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COVID-19 Effects
Lights out, lamps on… and the plan? We have another request from our Prime Minister. First we clapped for 5 minutes at 5 o’ clock, next we have to light lamps for…
4 Apr 2020 · 10 min read
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A testing time for all…
Finally, our Prime Minister spoke. And it was a damp squib. It left us wanting, wanting something more. Ever since the 8 pm address of November 8, 2016, the night of demonetisation,…
21 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Namaste and keep distance please !
For the past few weeks having been told not to touch my face I have started behaving like cricketer Krishnamachari Srikkanth — contorting my face, as I am unable to scratch my…
14 Mar 2020 · 4 min read
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Hate in the time of Coronavirus
Coronavirus brings death, but it sure is less macabre than the death brought by rioting mobs of Delhi. Coronavirus kills one with fever, unlike rioters in East Delhi who killed Ankit Sharma…
29 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Political Pawns?
On 20th of February at an anti- CAA event in Bengaluru, a 19-year-old Amulya Leona, an under-graduate student, was given the microphone to say a few words against the CAA. And she…
22 Feb 2020 · 5 min read
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Aam-azing!
First they ignore you, then they ridicule you, then they fight you, then you win. These words ring so true for the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Many may remember in 2013 the…
16 Feb 2020 · 7 min read
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Misinformation virus (Coronavirus)
As we stepped into the New Year, we were welcomed by a new strain of Coronavirus (CoV). A virus named so because the protein spikes around the virus makes it look like…
8 Feb 2020 · 4 min read
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Voters’ Day
Today is National Voters’ Day and the Election Commission of India has released advertisements asking voters to take a pledge. And that pledge goes like this: “We, the citizens of India, having…
25 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Armed Forces… stay at arm’s distance
In the last few years, Army Chiefs and senior security personnel have met the Press and spoken quite candidly. And that interaction has dragged them into a public debate, interpretation and criticism…
18 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Power-Stress
As we have had a politically charged week with protests and violence, it’s time for some inane banter. This reminds me of my dinner a few days ago. I had been to…
11 Jan 2020 · 4 min read
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A credo for 2020: Acceptance & Kindness
As the New Year rolls in, so also gifts. And like all offices do, I too get annual diaries and calendars as gifts. But this year, a gift rolled into my office…
4 Jan 2020 · 5 min read
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Secular Who?
So, protests continue. While initially the protest was against leaving out illegal Muslims from Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), it has now moved to a ‘pre-emptive protest’ against National Register of Citizens (NRC).…
21 Dec 2019 · 5 min read
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Thoughts on CAB
The Citizenship Act of 1955 has been amended again and passed. This Act has been amended five times before, thrice by the Congress Government and twice by the BJP. The Bill was…
14 Dec 2019 · 6 min read
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When Gavel Breaks, Gun Fires
Yesterday at an ungodly hour, four ungodly men were shot dead by the Telangana Police. All hailed it as justice served. A justice of biblical proportions in modern times, as the line…
7 Dec 2019 · 5 min read
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Crotch-Crushers & Smart Clothes
I have been wearing the same tailored trousers for a few years now and thought it was time to update my wardrobe to the latest trends. So on a recent visit to…
30 Nov 2019 · 5 min read
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From Roar to ... Purr
This morning the BJP pulled off a coup in Maharashtra. Many who watched the news on TV this morning were left wondering if it was fake news. The headlines read “BJP-NCP form…
23 Nov 2019 · 4 min read
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Unholy Alliance
One has to ask, what use is a pre-poll alliance if the partners cannot deliver a Government even after the people have given them the mandate? It is said Politics is the…
16 Nov 2019 · 5 min read
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Remembering Kannada only on Rajyotsava
November 1st was Karnataka Rajyotsava, our State’s birthday. It was on this day in 1956 that all Kannada-speaking provinces were brought together and named Mysore or Mysore State under the States Reorganisation…
2 Nov 2019 · 4 min read
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Time to unburden Chamundi Hill?
On Tuesday, there was a landslide on Chamundi Hill. About 50 ft. of road connecting Nandi Statue area to the View Point on Chamundi Hill main road broke off from the Hillside…
26 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Spiritual Spinners !
The Income Tax Department conducted raids last week where it seized Rs. 43.9 crore in cash, Rs.17.5 crore in US currency, 1,271 carats of diamonds and discovered Rs. 500 crore of undisclosed…
19 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Fashion Tricks
Yesterday our Prime Minister was a cynosure of all eyes as he welcomed the Chinese President Xi Jinping at Mamallapuram (Mahabalipuram) in Tamil Nadu. Prime Minister Narendra Modi wore crisp white traditional…
12 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Jayantis are a farce
We celebrated the 150th birthday of Mahatma Gandhi three days ago on October 2. It is also the day that United Nations has declared as the International Day of Non-Violence. But just…
5 Oct 2019 · 5 min read
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Hearty talk...
Like many men in Indian families, I too come from a not so proud line of men with clogged arteries. Luckily, I am yet to be clogged. But like many Indians, I…
28 Sept 2019 · 5 min read
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We need Dasara & our DC needs a leg-up
Mysureans love Dasara, not just because it’s a celebration but also because it’s a time for rejuvenation. Come Dasara, our administration becomes ‘quick fix Murugan’ to spruce up our city. And they…
21 Sept 2019 · 4 min read