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Pet talk
By Maneka Gandhi Explaining about horse and races, in this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka says: While horse racing can never be entirely safe for the animals, a zero-tolerance drug policy, turf (grass)…
26 Jul 2017 · 6 min read
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Lalu is natural target in the fight against corruption, but the problem is larger. All parties are guilty
Mention corruption, and the names of some politicians jump out like registered trademarks. Lalu Prasad Yadav is right when he says that the BJP Government is hunting him for political reasons. The…
25 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Justice… Delayed, Hurried and Denied
On Tuesday, the Bareilly Court sentenced three men to five years in prison for stealing Rs. 370 from a man they drugged and robbed on a train in 1988, 29 years ago!…
22 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Pet talk: In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains why dogs start limping
By Maneka Gandhi Why do dogs start limping? Overexertion during a fetch session, rough play, or a run in the park can cause overexertion. Muscle soreness affects them just like us. Dogs…
19 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Be it currency shift, Aadhaar, GST, there is a mad rush; People feel cornered, vexed. Why this mad rush?
Usually life gets simpler as nations progress. But not in India where a barrage of sudden changes, new rules and revised regulations are making life burdensome for ordinary people. First, it was…
18 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Born Free, yet we are in chains everywhere !
Musings on Information Technology Act, 2000 and the Supreme Court I often shudder to think what would happen to our Right to Free Speech and Expression if Courts were not there to…
17 Jul 2017 · 6 min read
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Prison Tales
Arrested AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala Natarajan has been accused of paying Rs.2 crore bribe to Karnataka Director General of Prisons and Bengaluru’s Central Jail officials for “special privileges.” This reminds me…
15 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Musings on Guru Poornima Day
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Last Sunday (9.7.2017) Guru Poornima was celebrated in honour of Gurus. Gurus do not have shackles…
15 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Thus Spake Justice N. Santosh Hegde
How to fix India’s problem? I have no escape from Mahatma Gandhi while I write about Justice N. Santosh Hegde, presently the conscience-keeper of Karnataka, just as Anna Hazare of Maharashtra —…
12 Jul 2017 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka speaks about cold and health issues in dogs Can dogs catch a cold? We are spending more time in closed quarters, with windows…
12 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Saudis want Qatar out; Turkey wants new dominant role; hostilities in Muslim lands pose problems for all
There is turmoil in the Islamic world. Saudi Arabia has made a hardline prince the effective ruler. Qatar, isolated by neighbouring Arab States, is defiant. Turkey has become a virtual dictatorship, changing…
11 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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A Dialogue with Taxi Driver Bruno: My vicarious visit to Lisbon
My friend Sudhir was away in Spain and Portugal for 20 days and returned a few days back. He was in Mysuru yesterday on some business and came to see me. “Rain…
10 Jul 2017 · 7 min read
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Time for Kitchen Gardens
For a while now I have been wary of consuming fruits and vegetables. Why? Well, come April, I have a friend who goes mango crazy. In fact, his children say two months…
8 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Taming our Traffic
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Taming of the Shrew’ is the title of a very well-known and popular Shakespearean play that I studied as part of our English non-detailed syllabus while…
7 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Business leaders, SBI turn sceptical about our economy; farmers react with suicides — which is a bad sign
By T.J.S. George Those of us who spend the midnight hour sleeping missed the celebratory introduction of GST. After all, it was not the same as the hour "when the world sleeps,…
4 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Manikkavachakar whose words are rubies
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Ancient and medieval South India abounds in saints whose main concern was to guide the people…
2 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Gaddappa… A follicular adventure
Moustache and beard are the new fashion trends. Half the Indian cricket team sports a beard and a moustache. Even our Prime Minister sports a well-manicured facial foliage. But why are so…
1 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Dengue: The Dilemma and the Drama
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD There is no denying the fact that our city is facing the very real problem of thousands of people suffering from a very rampant wave of…
30 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Exorcise people from the ghost of superstition; Support Siddharamaiah whole-heartedly
Sincere and honest persons earn their living by sincere and honest work. Dishonest persons do so by cheating those who work and earn. To the category of dishonest parasites who thrive by…
29 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Pet talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains why dogs lick their owners? Why do dogs lick their owners? Dogs lick their pack members and us for many reasons. Sometimes…
28 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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BJP's coup may send a nice man to Rashtrapathi Bhavan; but questions remain about politics by caste
By T.J.S. George In political and strategic terms, the BJP leadership staged the equivalent of a coup d'etat when it nominated Ram Nath Kovind for President. The choice killed three birds with…
27 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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‘Tubelight’ ignites my memory
It was a happy Saturday for me. Morning breakfast in a city restaurant with Rotary friends to cut the birthday cake, savour it and say ‘Many happy returns of the day’ to…
26 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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YOGA
Mysuru lost to Ahmedabad in making it into the Guinness Book of Records for the most number of people performing yoga in a single location. It’s unfortunate but kudos to Deputy Commissioner…
24 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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The Joy and Spirit of Ramazan !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the year 2009, in this very same column I had written an article about Ramazan, the ninth and perhaps the most well known month of…
23 Jun 2017 · 5 min read