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Falling branches & More Shaktimans
On Tuesday, a man died when a tree branch fell on his head. Even his helmet couldn’t save him. But what could have saved him was probably the timely pruning of the…
10 Feb 2024 · 5 min read
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Humped & Barricaded: Time to wake up !
Six days ago, within 12 hours, between 9 pm and 9 am, 20 people met with accidents. Three young men lost their lives. Two young women become widows. Three children became fatherless.…
3 Feb 2024 · 5 min read
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MCC HELP ! Mysuru is turning into Flex City
Mysuru has been called a Royal Heritage City, but it feels like we’re living in ‘Flex City.’ Our city is plagued by the menace of flex hoardings and banners everywhere — at…
13 Jan 2024 · 5 min read
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Mysuru needs more Fire Stations
Today at 2.45 am, I was woken up by a loud sound that shook me to my core. It was the apartment’s fire alarm! The word ‘alarm’ is too mellow a word…
6 Jan 2024 · 5 min read
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Promote Spoken Kannada
Shops in Bengaluru were vandalised over displaying non-Kannada boards on Wednesday by activists of a pro-Kannada outfit. The protesters were demanding the immediate implementation of the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike’s (BBMP) order…
30 Dec 2023 · 5 min read
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Tragedy of Indian Opposition
What a month it has been so far — smoke canisters, suspended MPs, mimicry of the Vice-President and amendments to 150-yeKalyan Banerjeear-old laws. But the most disappointing outcome was the failure of…
23 Dec 2023 · 5 min read
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Bring back the Anti-Rowdy Squad
Recently, a youth assaulted the MCC Revenue Inspector in his office because the Inspector had told him not to smoke on the office premises. A few weeks earlier, there was a report…
9 Dec 2023 · 4 min read
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The Name Game
As I read the paper on Thursday, I was upset with a particular news. The headline read “Forest personnel raid Snake Shyam’s house”! Why did they have to raid his home? What…
2 Dec 2023 · 5 min read
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Governor or Tormentor?
On Monday, the Supreme Court expressed its displeasure at the delay by some State Governors in giving assent to Bills. The Governors have to approve these Bills since they were sent back…
25 Nov 2023 · 4 min read
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Adultery a crime? No
Should the Indian media start reporting about the private lives of our politicians? Maybe. When politicians make policies that meddle with people’s very personal lives, like sex lives, we need to get…
18 Nov 2023 · 5 min read
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Just a temp-fix not enough !
Ah! Finally, restoration work at the Lalitha Mahal Palace will be taken up at the cost of Rs. 38 crore. This is good news, but the money is nowhere near what is…
11 Nov 2023 · 5 min read
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Stray Menace in Mysuru
Stray dogs have dominated quite a few living room conversations this week. The death of famous Wagh Bakri Tea brand’s Director due to brain haemorrhage which he suffered when he fell down…
28 Oct 2023 · 5 min read
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A sister city can help Bengaluru city, not tunnels
On Thursday, the Deputy Chief Minister of Karnataka said the Government would float a global tender in the next 45 days to build underground tunnel roads in Bengaluru, 190 kilometres of it!…
7 Oct 2023 · 4 min read
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Bandhis not a solution
Every time there is failure of rains and the river Cauvery drains, there is fire in the plains. Yesterday, a Karnataka Statewide Bandh was organised to voice opposition to the Government’s decision…
30 Sept 2023 · 5 min read
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Never too late to bloom… An afternoon of inspiration
Last week, one of our city’s few ‘creative’ industrialists, Shabir Vagh of MAS Furniture, called me and said, “I have an interesting person you should meet.” When Shabir says someone, or something…
16 Sept 2023 · 5 min read
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Boycott & Ban Just because you can?
On Thursday, the Opposition alliance did something as gimmicky as their acronym I.N.D.I.A. They released a list of 14 TV anchors they will boycott, accusing them of conducting ‘hate-filled’ news debates. Congress…
16 Sept 2023 · 4 min read
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Compassion in Education
We celebrated Teachers’ Day four days ago, but will it be a relevant holiday as technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) seep into our classrooms? Schools are no longer the ‘temples’ of knowledge,…
9 Sept 2023 · 5 min read
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ISRO, making India count
On Aug. 23 at 5.45 pm, like most Indians, I too was glued to my television. I prepared to experience what former Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Chairman Dr. K. Sivan called…
26 Aug 2023 · 5 min read
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Rahul’s Kiss & our Kismat
Every time there is kissing, someone is bound to start pressing charges and last week, the women MPs of the BJP did just that. They gave a written complaint to the Speaker…
19 Aug 2023 · 4 min read
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Veggie Politics
Since last month the cost of vegetables, especially in North India, has been spiralling and, as expected, has become an election issue. Veggies are not only good for health but also politics.…
29 Jul 2023 · 5 min read
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Police Inaction and PM’s Silence
The nation is shocked enough to talk about the Manipur violence after the video of a mob parading two naked women went viral. But what should shock us, even more is the…
22 Jul 2023 · 5 min read
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Old leaders make way… Youngsters are coming
The recent political machinations in Maharashtra brought up an interesting issue — age. Is age just a number in politics? Yes. But one should know when to retire and how to retire.…
15 Jul 2023 · 4 min read
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First, build on the ground, then underground
It was reported yesterday that Karnataka Dy.CM and a team of senior officials would visit Singapore to get a first-hand experience of tunnel roads so they can build similar underground roads to…
24 Jun 2023 · 4 min read
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Anti-conversion bill, we may need it still
On Thursday, the Karnataka Cabinet decided to repeal the stringent law regulating religious conversion introduced by the previous BJP Government. Is this Anti-Conversion Bill draconian? Yes, but why can’t we have an…
17 Jun 2023 · 5 min read