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Integrity, a rare commodity...
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An old Irish saying goes: “Three apples fell from the tree. One for he who tells the story, one for whom reads and finally one…
19 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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The question is: To learn Hindi or not to learn Hindi ?
“Dakshina Bharat Hindi Prachar Sabha” was established in the year 1918 by our beloved Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi with the sole aim of propagating Hindi in southern States. The first…
18 Sept 2019 · 5 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how to teach a dog to ‘speak’ and to be ‘quiet’ on command By Maneka Gandhi What should I do when a stray dog is…
18 Sept 2019 · 7 min read
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Butterflies and all things good
By T.J.S. George When you are a downside-up man condemned to horizontality in bed, you start imagining that the world is plotting against you. A butterfly on the window or an itch…
17 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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Saint Nijaguna Shivayogi
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore From time immemorial our country is famous for Saints of various religious denominations. To them these…
15 Sept 2019 · 5 min read
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Fine us, but punish them
Three weeks ago, a friend picked me up for lunch. He was late. The reason for the delay he said was the long line at the RTO and Emission Certification Centre. A…
14 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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A Noble Soul on a Noble Mission!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently we read about some good Samaritans of our city being honoured by a group of organisations for the services they had rendered in enriching…
13 Sept 2019 · 6 min read
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Don’t we all ?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A simple story: I parked in front of a Mall, wiping my car when a tramp approached me. From the looks of him, he had…
12 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives tips on how to prevent a dog from chewing the leash By Maneka Gandhi Why do wolves howl? The ancestors of domesticated dogs, wolves howl…
11 Sept 2019 · 8 min read
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World as seen from downside-up
By T.J.S. George I have hardly ever used, in more than two decades of writing this column, the word this sentence begins with — the first person singular I. Change is the…
10 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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100 Days of Modi: ISRO spirit soars, unites India
Today, Narendra Modi completes 100 days in Office in his second term as the Prime Minister of India. As I reflect about India’s past years after Independence since 1947 and the years…
9 Sept 2019 · 7 min read
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Leading through adversities
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Manikarnika (name changed both for privacy and security reasons) was a lively sixteen-year-old studying in a College near her village which was located 200 kms from the State…
9 Sept 2019 · 6 min read
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Teachers and the Taught
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Teachers’ Day has gone by yesterday. Although different countries across the world celebrate their Teachers’ Days on different dates thankfully most countries have this tradition. In…
6 Sept 2019 · 5 min read
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When you assume, you are making an ass of you and me
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A simple story: One day, a bus driver went to the bus garage, started his bus and drove off along the route. No problems for…
5 Sept 2019 · 6 min read
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Jaitley put his stamp on history
By T.J.S. George Arun Jaitley's connection with Gujarat led to epochal developments. There he came in contact with Narendra Modi and chemistry got to work. Was it an accident of circumstance? Or…
3 Sept 2019 · 4 min read
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Merging for strength and diversion?
Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman yesterday announced the merger of 10 public sector Banks into four entities. The first merger, that of Punjab National Bank, Oriental Bank of Commerce and United Bank will…
31 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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More Doctors, More Health !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I have this rather odd habit of asking every youngster I meet what he or she wants to become in life. After listening to their dreams…
30 Aug 2019 · 5 min read
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A.K. Subbaiah as I knew him
My college-mate, a fellow Kodava like me and a politician who spewed fire and brimstone like a dragon on rampage against his political or personal opponents, Ajjikuttira K. Subbaiah is no more.…
29 Aug 2019 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk: August 28, 2019
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how to ensure that a pet’s newborn litter finds a good home By Maneka Gandhi My pet dog just had puppies. When can I put…
28 Aug 2019 · 6 min read
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Floods, the language of Nature
Our sages anticipated this, hence the Vedic references to the maha pralaya that would trigger, at the end of the chaturyuga, cataclysmic events that wipe out all life on the planet. By…
27 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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Rahul Bose’s bananas & the age of convenience
On July 22 at 2.30 pm our hearts swelled with pride as Chandrayaan-2 took to the skies, just two hours later another event got us even more excited — the cost of…
24 Aug 2019 · 4 min read
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Anecdotes on Mahatma
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore August 15, 1947 is a red letter day to us Indians because India got political independence…
24 Aug 2019 · 5 min read
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A Bridge too far?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last Friday I wrote about the impact of human inaction vis a vis the impact of flood waters on the historic Srirangapatna Fort, a stone’s throw…
23 Aug 2019 · 5 min read
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It’s not what you gather, but what you scatter
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A simple story: I was at the corner grocery store buying some early potatoes. I noticed a small boy, delicate of bones and feature, ragged…
22 Aug 2019 · 5 min read