India deserves to get back to a state of equilibrium where the faiths that sustain people are not misused for petty political purposes. By TJS George Circumstances have brought about a change…
Midnight telephone calls are like midnight knocks on the door. Often unpleasant — either the Police or an unexpected guest. So also the early morning telephone calls. One such early morning call…
It’s bad enough that sexual deviance has become a regular occurrence, now sex crimes are getting perverse, cruel and just unbelievable. It’s not just the severity of the crime but also the…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The week that has gone by may have been a harbinger of much joy and satisfaction to the thousands of private doctors in Karnataka who were…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells what can be done to ensure the well-being of stray dogs in winters? What are the ways in which we can provide…
By T.J.S. George Did India gain from last week's Southeast Asia summit? The big takeaway, as admitted by our External Affairs spokesmen, was a "deepening of engagement" with the US. This is…
I do not know what the stars foretell about Chief Minister Siddharamaiah’s political future in 2018 Assembly elections. But I do know what the people of reason, the rationalists, foretell about his…
For the past five days most of us were worried sick wondering what if we should fall sick. The reason — there were no doctors to treat us. The doctors were on…
Kannada Sahitya Parishat has a history of its own and has passed through various stages to come to its own as we see it today. An organisation called Sampadabhyudaya Samaja organised a…
(Continued from Nov. 12) Tuesday 19th September 2017 was the day we were waiting for. Attending the Munich Beer Festival. We took a taxi from our hotel and as arranged, our German…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The ongoing state-wide agitation by private doctors and medical establishments against the proposed amendments to the KPME Act of 2007 has now become an ugly standoff…
By T.J.S George It is difficult to imagine that a full year has passed since 1,000-rupee notes disappeared from our world. Champions and critics marked the occasion by bitterly attacking one another.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD [Continued from Nov. 10] While I’m writing this in continuation of my last Friday’s article, the Draconian provisions enshrined in the proposed amendment to the already…
[Continued from Nov. 2] My readers must be wondering if I am on a long, strenuous, rambling trip in Germany because of the start-up hiccups in writing the travelogue of sorts in…
Come November, it’s anxious times for parents and greedy times for a few colleges as everyone’s attention turns to attendance. Ever since 75% attendance was made mandatory to get a hall ticket,…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The proposed amendment to the Karnataka Private Medical Establishments (KPME) Act is on the anvil and the issue has indeed become very hot with all private…
[Continued from yesterday] The democracy in US is of Unitary form, with the President of the country directly elected. But in India, we have a democracy which is Federal in nature though…
I was a student of Political Science in the college. Now as a journalist in a democracy I am practising politics-dominated profession — journalism. My mentor Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao was teasing…
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains what has to be done in cases of broken bones for cats and dogs What to do in cases of broken bones…
Abdul Karim Telgi's passing away should remind us that only in India are criminals so creative. Legends like Chicago's Al Capone and the Sicilian "families" of New York's gangsterdom got the limelight…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore For most of the traditional people Diamond Jubilee does not seem to be a familiar concept…
Earlier foreign students were seen as the ideal tenants to have. Most landlords preferred them to Indian students because they assumed foreign students could be charged more, that they would pay rent…
The lead front page news on Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017 reads “Speed up trial of politicians, says SC.” Well, to whom is the gentle suggestion? To politicians? I mean to the Government…
[Continued from Oct. 26] On 17th September we left Berlin for Munich carrying with us the memories of its history, greenery and the several waterfronts: Five rivers run through the city, has…
