In an unwitting betrayal of their mindset, aspirants for votes of the land’s ever gullible masses are openly talking of capturing power and adorning authoritative posts in the government. Next comes the…
Old timers take fascination to share among their cohorts recollections of golden days they lived while moving from middle age to old age and be described as senior citizens. The celebrated English…
The land’s people, both the scholarly sections and the unlettered, are known to have had an intimate connect with divinity as well as nature, going by their abundantly available and well-preserved lyrics,…
Various occasions luring audiences of diverse backgrounds and featuring speakers of all hues from both open platforms and restricted ones are abuzz with a virtual unanimous view that only education can provide…
Thanks to the dramatic move on demonetising currency of face value at Rs. 500 and Rs. 1,000 (November 8, 2016) causing unprecedented and unanticipated turmoil all over the country, Mysureans also getting…
At the outset, let it be stated, both the terms of this column’s caption, written in italics font, are synonymous as it were, referring to the most talked about as well as…
Even as India is currently perched at the top among countries around the world by hogging limelight in the computer software sector as well as the field of Information and Communication Technology…
Last week witnessed announcement of results of two public examinations written by nearly 15 lakh students in the State — Secondary School Leaving Certificate Examination (SSLC) and Pre-University Second Year Examination (II…
India’s demographic profile, as foreseen by research teams pursuing population studies, is heading to be dominated by urbanities. The pace of that event is picking unprecedented trend. The renowned British Physicist, Stephen…
Doling out money to the needy struggling in dire circumstances and food to the hungry with no means of assuaging hunger, invariably as charity, is a time-honoured practice in the land, but…
Global rating agencies, keenly watching the goings on in countries across the world and more so the performance of the respective governments as a regulator resorting to enacting laws, ostensibly to keep…
Having ungrudgingly neglected according importance and attention to quality of life, we find ourselves pre-occupied with concerns of quality applied to material matters namely a) consumer durables, b) electronic gadgets including mobile…
A former President the United States of America, making news of his extra-marital relations, as reported in the media even during the times he adorned the high post, was asked by a…
Seeking company of others in childhood and adulthood, driven by varied expectations makes a fascinating study. To say that in the former case hardly any pre-determined rules of the game as it…
In the opinion of a thinker all that we see is not real (such as the mirror image of anyone who stands before the reflecting sheet of glass) and all that we…
Digging into the pages of history we can pick and choose from a long list of legendary figures comprising eminent scholars, kings, saints, philosophers, statesmen, warriors, composers of lyrics with everlasting messages,…
The four-column-wide caption, reading “6 crore seed balls to be tossed in State during this monsoon” published in a daily early this week must have generated euphoria in the minds of most…
Role of citizens in ensuring the much-desired good governance doesn’t seem to have been either recognised or appreciated, far less accepted by the citizenry, unarguably the sole beneficiary of that task exclusively…
The Union Government has just decided that those who have completed 60 years of age be considered as senior citizens ostensibly to facilitate them receive various benefits already earmarked for members of…
Bubbles fascinate babies. Their romance with bubbles seems to get more romantic with every bubble they blow, some bulging more than others, disappearing into thin air, but not before bursting. This column,…
We are in no frame of mind to either remember or express our gratitude to the unknown inventor of the wheel, at a time of the distant past, trying to know even…
Equality in public domain among the land’s masses and liberty (to speak subject to certain universally acceptable conditions and act in a manner of not causing both physical and mental hurt to…
British man of letters and celebrated poet John Milton (1608-1674) has been quoted as saying: A good book is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit. His thought, expressed in this unique…
A large number of plants and trees, presently raised not only in different areas across the country but also over many other regions of the world that are compatible with the prevailing…
