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A Mysorean who didn’t know his worth
T S SATYAN alerts us to an unsung Mysorean, a man from Krishnamurthypuram who T S Eliot—yes, T S Eliot—said, “didn’t know his own worth, like a flower that is …
What the Ace Political Expert predicts for 2007
E R RAMACHANDRAN writes: As we sipped the best coffee in the campus canteen, I asked the Ace Political Expert (APE) what he thought of the University’s move to cut …
Why do all Miss Indias look the same?
CHETAN KRISHNASWAMY writes: Just when the New Delhi fog seemed to be clearing from our benumbed brains, Rajeshwari and I, vacationing in Bangalore, slipped into brain-dead mode on Wednesday night. …
Sweetness in the Land of Lime
Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi weds N.C. Malini 24 December 2006, Mysore, India Also see: Questions couples should ask (or should have asked) before marrying
Doctor Strangelove, I presume?
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Mulling over the gains and losses in the stock market in 2006 while also wondering when next the helmet rule would be scrapped and at the same …
Brand new helmet policy: more thoughts
E R RAMACHANDRAN writes: Before introducing the helmet rule for the nth time, the Regional Transport Officer (RTO), thought he should, once again, take the opinion of all concerned for …
Anil Thakraney on Sunday
The redoubtable Anil Thakraney, founder editor of Brief and some time editor of Mid-Day in Bangalore, has started a blog “where I will shoot out my shameless Sunday sermons every …
If Cheeka is an analyst, I’m a rocket scientist
SUNAAD RAGHURAM writes: Krishnamachari Srikkanth, with a double ‘k’ to his name for numerological compatibility, is a neurological liability! Sample this, courtesy CNN-IBN on the night of the second day’s …
The view from Manhattan
Chinmayee Manjunath alerts us to Wyatt Mason‘s new piece on the Master of Malgudi in The New Yorker. “While other writers rely on paragraphs and pages to get their points …
Why we are like this only after 50 years
E R RAMACHANDRAN writes: Anything and everything in Karnataka these days, is reduced to a Big Fight – a prolonged ‘Tu Tu, Main Main’. With whom? Mostly among ourselves! Also, …
World famous in Mysore
SUNAAD RAGHURAM returns from the longest holiday ever granted to a “working journalist” and writes: Over a long Mysorean lunch comprising kosambri, hurlikayi palya, majjige huli, uddina vade, tili saaru …
Christmas that wasn’t in Chamundeshwari
E R RAMACHANDRAN writes: After supper, Ajji usually keeps herself busy reciting ‘Rama, Krishna’ till she falls asleep. Since I didn’t hear that, I called out and asked whether she …
Statutory Warning: Idiots can be injurious to health
SRINIVAS BHASHYAM forwards a newspaper clipping that is self-explanatory. **
Why Vengsarkar isn’t still in South Africa
E R RAMACHANDRAN writes: The BCCI selection committee met in the house of Union Agriculture Minister to select the Indian Team for the South Africa Test Series. ‘Col’ Dilip Vengasarkar, …
Getting a learner’s license—without a bribe
GOVINDA K writes: I had a Learner’s License earlier. But as it had lapsed a year ago, I decided to get a new learner’s license once again. I decided that I would get …
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