2024-04-18 05:38
Unveiling Animal Consciousness Amid Urban ChaosIn the study of animal behavior, human observations often come with a clinical detachment, where actions are cataloged into categories like fee… Read More
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2024-04-14 12:19
Exploring the Time Capsule of Vintage AdvertisementDelving into the past through old advertisements is not merely about nostalgia, curiosity, and amusement; it is about traveling through tim… Read More
2024-03-17 13:51
As the world huddled in the quiet isolation brought on by COVID-19, a ray of camaraderie shone through the stillness, bridging the distance with a message from Ekaterina, a soul from the sno… Read More
2024-02-25 14:56
The Ayodhya Tapestry: Weaving Together Faith, History, and Politics In the intricate tapestry of Indian politics, where the warp of history intertwines with the weft of contemporary governan… Read More
2024-02-03 05:48
Summer of '96: First Encounters with a VisionaryIn the warm embrace of the summer of 1996, I had the serendipitous pleasure of crossing paths with Mr. Bijon Nag, a figure whose presence was… Read More
2023-12-03 06:58
The Supreme Court's Landmark Judgment: Key Takeaways
Yesterday the Hon. Supreme court delivered a land mark 1045 page verdict ending decades long acrimonious dispute on Ram Janmabhoomi and B… Read More
2023-11-20 05:34
In the world of cricket, legends are born, records are shattered, and memories are etched in the hearts of fans. But what happens when the glitter and glamour of showbiz and politics… Read More
2023-11-19 14:43
China's recent decision to block the proposal to designate JEM chief Maulana Masood Azhar as a terrorist at the UN Security Council has sent shockwaves across the international community. It… Read More
2023-11-17 05:28
Greetings, fellow internet wanderers, and welcome back to our hilarious corner of the web! Today, we're diving headfirst into the whirlwind of chaos that surrounded the recent "Nana Patekar… Read More
2023-11-05 14:42
Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls, and everyone in between, gather 'round as we recount the grand spectacle that was the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election—a saga so steeped in drama t… Read More
2023-11-05 14:16
If you've ever set foot in the bustling streets of India, you've likely encountered the chariot of the common man: the mighty auto rickshaw. These three-wheeled wonders are the unsung heroes… Read More
2023-11-05 13:59
In a recent snippet that tickled my fancy in the Economic Times, it seems the Pentagon has decided to boldly go where no military has gone before. Virginia has become the unlikely docking st… Read More
2023-09-24 12:19
Vikram aur betaal story of the subcontinentPre and post Independence history of India-Pakistan is like the 11 century story 'Betaal Pachisi' by Kashmiri poet Somdev Bhatt. It keeps repeat… Read More
2023-08-27 12:56
On the way from Paris to Engelberg in Switzerland, our Mercedes Bus (which was the official carrier of the Czech football team) stopped at the border town of Basel for a break. Basel is know… Read More
2023-01-08 13:10
Singapore is well known for many reasons, be its charismatic leader Lee Kuan Yew or its spotless clean image, its reputation as a global financial hub, its impressive high rises, and tourist… Read More
2022-02-06 08:50
The drama continues, Pakistan sheds a new skin in the form of a new national security policy NSP but contradicts itself with pre conditions for a 100 year old peace with India.The ruling dis… Read More
2021-12-12 07:26
If you put a timeline to it, it has nearly been 4 decades since Malgudi days catapulted into India’s collective imagination. But no traces of it can be found in this tiny hamlet on the… Read More
2021-10-17 08:13
What caught my imagination was this small snippet in ET recently.We now have space sentinels sitting in Virginia (Pentagon) with a uniform that looks like a cross between star Trek and Space… Read More
2021-02-21 07:56
Gaushala Project at Ramachandrapura MathDo you want to see India’s vanishing 37 different cow breeds in one place? Then head to Ramchandrapura Math in Shimoga district, nested in… Read More
2020-11-08 07:05
Finally Trump'ed up campaign comes to an end after giving some anxious moment to the republican camp. Read More
2020-06-02 12:39
I got a message from one of our Russian customer recently,I had heard about the Russians swinging to the tunes of Raj Kapoor movies in the late 1960 and the famous collaboration during… Read More
2020-03-21 03:44
The Congress party came to power in Madhya Pradesh (MP) on the election plank … Read More
2020-02-02 15:38
Saw this fella hitching a ride yesterday. Funny way to say back off Read More
2020-01-26 13:51
The name sound familiar for military watchers. The inimical enemy across the border displays its pathological hatred for India by naming its missiles on the invaders of past. So after a rou… Read More
2020-01-12 14:03
Gaushala Project at Ramachandrapura Matha Do you want to see India’s vanishing 37 different cow breeds in one place? Then head to Ramchandrapura Matha in Shimoga district ne… Read More
