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Combating Coronavirus with some Common Sense
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Thanks to modern technology, for the first time in the history of mankind after the Deadly Plague of 1918, we are staring into the eyes of…
20 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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Corona: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly !
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Every experience in life has three sides — that is the good, the bad and the ugly and the Coronavirus is no exception. Well, one…
19 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka talks about the effect of relocation on the emotions of Dogs By Maneka Gandhi Do dogs like being kissed? When you kiss a dog, you may…
18 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
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Virus , Virus, Go Away, L'le Johnny...
By T.J.S. George The Coronavirus is anti-national because it has undermined our international diplomacy. As everyone knows, Prime Minister Modi developed the full-body embrace as the dominant feature of India's foreign policy.…
17 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Remembering ‘Imperious Leader’ Indira Gandhi in the days of CAA !
Ever since Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Home Minister Amit Shah decided that India as a country, after 73 years of Independence, should for once wake up from its euphoria of freedom…
16 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 7
Maratha army united in personal devotion to Shivaji. Of sorcery and black magic ! [Continued from Mar. 12] The sack of Surat deeply mortified Emperor Aurangzeb. While Aurangzeb was brooding about what…
15 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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Namaste and keep distance please !
For the past few weeks having been told not to touch my face I have started behaving like cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth — contorting my face, as I am unable to scratch my…
14 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 6
Shivaji sacks Aurangzeb’s Surat English merchants of Surat exhibit courage and principles! [Continued from Mar. 7] The failure of Aurangzeb’s uncle Shayista Khan to defeat Shivaji and capture his Forts caused the…
12 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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Patriotism's new call: Goli Maaro!
By T.J.S. George The hills are alive with the sound of slogans. We've sung for a thousand years Inquilab Zindabad. The heart still wants to sing Hindustan Hamara. The halls fill the…
10 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Mahabalipuram, the cradle of architecture and sculpture
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy Recently our Prime Minister Narendra Modi dressed in typical attire of South India met the Chinese President Xi Jinping and discussed bi-lateral matters. Modiji chose Mahabalipuram for…
8 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
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Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 5
Shivaji becomes a political force in Deccan and a challenger to Aurangzeb [Continued from Feb. 26] After capturing three Forts that belonged to the Bijapur Sultan without a fight, using his raw…
7 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
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Do we need to stoop to Casino Tourism?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My morning newspaper today says that our State Budget does not have much funds earmarked to boost tourism except for a very modest allocation to promote…
6 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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The Indian Turf Invitation Cup-2020: Mission accomplished!
On Sunday, 1st March of 2020, Mysore Race Club (MRC) Limited conducted the prestigious The Indian Turf Invitation Cup-2020 for the first time and created history in its over 100 years of…
4 Mar 2020 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about most common diseases in chickens and more How much food and water do chickens need? A chicken, on an average basis, needs about 5…
4 Mar 2020 · 7 min read
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The Showman and his Trump Card
By T.J.S. George The Greatest Show on Earth made by Cecil B. DeMille 58 years ago was imaginary, meant to entertain filmgoers. The Greatest Show on Earth 2020 staged by Narendra Modi…
3 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Vulnerability is not the weakest link in our leadership
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Some 30-odd years ago, as a young doctor setting out to change the world, I was thinking of building a hospital for the tribal communities near Mysuru. I…
2 Mar 2020 · 5 min read
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Hate in the time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus brings death, but it sure is less macabre than the death brought by rioting mobs of Delhi. Coronavirus kills one with fever, unlike rioters in East Delhi who killed Ankit Sharma…
29 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj — 4
Shivaji captures three Forts without a Fight Threads of Karma that made the British Empire! The maid of Jahanara, the beloved daughter of Emperor Shah Jahan, upsets an oil lamp in the…
26 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains why a cat makes ‘chirp’ sound when it sees a bird By Maneka Gandhi What is the ‘wet dog smell’? How can I prevent it?…
26 Feb 2020 · 9 min read
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Citizen is always manipulated
By T.J.S. George At last P.V. Narasimha Rao has been called what he really was, "the first BJP Prime Minister of India." The assertion is made by his own confidant P.V.R.K. Prasad…
25 Feb 2020 · 4 min read
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Remembering Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj - 3
[Continued from Thursday] Shahaji was one of the important nobles in the Bijapur Court. He had prospered in Bijapur so well that he lost all interest in his Zamindari lands near the…
23 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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King Raja Dahir: Forgotten Hero
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore History is witness to rise and fall of empires and smaller kingdoms from the time of…
23 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Musings on ‘Conversation’ with Jairam Ramesh
Om Namah Shivaya. After a wakeful night, in fits and starts of course, to observe the Night of Shiva, the third of the Triumvirate Brahma, Vishnu and Maheshwara of the Hindu pantheon,…
22 Feb 2020 · 6 min read
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Political Pawns?
On 20th of February at an anti- CAA event in Bengaluru, a 19-year-old Amulya Leona, an under-graduate student, was given the microphone to say a few words against the CAA. And she…
22 Feb 2020 · 5 min read