Historians have traced the approximate dateline for the birth of a few cities around the world, including some in the country. The birth of Bengaluru, having been rechristened recently from its globally…
Ants and honey bees in particular and insects of all known kinds inhabiting the planet earth in general are known to be engaged on work 24x7. The denizens of the forest too…
Even as the terms home and house are widely apart, marked by oceans of difference between them on many counts, the rate of homes hosting their lords and ladies in a harmonious…
The highly laudable Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan was launched on October 2, 2014 with a call to the nation’s countrymen (and women as well as children) for coming together wholeheartedly in the operation…
Scottish inventor John Logie Baird (1888-1946) gave the first public demonstration of televised image in motion at a department store in London. Recorded information on a) When was the first television sold,…
Ancient philosophers of the land are quoted as saying: “Speak truth in such a way that it should be pleasing to others. Never speak truth, which is unpleasant to others. Never speak…
The authors who scripted India’s Constitution, officially adopted on January 26, 1950 as the nation’s supreme law, essentially providing the framework for functioning of government, desired to secure (a) Justice, (b) Liberty,…
One of the most widely revered and iconic leaders in world history, Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965) believed that a fanatic is one who can’t change his mind. The legendary British statesman has…
The columns of the country’s newspapers are currently replete with reports presenting profiles of the vote-seekers of all hues and political parties with facts appearing in figures of wealth at their command…
The few nonagenarians and centenarians, who had jumped into the action famously called India’s freedom struggle, surviving to this day with memories of the trials and tribulations that they had to face,…
A Kannada proverb succinctly expresses the societal status of a person with his pocket jingling with cash (Duddiddavane dodappa). One who has years of dealing with people behind him has rightly remarked…
Karnataka is currently embroiled in a PPP action, the acronym standing for today’s column, its expanded form appearing at the top of the script. A report appearing in a popular daily a…
When all conditions of one’s life are in the zone of comfort, the desire to live long is justified. There is presumably a maximum life span for the human race established in…
Some regions of the world have been portrayed to suggest one or the other of dominant features. Africa has been perceived for long by the West as a dark continent. Countries too…
India is a caste-less, classless country, as per the harangue featuring speakers of all hues that people at large are hearing on many occasions from public platforms. Nothing can be farther from…
The lines of Taittiriya Upanishad convey the message namely “Be one for whom the Mother is God, be one for whom the Father is God, be one for whom the Teacher is…
Sweating at work, particularly on the farm land to grow fruits and vegetables as well as raise food crops, has come to be considered strenuous both physically and financially resulting in disenchantment…
Mysuru’s administration as well as residents seem to have chosen not to be engaged on issues of stray dogs, wandering cattle and prowling pigs in the city’s streets for now. The disappearance…
Verbal exchanges in anger without helping to understand the issue in question and also the views of either party on the matter is the order of the day and common sight everywhere…
Mysore of the past has hosted many eminent citizens commanding unbounded respect if society which has endured to this day both in articles written about the city’s glorious history and in speeches…
Leaders of the land’s political parties, both national and regional, have smeared themselves in black by not conducting themselves in a manner that behoves democratically elected representatives to the nation’s highest law-making…
Verses attributed to no author in particular, written either in two lines or four, conveying mind-capturing portrayal of the happenings in nature as well as in life of people at large have…
Approval of projects to raise buildings, laying of roads, construction of bridges and other components under the broad umbrella called infrastructure, allocation of outlay, sanction of funds in stages of the projects’…
The country’s literati, including the ever alert fraternity of analysts of its economic affairs and politically noisy ambience in all the regions, seem to have taken a holiday from writing articles on…