2020-01-06 03:00
Thanks to my friend Ganapati who visited us from Dallas in the fall on 2019, this long pending visit to Banavasi fructified recently. Half an hour hop from Sirsi, where we had stayed ov… Read More
2019-11-10 08:31
Yesterday the Hon. Supreme court delivered a land mark 1045 page verdict ending decades long acrimonious dispute on Ram Janmabhoomi and Babri Masjid issue. What i find particularly interesti… Read More
2019-08-18 10:47
Is India preparing for a worst possible scenario with Pakistan? The recent statement by defense minister about its nuclear no-first-use doctrine & the prime minister announcement of a C… Read More
2019-06-23 11:48
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2019-03-20 02:20
China has blocked the proposal to proscribe JEM chief maulana masood azhar as a terrorist, the only lone stand out among 14 other countries that supported the move. The veto it exercised is… Read More
2019-02-24 04:32
I don’t know how to put this…because we are in a tense situation with our neighbor after the pulwama attack ….and any message may be construed differently (thanks to mani… Read More
2019-02-16 05:27
An Indian story written 2500 years back goes some thing like this ….see if you can find parallel here …..King Vikram (Bharat) must bring a corpse (partition) hanging from a Ban… Read More
2019-01-25 07:27
2018-09-23 15:49
Rated as the world's foremost biochemists, Otto Warburg discovery about cancer assumes a lot of significance in the highly polluted environs we live in today. Because the impact of repeated… Read More
2018-08-19 08:34
The British rule in India is marked by the introduction of Christian faith to India and it has gained some notoriety for the mass scale conversions that took place here. The missio… Read More
2018-08-17 03:49
2018-08-12 15:04
The British rule in India is marked by the introduction of Christian faith to India and it has gained some notoriety for the mass scale conversions that took place here. The missio… Read More
2018-07-08 11:22
I agreed to spend the afternoon if only to understand the mystery of how a place could feel so strange , and yet so familiar - Tim Burton, dir Big Fish, 2001 Read More
2018-04-22 11:27
When others asked the truth of me, I was convinced it was not the truth they wanted, but an illusion they could bear to live withAnais Nin Read More
2018-04-08 05:09
Check out the latest adventure of your favorite super hero. In the latest episode Sal-Man is entrapped in the spell of the hideous black buck which he had vanquished 20 years ago. It resurre… Read More
2018-04-01 06:41
It has been one hell of a fall through the rabbit hole for the australian cricket team this week. The guys who sport the baggy green cap with pride and reverence are now the poster boy cheat… Read More
2018-03-25 14:13
The late seventies and mid eighties was the period when my best times stood still in early school memories. It was the time we swung to the music of BoneyM, ABBA, and to local tunes li… Read More
2018-03-21 13:33
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2018-03-04 04:36
2017-07-04 15:55
So the Govt finally got into GST business after 17 years of dithering but that amount of time was never enough to plan the implementation in advance. For most of us in Business, it was like… Read More
2017-06-04 15:18
Let’s face it, English is the gateway to a better future and one can ignore it at his own peril. Whether one likes it or not, it is the dominant global language of trade commerce an… Read More
2016-11-16 09:26
One of the most respected business conglomerate in this country is embroiled in a bitter battle at the very top. Accusations and counter allegations between Ratan Tata and Cyrus Mistry is fl… Read More
2016-09-25 10:21
Much has been said and written about the Cauvery Water Dispute and much water has flowed down KRS & Mettur dams since the British colonial era when the first water sharing understanding… Read More
2016-08-08 13:33
2016-07-29 13:26
I am adding a new word to the lexiconBehenji Frenzy, (variant) Var:Benji Frenji, (part of speech) Verb., (meaning) - verbal idiosyncrasies filled with squalid languageAs in speak your mind… Read More
2016-06-25 14:36
The Brexit poll shows how the split went right down the middle, the funny thing was that the head (Scotland) wanted to stay while the Body (England) wanted to leave. Now the Scots are referr… Read More
2016-05-01 07:09
Dr Rajkumar, the versatile Kannada film thespian has sung many memorable songs, the one which stands out most in my mind is this song from Jeevana Chaitra. The lyrics goes “The entire… Read More
2016-03-27 08:46
Ecommerce industry jingles and brings the new santa to town. The ubiquitous door delivery boy is the poster boy of this revolution sweeping the Indian consumer market. You simply cant miss… Read More
2016-02-12 05:50
The current NEWS on the aam aadmi party (AAP) front is rather sober; about its performance on the eve of its 1st year in office. Something that should be seen in the backdrop of the BJP&rsqu&hell…Read More
2016-01-24 08:32
