The term environment has been understood as the living space for all life forms spanning our immediate surroundings in particular and the vast space spanning the earth in general. However, the worsening…
The bond between persons of same gender, males as well as females, in stages of childhood, youth, adulthood and advanced age passes off as friendship. Other bonds have acquired fascinating types, thanks…
The country’s pharmaceutical industry has witnessed a phenomenal expansion year after year matching, perhaps, only its automobile industry in monetary terms. The yearly output of medicines in the land is estimated at…
An idiom in Kannada conveys the message that the robustness of the tree is unmistakably hinted at the stage of its sapling itself, even as the seed germinates. The English language idiom…
Renowned English Poet Thomas Gray (1716-1771) wrote in 1742 in the proverbial line Where ignorance is bliss, it is folly to be wise as part of the poem “Ode on a Distant…
The feature of exploring possibility of life on the nearest to earth planet, Mars, focussing on water as well as oxygen in its atmosphere seems to have not been bestowed adequate attention…
The ensuing national event of election of members to the country’s Parliament (Lok Sabha) is marked by many unique features. The set of facts relating to the event as expressed in numbers…
An often-quoted verse taken from Manusmriti, Yatra naryastu pujyante ramante tatra Devata, yatraitaastu na pujyante sarvaastatrafalaah kriyaah translates as: Where women are honoured, divinity blossoms there, and where women are dishonoured, all…
The already yawning gap between the myriad kinds of resources that people are greedily grabbing to satisfy their short-term happiness and the rapidly rising scarcity of most of the same resources doesn’t…
The top brass in the Government has rightly, though belatedly, taken the initiative on skilling the economically productive sections of the country’s human resources. Identifying the faculty of talent and nurturing it…
The term family has these not-so-fascinating meanings: 1) A social group made up of parents and their children; 2) A group of people who come from the same ancestor; 3) A group…
People’s President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam (1931-2015), the nation’s President during 2002 - 2007, known for his humility, had expressed a wish to be remembered as a teacher. The distant past era,…
The expression doing rounds in the circle of officials of the State Government that the day of retirement, virtually the D-Day as a certainty sounds like an adage. They are a mix…
Grandma knows best what is best for grandpa. After years, nay decades of togetherness, marked by mutual caring, the duo recollects with mixed feelings, the ups and downs faced in their long…
The country has hosted in the past a galaxy of statesmen, philosophers, orators, authors, academics, monks and also luminaries remembered for their lyrically expressed words of wisdom in many languages with or…
The expression Let noble thoughts come to us from all directions, drawn from Rig Veda and often quoted by scholars, juxtaposed to the matter that one gets to read in dailies portraying…
Heat and dust, one more than the other, generated in public domain across the country, to a greater degree in Karnataka, witnessed high and low in the matter of two main issues…
The land’s history of several centuries, both recorded by chroniclers and narrated in the epics as well as various ancient texts provides glimpses of its past glory raising thoughts in some circles…
Readers of newspapers, both broadsheets and tabloids, publishing informative and illuminating articles on health issues and also valuable guidelines in capsule form hinting which diet protects wellness of the body and what…
Reports appearing in various modes of media, loaded with data citing official sources and also opinions of those who count for their incisive analysis of public affairs through highly readable articles seem…
The thought of keeping fit as a fiddle seems to dawn on people at large only on realising the hard fact that the fiddle has already shown signs of cracks on its…
The countdown phase of the nation’s election process for its 17th Lok Sabha to take shape has moved to the countup phase, if the term merits to be coined. The vote-seeking aspirants…
Armed with a dagger (khukri), natives of Nepal, Gurkhas monopolised the sector of Chowkidars in the country until not too long back. They were mostly incognito in city spaces, such as in…
The nation’s Parliament is heading to be a reality for the 17th time in a span of seven decades. Its 543 members-to-be have presented themselves before the electorate mass of about 900…
