By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Mukthi Bhawan? I am sure many of you would have heard about this building in Kashi where people go to die! Why? One may ask.…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC
Mukthi Bhawan? I am sure many of you would have heard about this building in Kashi where people go to die! Why? One may ask. As per our own Hindu scriptures, if one dies in Kashi, the abode of Shiva, one attains Moksha . No rebirth. So, many ailing persons, in their prime, come and stay in this Mukthi Guest House to breathe their last.
India seems to have developed a peculiar relationship with humour. We are confused about what comedy actually is. Every offensive remark is treated as either a national crisis or a Constitutional issue.…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD A small news item buried deep inside my newspaper caught my eye today. It said that the National Medical Commission (NMC), the body that governs and…
For years, D.K. Shivakumar was the eternal bridesmaid of Karnataka politics. He was always close to power, always indispensable to the Congress party, but never quite the chosen one. Now, at last,…
