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How important is time?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC To realise the value of ten years, Ask a newly-divorced couple. To realise the value of four years, Ask a graduate. To realise the value…
22 Jun 2017 · 6 min read
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Pet Talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains the reasons behind cats sitting somewhere completely out of reach. My cat is always sitting somewhere completely out of reach for me.…
21 Jun 2017 · 6 min read
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Congress planning to lose its hold on Karnataka, too? With boldness (not National Herald) it can win
Even in its glory days, the National Herald never had a South Indian presence. It was always a Delhi-Lucknow entity and knew it. It would have been another inconsequential provincial rag but…
20 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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Musings on Mysuru Lit Fest
Thus spake Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa on Life and Literature Dr. Ramachandra Guha steals the thunder ! As an Englishman boasted, whenever there is trouble in Heaven, the Gods send for an Englishman.…
19 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Remembering Dewan C.V. Rangacharlu
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy Former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore. Most people in Mysuru city have heard of the Town Hall opposite the Clock Tower but…
18 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Why Mallya & UK Court can mock us...
On Tuesday, a UK Court said India hasn’t provided evidence for the extradition of Vijay Mallya, which has effectively delayed the process till next year! Not just that, the Chief Magistrate at…
17 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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A time to hang up the Stethoscope?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Every morning of every working day, over the past forty years, with a silent prayer to the Almighty to make me an instrument of His Grace,…
16 Jun 2017 · 7 min read
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Pet talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how puppies can be taught to sit? What to do if my pet has a broken toenail? A broken toenail on your…
14 Jun 2017 · 6 min read
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With political help, lobbies put chemicals in our diet
BJP must honour its pledge to keep GM food out Before the power of commercial lobbies, even the BJP government bows. The party's manifesto took a strong stand against Genetically Modified (GM)…
13 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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My Ooty Diary 2017
Ooty, known variously as Nilgiris and Udhagamandalam, is queen among mountains of Tamil Nadu. For Madras, now Chennai, which according to Britishers had only three climates — hot, hotter and hottest —…
11 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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None for the Road
Our legislators were high on Thursday… high on discussing how to circumnavigate Supreme Court’s order banning all bars 500 meters from a Highway — ‘One for the road’ is now ‘none for…
10 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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Keep your eyes and ears open
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A 16-year-old youth gets up and starts perusing a newspaper. What does he read? Automation: Cognizant lays off 6,000 workers, Infosys to follow. Automation is…
8 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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BJP approach to cattle trading will hurt the economy; but who cares since the idea is to create vote banks
By T.J.S. George It's clear: The cow dominates India. The world is changing in radical ways and life-and-death issues confront our country — GST's impact on everyday life, the 'dirty war' in…
6 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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Peacock Justice
Oh! It seems Salman Bhai is not the only adult-virgin in India. There is another good-looking star who is also a virgin, the peacock, our national bird. So how do peacocks procreate…
3 Jun 2017 · 4 min read
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Generic Drugs... the Bottom-line
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Even as I started writing my first article on the debate between branded versus generic drugs I had said that by embarking on this subject I…
2 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Musings on Arnab Goswami: Dragon of the English TV
Who is afraid of Arnab Goswami? Not Times Now. Not Shashi Tharoor nor anti-nationals. Then who? Nobody. There is no need either. Watch, he will soon be tamed by his new TV…
1 Jun 2017 · 5 min read
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Tourism on the rise ?
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC The recent stats released by the Ministry of Tourism has indicated that tourism is on the rise and this bodes well for this sun-rise industry…
1 Jun 2017 · 7 min read
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Pet talk
By Maneka Gandhi In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka explains how to teach dog a few commands Can you teach me how to teach my dog a few commands? Come: The ‘come’…
31 May 2017 · 6 min read
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When Trump calls for a war against Islamic terrorism and praises its historical promoter, it is hypocrisy
By T.J.S. George Abu Zubaydah, a 'high-value' associate of fellow Saudi Arabian Osama bin Laden, was captured by America's CIA from a safe house in Pakistan in 2002. (Pakistan's ISI got $10…
30 May 2017 · 4 min read
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Play ‘dirty’ tricks to defeat Kashmiri militants’ dirty war
What maternity is to woman, war is to man.’ This was the belief of the German Dictator Adolf Hitler and as history records he executed his belief ruthlessly. The World War II…
29 May 2017 · 6 min read
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Stop breaking in India…before making in India
On May 22, the much-talked about “India’s first high-speed semi-luxurious train” Tejas Express, was launched. The train runs between Mumbai and Goa. It is equipped with modern amenities on board like LCD…
27 May 2017 · 4 min read
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Parking woes of our city
Animal world outside Zoo According to Political Science, good governance means the greatest good of the greatest number. Not the good of a community or a vested interest. Last Wednesday around 5…
26 May 2017 · 7 min read
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Generic Drugs: The Murkier Side
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week, I explained the difference between branded and generic drugs and also told you why most doctors prescribe branded drugs exclusively although they may be…
26 May 2017 · 5 min read
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Anger Control
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An interesting story: There was once a young lad who used to get angry at the touch of a button. His father gave him a…
25 May 2017 · 6 min read