Columns
How did Bjp manage to lose Karnataka?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A very old saying, “The enemy of my enemy is my friend.” But this is not true in politics. BJP learnt this the hard way.…
24 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
1,767 stories · Page 59 of 74
Columns
Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives tips on treatment and prevention of diarrhoea in horses and explains what has to be done if horse has ringworm? Can I…
23 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
No 15 days to purchase majority!
By T.J.S. George Here is what the Buddha said about Karnataka elections: “There are many difficulties to overcome in this world. It is hard for a proud man to learn the way…
22 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
King-maker becomes the King: BJP’s defeat in victory
Yesterday was Saturday and the whole country watched with bated breath the Saturday Political Fever of Karnataka. Voting was on May 12, 2018 and when the results came on 15th May 2018…
20 May 2018 · 7 min read
Columns
Gods, Resorts & President’s Rule ?
We are blessed to have such benevolent leaders who are fighting so hard to get an opportunity to serve us! If you are not in this denial and have a sense of…
19 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Time for Family
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A very interesting and riveting story which I thought I should share with SOM readers: It took my dad, the whole of his life to…
17 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how to treat and prevent cracks in horse’s hooves, why does horse have bald patches and about the internal parasites that can…
16 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
Pride goes before the Fall: Musings on Congress defeat in Karnataka
The man of Power is ruined by Power. The man of Money by Money. The Submissive man by Subservience. The Pleasure-seeker by Pleasure. - Hermann Hesse, Nobel Laureate for Literature As I…
15 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Wise philosophers, fanatic kings
By T.J.S. George The time gap between voting day and results day is one of the afflictions of democracy. The tension is excruciating when it's an election that will decide the temper…
15 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Tomorrow: A Day of Destiny for Karnataka
Voting for Karnataka Assembly’s 224 seats takes place tomorrow. [To be exact, it is 223 seats as polling for Jayanagar seat in Bengaluru has been countermanded following the death of BJP candidate…
11 May 2018 · 6 min read
Columns
Elections: The Grouse of the Disappointed Urban Elite
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Ever since I wrote my last Friday’s piece urging more and more townsfolk to shed their apathy to our elections and come out of their comfort…
11 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
Musings on World Idli Day
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC What is so special about March 30? Well, it is the “World Idli Day.” What is so special about this simple but popular dish? In…
10 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Vindictive stigmatisation fails to politically eliminate S.A. Ramdas
With three days to go for the Karnataka Assembly elections, we voters in Mysuru city are facing the onslaught of candidates seeking support based on their promises which they never deliver. And…
9 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
Vote for the future of India
By T.J.S. George Never was a Karnataka election more important to India than this one. Never was a Karnataka election more ruthlessly fought than this one. All bets are off. All masks…
8 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
A one-horse race in Varuna: Cake-walk for Dr. Yathindra
Last Friday, 4th May 2018, I gave a sprinter’s chase to Dr. Yathindra, son of Chief Minister Siddharamaiah, who was on a roller-coaster election tour of his Varuna Constituency as a Congress…
6 May 2018 · 3 min read
Columns
Should Rahul be his Father’s Son ?
On Thursday I had the pleasure of dining with NDTV’s Prannoy Roy, probably the last dignified English TV news anchor we have. He was in city with his band of travelling journalists.…
5 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Village-dwelling Voters versus Town-dwelling Dodgers!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The transient villager that I once was out of my own volition by choosing to practice for many years as a doctor attached to a very…
4 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
Dr. Satish Rai as I knew him
A couple of days back I learnt from Dr. Shyam Prasad Shetty, Head of Cardiothoracic, JSS Hospital, Mysuru, that his cousin Dr. B. Satish Rai and my family doctor was admitted to…
3 May 2018 · 5 min read
Columns
Tourism Arrivals: Where is Karnataka?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Just one look at the stats released by the Ministry of Tourism for the year 2016 says it all. Surprise, surprise, Tamil Nadu has emerged…
3 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Hitler, Nehru & a worthless Bose
By T.J.S. George When those who don't have it in them think they have it in them, it's sad. Chandra Kumar Bose was a qualified management expert who did well in the…
2 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains about the problems & diseases of dogs, cats and birds and solutions to them How to keep your pet safe during festival…
2 May 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
Nebulae over BJP campaign in Karnataka: What message you send to your voters is of utmost importance
A Kannada TV Channel discusses why not a Bengalurean as CM this time?! The feeling among Lingayats all over the State is that in the event of a hung Assembly, should the…
30 Apr 2018 · 6 min read
Columns
Remembering Acharyas
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Last week on two consecutive days (20th and 21st April) were celebrated the Jayantis (birthdays) of…
29 Apr 2018 · 4 min read
Columns
BJP wants Yeddy’s votes... but not Yeddy ?
The man who brought the first and the only BJP Government to power in South India, B.S. Yeddyurappa, is being undermined by his own party... again. The BJP High Command, from the…
28 Apr 2018 · 5 min read