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Why Harish Rao did not like the smile of a scribe?
A Ravindra Seshu
Finance Minister of Telangana T Harish Rao did not like the smile of a scribe at a press meet organised by Bharat...
Pinarayi and Raja skip Yadadri visit
A Ravindra Seshu
CPI national secretary D Raja and Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan have skipped the Yadadri (Yadagirigutta) visit and stayed put at the...
Education Reform
The new education policy rightly decided that primary education (upto 5th) will be in regional medium. Merger of University Grant's Commission, AICTE is a...
HRF demands dropping of Pumped Storage Hydro-Electric Projects in 5th Schedule region
Photo caption: Tribals protesting against the proposed Yerravaram project, at Koyyuru in ASR district (courtesy: The Hindu)
The Human Rights Forum (HRF) demanded that the...
Sankranti Poem by ChatGPT
The prompt given to ChatGPT: "Write a poem on Makara Sankranti"
Golden sun, shining bright,Makara Sankranti, marks the light.Harvested crops, gathered with care,Offered to the...
IVI campaign to give better vision for Chennai auto drivers during Road Safety Week
India Vision Institute today distributed spectacles for auto drivers in Chennai as part of a campaign during Road Safety Week to vision screen commercial...
An Analysis of English Question Papers of I B Tech
Need for an Analysis:
Studying English as a subject, for non-literature students, is only to learn English language. So the prescribed English texts should be...
Winter idiosyncrasies
Musings by Shekhar Nambiar
Winter's idiosyncrasies are many. They are becoming peculiar by the year. So erratic have these become that there can be no...
“Beg for Pardon”
India, like many other countries in the world, had been under colonial rule for a few centuries. The colonial mindset is such that they...
Karnataka to produce a hung assembly, with Congress in lead
Karnataka is heading for a hung Assembly with the Congress party set to emerge as the single largest party in the 224- member House,...
“Recognize ‘zero’’
We talk about positive and negative things but ignore the neutral point ‘zero’. We forget that everything is relative in this world and this...
Celebrating Muziris & Kochi
Musings by Shekhar Nambiar
(pics by the author)
Kochi could have been better dressed. It is not at its verdant best this time of the year,...
Residential School Education
Parents want their children to lead a better life. So they send them to good schools. Middle class parents believe education is the only...
Constitution of India
It is widely believed that one person wrote the constitution of India. But the fact is 300 members of the Constituent Assembly under the...
Governance in India
28 States and 8 Union Territories divided into 543 MP Constituencies (areas)
Indian Government
Central Government State Government Local Self-government
Central Government
President
Legislature Executive Judiciary
Members of...
India wins 2-test series against Bangladesh
Shreyas Iyar and Ravichandran Ashwin held their nerve to help India grab a win from the jaws of defeat at Mirpur. Ultimately India won...
Ancient Indian Glory – Fact or Fiction?
India, considered one of the oldest civilizations, was the centre of knowledge for the world. I think the following facts will convince us that...
It is now or never for Congress in Telangana
The Congress leaders in Telangana are talking about ‘saving the party.’ Almost all the noted leaders are engaged in the name of ‘saving the...
Law and Justice
Our constitution mentions Justice first and then says about Liberty, Equality and Fraternity. Health and Education too play very important roles in a nation's...
Spectacles for Every Indian in Need of a Pair
By Vinod Daniel
CEO, India Vision Institute
India has 270 million people live with vision impairment, and 9.2 million have blindness. No fewer than half of...
Opinions
Brutuses who stabbed NTR
On January 18, 1996, at early morning, around 5.00 am, I received information from Madras (Chennai) from my , of Aside monthly magazine, where...
ELECTORAL ALLIANCE BETWEEN JANA SENA AND TDP
A few days ago, the president of Jana Sena, Pawan Kalyan addressed a large public meeting in which he made it clear that it...
Goda & all sing the 30 nectar-flowing
Madabhushi Sridhar -Tiruppavai30
Tiruppavai by Godadevi from Tamil
VangakKadalkadainthaMadhavanaikKesavanai
ThingalThirumugatthuSeyizhaiyarSenruIrainji
Anga-p-paraikondaVaatrai ani Puduvai
PaingamalaThthanTheriyalBattarPiranKodaiSonna
SangathThamizhMaalaiMuppadumThappame
Ingi-p-parisuraipparEeriiranduMaalvarai-th-thool
SengamThirumugaththuSelvaththirumaalaal
EngumthiruvarulPettruInburuvarEmpaavaai
English Translation from By Madabhushi Sridhar
Madhava Keshava helped churning of ocean of milk
For Dharma Worshipped by...
Krishna: For each of Seven Births, bond us with You
Madabhushi Sridhar -Tiruppavai 29
Tiruppavai by Godadevi from Tamil
ShittrumSirukaaleVanduUnnaiSevitthu Un
PottramaraiAdiyePottrumPorullKelaay
PettramMeyythundumKulatthilPirandu Nee
KuttrevalEngalaiKolllamallPogathu
IttraiParaiKollvaanAndruKaannGovinda
EttraikkumEzhEazhPiravikkum Un Tannodu
VuttromeYavomUnakke Naam Aatcheyvom
Mattrai Nam KaamangalMattru-el or empaavaai.
English Translation from By Madabhushi Sridhar
Listen, we all...
We have incessant relationship with you
Madabhushi Sridhar -Tiruppavai 28
Tiruppavai by Godadevi from Tamil
KaravaigallPinshendruKaanamSerndhuUnbom
ArivondrumIlladhaAaykkulathuUndrannai
PiraviPerundhanaiPpunniyamYaamudaiyom
KuraivOndrumIlladhaGovinda! Undrannodu
UravelnamakkInguOzhikkavOzhiyadhu
AriyaadhaPillaiygalomAnbinalUndrannai
ChiruperAzhaiththanavumSeeriYaruladhe
Iraivaa, Nee ThaaraayParaiy el or empaavai
English Translation from By Madabhushi Sridhar
Cattle lead us to forests for...