Last month an interesting book about forgotten India — Hindustan, Bharat — was released in Bengaluru titled “Bravehearts of Bharat - Vignettes from Indian History” by the young historian Vikram Sampath. A…
Last month an interesting book about forgotten India — Hindustan, Bharat — was released in Bengaluru titled “Bravehearts of Bharat - Vignettes from Indian History” by the young historian Vikram Sampath. A prolific writer on subjects history, he has written a biography on Veer Savarkar in two tomes. He has also written a very good book on Mysore Wadiyar’s titled “Splendours of Royal Mysore”, a must read for Kannadigas, specially Mysureans.
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,…
