing and…
17 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Recalling Gandhiji’s visit to Kodagu
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Mahatma Gandhi was always impressed by Kodavas who are hard-working and play a major role in…
16 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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Privacy Pirates ?
Suddenly “WhatsApp” is the enemy. Google is the “big brother”, Facebook is the propagator of hate and invader of privacy. Well truth is, these big tech companies were always all this and…
16 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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Another perspective of Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel is in the news again. The Chairman of Jungle Lodges and Resorts (JLR), in his news briefing, wanted to have a…
15 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Is this what Democracy has come to?
By T.J.S. George Incredible things are happening in America. An incumbent President refusing to vacate office is unheard-of. Donald Trump is doing what no US President has done in the past, indeed,…
12 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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God save America for the sake of Democracy
The United States of America (USA), the global purveyor of Democracy took a hit to its democratic credentials as a group of rioters took over Capitol Building, the seat of the US…
9 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Columnist thinks he is God: Governor
Arif Mohammed Khan, Governor of Kerala With apologies to readers, I would like to share this week’s column with Sri Arif Mohammed Khan, Governor of Kerala. He disapproved of some critical remarks…
5 Jan 2021 · 7 min read
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Understanding the Union budget
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The Union budget of India arouses not only interest but passionate debate across the country. From Corporate czars to the experts on television shows, to the man on…
4 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
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The Irwin Road Imbroglio
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The very short but undoubtedly the most important and busiest stretch of the Irwin Road that runs across the main business hub of our city is…
3 Jan 2021 · 6 min read
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Social media is important today
Media Houses suffer from deficiency of news service We all know that so and so actress is expecting a second child. We know that another Bollywood star is expecting her first child.…
1 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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Reflecting on Hinduism as a Religion and a Way of Life !
Hinduism, like any religion, can produce fanatics, and the modern, essentially Secular State of India has to contend with them; but at their best the tradition of India, as reflected in her…
30 Dec 2020 · 7 min read
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Time for a little more patience!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD For the past nine months, we have all experienced and even endured life under the shadow of the COVID-19 threat. And, I would say that we…
27 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Splendour of ancient city Balligave in Shivamogga
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore About ten years ago myself and my friends planned to visit some interesting places in Shivamogga…
26 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Of Journalism and Journalists !
Is Indian media divided ideologically, like political parties? Newspapers, magazines, TV channels and social media have all come under the scrutiny not so much of the users of these news sources as…
24 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Decline & fall of the Congress. Again
By T.J.S. George Kapil Sibal, distinguished legal luminary who is also an ardent Congressman, said recently: "People don't see Congress as an alternative to the existing Government. We lost all by-elections in…
22 Dec 2020 · 4 min read
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Money Honey
By Vikram Muthanna Last week, we got some bitter news about something sweet. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reported that when they subjected 13 prominent brands selling honey to a…
19 Dec 2020 · 4 min read
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Another forgotten landmark from a bygone era !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week, in my article about the book ‘The Colonial Landmarks of Mysuru’ by Gauri Satya, my historian friend, I had made a reference to a…
13 Dec 2020 · 7 min read
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Cow Laws & Peacock Justice !
Karnataka’s BJP Government has resurrected the issue of cow protection as they are hungry for some “political fodder” and on Wednesday hurriedly passed the “Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle…
12 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Another delightful treat on Namma Mysuru!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Gouri Satya, perhaps the best-known historian of our city, from our own times, has come up with a very generous second helping of the history of our…
6 Dec 2020 · 6 min read
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Musings on Raja Ravi Varma A Great Painter
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy India has the good fortune of having multi-coloured paintings of known as well as unknown painters. Actually painting started during the pre-historic period as evidenced at Chitradurga,…
6 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Celebrities & Vaccines
The Covid vaccines are finally here. Surprisingly, they didn’t evoke much jubilation. That’s because may be we have been emboldened by our recovery rates. So emboldened that some of us are wondering…
5 Dec 2020 · 5 min read