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Honorary Doctorate has no Honour anymore
A few days ago, a University located in Cyber Space, yes it literally is a Virtual University, gave not 1 not 10 but 30 Honorary Doctorates! Wow! We didn’t know there were…
16 Dec 2017 · 4 min read
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Mysuru Chocolate !
When it comes to food, our city has always been famous for Masala dosa and the ever popular Mysore Pak. Now an expat in city is making Mysuru famous for its chocolates!…
9 Dec 2017 · 5 min read
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Potty Mouth
We wonder if people who attended the recently held Kannada Sammelana were closing their noses when its President Prof. Chandrashekar Patil spoke? Because our MP Pratap Simha informed us that every time…
2 Dec 2017 · 4 min read
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Children and Seniors: Not always sex offenders
It’s bad enough that sexual deviance has become a regular occurrence, now sex crimes are getting perverse, cruel and just unbelievable. It’s not just the severity of the crime but also the…
25 Nov 2017 · 5 min read
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Netas profiting from faailed govt. services ?
For the past five days most of us were worried sick wondering what if we should fall sick. The reason — there were no doctors to treat us. The doctors were on…
18 Nov 2017 · 3 min read
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Pay attention to... attendance
Come November, it’s anxious times for parents and greedy times for a few colleges as everyone’s attention turns to attendance. Ever since 75% attendance was made mandatory to get a hall ticket,…
11 Nov 2017 · 4 min read
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Renting to Foreigners: Know the Law
Earlier foreign students were seen as the ideal tenants to have. Most landlords preferred them to Indian students because they assumed foreign students could be charged more, that they would pay rent…
4 Nov 2017 · 4 min read
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Man Vs Wild
On Thursday, a leopard cub crossed over to the Zoo from Chamundi Hill and for once was captured without much harm or chaos. As reports of elephants, tigers and leopards coming in…
28 Oct 2017 · 4 min read
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Dreading Justice
In November 2013, a Special CBI Court in Ghaziabad, headed by a Judge, who was to retire that month, left with a judgement that has come back to embarrass him. Judge Shyam…
14 Oct 2017 · 5 min read
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Rohingya Refugee crisis: Why are Arab nations mum?
On 25th August 2017, a group called Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army (ARSA) attacked Myanmar security forces killing nearly 80 personnel. The Myanmar government declared ARSA a terrorist organisation and mounted a campaign…
7 Oct 2017 · 4 min read
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Words Vs Swords... And the Trolls
Journalist and activist Gauri Lankesh has been assassinated. The gun has silenced the pen. After the news of her death broke, I received calls from friends and family warning me to watch…
9 Sept 2017 · 4 min read
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Monsoon Mayhem
The monsoon season in India is about ushering in hope, prosperity and wealth. But in India’s urban concrete jungles, monsoon is a nightmare and requires great survival skills. One good heavy rain…
2 Sept 2017 · 4 min read
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Dadagiri of Babagiri...!
The first time I heard of Dera Sacha Sauda was in 2008 when Mysuru Assistant Commissioner issued notice to the sect for violating the Karnataka Land Revenue Act. The sect had bought…
26 Aug 2017 · 5 min read
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A visit to Passport Seva Kendra
Most of us dread facing a Government official or stepping into a Government office, the reason being anything to do with Government can be time-consuming, stressful, belittling and a traumatic experience. So…
12 Aug 2017 · 5 min read
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Raids, Resorts and Saffron Reign
On July 29 last Saturday at 4 am, 44 Gujarat MLAs were escorted into Eagleton Golf Resort on Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway by D.K. Suresh as per the instructions of his powerful brother, Power…
5 Aug 2017 · 4 min read
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Aggressive Patriotism: From National Flag to... National Microbe !
We have become aggressive about the symbolisms of our Nation rather than the Nation itself. We are more worried about how we wave our Flag and how often we sing our Anthem…
29 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Justice… Delayed, Hurried and Denied
On Tuesday, the Bareilly Court sentenced three men to five years in prison for stealing Rs. 370 from a man they drugged and robbed on a train in 1988, 29 years ago!…
22 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Prison Tales
Arrested AIADMK General Secretary V.K. Sasikala Natarajan has been accused of paying Rs.2 crore bribe to Karnataka Director General of Prisons and Bengaluru’s Central Jail officials for “special privileges.” This reminds me…
15 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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Time for Kitchen Gardens
For a while now I have been wary of consuming fruits and vegetables. Why? Well, come April, I have a friend who goes mango crazy. In fact, his children say two months…
8 Jul 2017 · 4 min read
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Gaddappa… A follicular adventure
Moustache and beard are the new fashion trends. Half the Indian cricket team sports a beard and a moustache. Even our Prime Minister sports a well-manicured facial foliage. But why are so…
1 Jul 2017 · 5 min read
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YOGA
Mysuru lost to Ahmedabad in making it into the Guinness Book of Records for the most number of people performing yoga in a single location. It’s unfortunate but kudos to Deputy Commissioner…
24 Jun 2017 · 4 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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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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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