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Several feet under, a few tired feet up at mid-day
As the world zooms around them, seemingly unaware and unmindful of their sweat and toil, workers of the Namma Metro project catch a breath at their worksite at the Kempe Gowda …
Will an Ilayaraja song open London Olympics?
Naanthaan ungappanda (Tamil for I am your father), a song composed by Ilayaraja for the 1981 Kamal Haasan film Ram Laxman, and sung by S.P. Balasubramanyam, is reported to be …
This one—and four hundred and ninety nine more
Five-hundred doesn’t seem like much of a number in an age when the chors talk in crores. But when it is 500 fullgrown trees that will have to make way, …
The case against Aamir Khan’s view of doctors—II
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: After Aamir Khan stirred up a hornet’s nest with his show about the misdeeds of doctors, I seem to have done the same with my article, …
Is P.C. Sorcar building the Sky Wheel in Mysore?
VIKRAM MUTHANNA writes: I read in the news that Mysore will be the third city in the world, yes in the world, to get a ‘Sky Wheel,’ a super-sized …
‘Paes-Bhupathi war resembles a ‘C’ grade film’
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Mahesh Bhupathi has openly refused to play ball with Leander Paes in the forthcoming Olympics. Mahesh and his chosen partner Rohan Bopanna have written to all India …
CHURUMURI POLL: Who will be next President?
After weeks and months of speculation, there is finally some official activity in the race for the next President of India. The Trinamool Congress leader Mamata Banerjee says the UPA …
‘What’s wrong if Aamir Khan exposes ‘butchers’?’
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: Ajji returned from Allahabad, suntanned after a brief visit. “Rama Rama. It’s unbearably hot. Agni nakshtra should be reworded as Agni Raaakshsa. Mysore is heavenly with dark …
Designed for humans, inspired by nature?*
It certainly does not look like the iPhone or Vertu, so which mobile phone brand does N.R. Narayana Murthy (net worth $1.7 billion) secretly swear by? Could it be Samsung …
Missing: Kannadiga pride at global investors meet
N.V. Krishnakumar compares the just-concluded global investors’ meet(GIM) in Karnataka with the Gujarati version of the same event, in Deccan Herald : “During Vibrant Gujarat, the entire gamut of the …
One law for man, another for our Godmen?
B.S.NAGARAJ writes from Bangalore: Watching the sensational developments in Swami Nithyananda‘s “ashram” over the last couple of days and his “escape” to an undisclosed location, you wouldn’t be wrong in …
The half-truths of Aamir Khan, the truth fountain
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Satyameva Jayate, which literally means “Truth Stands Invincible” or “Let Truth Prevail”, is a mantra from the ancient Mundaka Upanishad believed to have been written by …
A leopard doesn’t change its photogenic spots
The photograph of a leopard attacking a forest department staffer during a rescue operation in Mysore, captured by Karnataka Photo News photojournalist Narayan Yadav, which won the gold medal at …
Five reasons why Manmohan Singh is ‘guilty’
After tearing down every one of Manmohan Singh‘s ministers, “Team Anna” has trained its guns on the prime minister himself, calling him “shikhandi“, accusing him of turning a blind eye …
CHURUMURI POLL: Aamir Khan vs Doctors?
The Bollywood actor Aamir Khan is the master of the publicity stunt. Just before 3 Idiots was released, he got into a tiff with the author Chetan Bhagat on whose …