The Govt recently declassified papers of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose, the greatest unsung hero and leader who took on the British during Freedom struggle, sadly points to a history of lies… Read More
2016-01-10 14:11
‘Star Wars - The force awakens’ plot is a grand running continuum, in this episode Luke Skywalker, the last of the Jedi has gone into hibernation. He is ostensibly devastated… Read More
2015-12-19 13:11
So you are wondering the connection between National Herald Case and Kaula Lumpur mystery?Most people see this picture as the mystery of the abandoned Jumbos at the Kuala lumpur airport.I se… Read More
2015-12-15 14:53
So global warming alarm bells finally got over 190 countries at the COP21 table to agree on targets less than 2 degree centigrade. In my earlier blog article in 2009 I had argued that the c… Read More
2015-11-29 09:45
In my earlier post i wrote how Albert Einstein made for a great humanist and social thinker. His biggest contribution was however reserved for science - but how many realize that he changed… Read More
2015-11-26 05:47
The country is awash with the intolerance debate, social media has exploded with fury over the latest remarks from film star Aamir Khan about ‘growing intolerance’ in the country… Read More
2015-11-12 15:47
My recent trip to Anjanadri Betta (hill) was not just a pilgrimage to the Hanuman birth place but also a journey in realization of the fabulous history of the place. For this is the bles… Read More
2015-11-01 14:04
The initiatives for Smart City Belagavi, India has started off in the right earnest and I was involved in submitting my wish list to the City Corporation recently. The need for a… Read More
2015-10-23 10:41
The congressional hearing on the Benghazi attack which was live on CNN yesterday beat all TV programme's hands down. It was gripping, riveting and full of court room drama, except that it wa… Read More
2015-09-17 11:05
Tanu Weds Manu Returns film begs the following questionHave you ever seen a hindi movie dominated by a Heroine? Maybe a few (in the past).Yes. Have you ever seen a hindi movie where the hero… Read More
2015-09-11 10:18
The champions of the hindutva brigade have made a political flip-flop again Read More
2015-09-09 14:04
CONGRESS = REGRESS?The party has successfully taken the state including the country's silicon valley back to dark ages Read More
2015-07-06 03:24
2015-06-15 13:59
Yawwwwn......the Sushma Swaraj - Lalit Modi controversy in my kaleidoscope Read More
2015-06-09 15:19
2015-05-31 12:13
The venture idea was positioned clearly in our mind when we set out on the new Business venture. We knew the gaps in the market place and wanted to fill them with a unique value proposit… Read More
2015-04-05 16:07
‘Art of War’ is more than a phrase, it’s a ephemeral idea that practically encapsulates everything . If you know what I mean. It is also a millennial bestseller from chin… Read More
2014-12-28 15:04
1. Much Ado about Nothing Award - Ajay Maken for leading the high decibel Congress (INC) poll campaign in the 2014 elections to get a resounding thumbs down from voters 2. Kundi… Read More
2014-12-14 12:17
if you may have noticed, two of the world’s most inspiring global leaders converged in December this time, in two entirely different ways. One in passing away and the emergence… Read More
2014-12-11 03:55
There couldn't be a better tool than the veritable Venn diagram to describe the BCCI mess that's in the Supreme Court currently where N.Srinivasan, the Don Quixote is still pushing his luck… Read More
2014-11-23 13:35
I usually misplace things and then end up turning the house upside down looking for it. During one search recently I stumbled upon a old photograph that immediately rewinded me to the pa… Read More
2014-10-26 14:16
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2014-10-06 09:53
Dear News Channel, Every day evening I switch on to you to catch up on current happenings around the world but what is dished out to me is something entirely different. So here is my list o… Read More
2014-09-20 04:22
The IPO and subsequent listing of Alibaba is an epoch making event in the anthropocene era in many ways,Old : Alibaba aur Chaalis chor New: Alibaba aur Chaalis (hazaar) croreOld : Mere… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Disclaimer first - I am an AAP party member and therefore no fan of BJP nor its leaders. Yet I am batting for the BJP for a variety of reasons this time.First , the congress hangover has b… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Is it entirely plausible, even in today's 'fly-by-wire' age, with hundreds of satellites hovering over the Horizon, with advanced avionics, radar surveillance's and thermal signature technol… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
This time too Mumbai seems besieged when I landed there on the morning of 12 February this week. While entering the city one could feel hoards of palpably glittery policemen around toll bo… Read More
2006-06-07 11:16
Last week was spent in making several trips to the nerve center of government activities in Bangalore - the MS Building, which is conveniently housed adjacent to the famed Vidhan Soudha… Read More
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