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First the father, then the son, all in a month
Mother Aleyamma Thomas (left), and wife Beena Thomas and daughter Meghana Thomas (right), pay their final respects, in Bangalore on Monday, to Col Jojan Thomas who died along with three …
3 questions our NRIs might like to ask their AKKA
BHAMY V. SHENOY writes: In Non-Resident Indian circles in the United States, the first word that escapes the lips of NRIs when they start fashionably talking about the factors hindering …
‘What Pak didn’t in 60 years, BJP has in 6 weeks’
The “Jammu versus Kashmir” battle, as the TV channels have monikered it, has raised the very real spectre of another Partition of the country. What started off, or seemed to …
‘Advocates of Azadi should be tried for treason’
Chandan Mitra, editor-in-chief of The Pioneer, and a Rajya Sabha member nominated by BJP, in The Pioneer: “Last weekend two prominent newspaper columnists [Swaminathan Aiyar in The Sunday Times, and …
Without expectations of reward or recognition
BAPU SATYANARAYANA writes: Recently, my grandson, who lives in the United States and is himself very knowledgeable about animals, expressed a desire to meet “Snake” Shyam when in Mysore, for …