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Monthly Archives: August 2008

Legal Kannada

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Star Of Mysore has an editorial today on court judgments being written in Kannada. The editorial questions  P. D. Dinakaran’s (the new Chief Justice of Karnataka High Court) call to lower court judges to write judgments in Kannada. Let me quote two paragraphs in particular.
It has been made out that if judgements are written in [...]

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A Job Done Well

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

The most-written, over-hyped, over-NBCed (rest of the world is lucky that it is not subjected to NBC’s ghastly coverage of Olympics) Olympic hero Michael Phelps (and his coach, Bob Bowman) nevertheless must have this feeling of true satisfaction. Everything they had planned, hoped and aspired for worked out. Beyond all the money and fame, [...]

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Bicycle lanes

Wednesday, August 20, 2008

If, as SOM reported yesterday, Mysore Deputy Commissioner Manivannan comes through on his promise of separate bicycle lanes in city roads, that would be splendid.
It is important to encourage bicycle riding in a city like Mysore, which is still manageable and where people can get around on bicycles. I do not know whether Manivannan’s move [...]

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A play called Ghandi

Monday, August 11, 2008

ESPN.com’s Paul Kuharsky reports that Indianapolis Colts run a play called Ghandi.
Tight End Dallas Clark explains:
“Usually, I know the origin or the background of what the code word means for the play. But for Ghandi, I’ve forgotten how that one came about. Six years in this offense, we have everything. Some you question or some [...]

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And the snark returns

Monday, August 11, 2008

Now that the moment of celebration is over, the snark returns. Read this nonsense from a SOM editorial on child marriages. Let me quote the relevant lines since SOM doesn’t do archive.
District In-charge Minister Shobha Karandlaje promised on Friday that a probe would be initiated into child marriage in the State. The matter has larger [...]

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This is huge

Monday, August 11, 2008

An Indian finally wins an individual Olympic gold. This precocious young man called Abhinav Bindra has had a very nice career so far but this is a stupendous achievement, on a day when everything came together for him.
A moment to celebrate, if only because we can move beyond our usual snark and the disappointing performances [...]

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