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Selling the Past... in the Present!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD I spotted him sitting on the roadside near the gate of the Catholic Centre on T.N. Narasimha Murthy Circle which is more popularly known as Millennium…
10 May 2019 · 4 min read
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“Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga...”
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC When Narendra Modi uttered the famous slogan ‘Na Khaunga, Na Khane Doonga’ (neither will I indulge in corruption, nor allow anyone else to indulge in…
9 May 2019 · 5 min read
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Why do the rich turn terrorist ?
By T.J.S. George The suicide bombers, who wreaked havoc in Sri Lanka, were all set to strike in Kerala too. Clearly, networks exist without borders and contacts are continuous. The ISIS, alleged…
7 May 2019 · 4 min read
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Not leading all the time
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam The world is used to describing people as 'leaders.' Very few realise that it is not about being a leader but having the ability to exercise leadership. Being…
6 May 2019 · 5 min read
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Remembering Love Child Leonardo!
Last Friday I happened to read about the way the British remembered the 500th death anniversary of the renaissance artist and also a scientist Leonardo da Vinci. Primarily he is known to…
5 May 2019 · 7 min read
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Cyclone Musings
Cyclone Fani made landfall in Odisha yesterday. She has been the strongest cyclone storm in 20 years to hit the country. While it is unfortunate that eight people lost their lives we…
4 May 2019 · 4 min read
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Gulmohar gone forever... But Hope lives on !
By Dr. K.Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week I had written about a young and robust Gulmohar tree in full bloom that was about to be axed down due to the ongoing road…
3 May 2019 · 4 min read
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Holiday Designers: The latest trend
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The United Nations World Tourism Organisation has predicted that India will account for 50 million out-bound tourists by 2020 — a sharp increase from the…
2 May 2019 · 5 min read
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Election Surprises. More Coming
By T.J.S. George The most traumatic part of India's elections is the post-vote waiting — a whole month this time. BP levels go up even for those not involved in politics because…
30 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
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Raja Ravi Varma: The Emperor of Painting
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore There are hundreds of painters all over the world but Ravi Varma belongs to the royalty…
28 Apr 2019 · 7 min read
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Superhero Obsession
The movie, Avengers : Endgame was released yesterday and ticket bookings were “ferocious and enormous” as described by CEO of the Multiplex chain PVR Pictures Ltd. Some theatres even ran 24x7 to…
27 Apr 2019 · 5 min read
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Staying away from Steroids!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The last article I wrote was about how some unscrupulous medical practitioners, both qualified and unqualified, rampantly use a group of drugs called steroids to effect…
26 Apr 2019 · 5 min read
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Cry, my beloved country! : Let young leaders bloom
This morning, I got a surprise WhatsApp message about Tejasvi Surya, the 28-year-old advocate and the surprise candidate from BJP to contest the Bengaluru South Parliamentary Constituency. The WhatsApp was a pictorial…
25 Apr 2019 · 6 min read
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Musings on developing relationship
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A typical interview scene: being a quasi-Government servant, working in a PSU, I have sat down as a member of innumerable interview boards. When I…
25 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
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Judge’s Day of Judgement: A scandalous Saturday for our Supreme Court
Exercise restraint and remove such material which is undesirable... act responsibly as is expected from them and accordingly decide what should or should not be published as wild and scandalous allegations undermine…
24 Apr 2019 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how herbivorous animals recognise poisonous plants from non-poisonous By Maneka Gandhi While eating, how do herbivorous animals recognise the poisonous plants from non-poisonous plants? Herbivores…
24 Apr 2019 · 5 min read
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Trust level down, cash is King
By T.J.S. George The wonder that is Indian elections is losing some of its wonderness. Statistically, of course, it remains a marvel — 880 million voters (total US population is 328 million),…
23 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
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Leading Communities…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Kamakshi and her life is an inspiration not just to women, but to all people engaged in the endeavour of human development. I got to know of her…
22 Apr 2019 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how an injured bird should be handled and also gives information on Marek’s disease By Maneka Gandhi Should I keep my injured bird outside in…
17 Apr 2019 · 3 min read
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Musings on Shashi Tharoor and his ‘Paradoxical Prime Minister’
Reading books has many advantages to those who have no friends and those who have problem getting sleep. As for me, I have friends and no problem sleeping the moment I hit…
16 Apr 2019 · 7 min read
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Lies, cash, liquor and elections
By T.J.S. George Winston Churchill told us that it wasn't polite to refer to lies as lies, that we should be cultured enough to call them terminological inexactitudes. But such phraseological definitudes…
16 Apr 2019 · 4 min read
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Sri Ramachandra An Ideal Person
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore The great poet Maharshi Valmiki has immortalised Sri Ramachandra. Actually Maharshi Valmiki asks Narada a question…
14 Apr 2019 · 6 min read
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Will Ashoka’s Navaratnas produce a great leader for India?
Plato the Greek Philosopher had said that an unexamined life is not worth living. I am unable to get the sense of this precept. Whose life? If it is my own life,…
13 Apr 2019 · 5 min read
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Gag Tactics
On April 1st, I received a Court order. But I had not written an article in two weeks so I could not have offended anyone. Then I thought it might be an…
13 Apr 2019 · 4 min read