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Namaskara Hari
What are advertisements and commercials? How authentic must they be? How seriously should they be taken? How much leeway do advertisers and their agencies have in conveying the message? These …
Freudian tip
Returned by bus from Bangalore. I am not kidding, but I actually saw a showroom called "Rakshitha Tyres" on the main road in Mandya. If you have seen the daughter …
Shed a tear for the good doctor
Bumped into Balu this morning on the train to Bangalore for my weekly lecture at the Indian Institute of Journalism & New Media (www.iijnm.org). Balu is actually Dr. (Flt. Lt.) M.A. Balasubramanya. He was my senior …
Does any other cricketer in India…?
Had gone to the Railway Station to see off wife on yet another of her incursions into India that was Bharat. Guess who was in the queue for the Shatabdi Express? …
‘Mavinakayi Chitranna’ in 5 easy steps
For most people, obbattu marks the high point of Ugadi, but allow me to strike a seriously contrarian note: It’s the mavinakayi chitranna that really gives the Kannada New Year …
Near Akshay Bhandar
The Star of Mysore ad proclaiming the opening of a consumer electronics showoom “near Akshay Bhandar” is proof, if any proof were needed, that even if Wal-Mart were to open …
Stepping into the New Year
So you ate the ‘bevu-bella’ and the ‘obattu’ and are planning to hog bigtime when lunch is served, but is eating the only way to step into the New Year? Just …
Is Holi more important than Ugadi?
Why do Kannada newspapers like 'Vijaya Karnataka' deck up their front pages for 'Holi', with colours splashed all over? And why is their Ugadi front page so tepid?
Gangavati Beechi
Captain G.R. Gopinath’s slip of the tangoo (see Munde Magane below) brings to mind a lovely anecdote Gangavati Beechi, the Kannada humourist, narrates at humour meets to underline the extravagant use …
Why only Curzon Park?
There is something decidedly heart-warming about the civic response to the controversy surrounding the “gift” of 10 ft of Curzon Park-III by the district in-charge minister. On the one hand, …
Who’s the penultimate?
South India’s self-proclaimed ‘Largest Consumer Electronics and Durables Showroom’ is opening near Akshay Bhandar tomorrow. The chief guest, let it recorded, is the movie star Deepak of Shishya fame. Or, …
Munde Magane
Tuesday’s convocation, the eleventh, of the Sri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute of Management Development (SDM-IMD) in Mysore was remarkable for a delightful faux pas by the chief guest of the evening, …