Star of Mysore reports today:
UNIVERSITIES TO TEACH ASTROLOGY FROM NEXT YEAR
Bangalore, June 29 (KCU)- The State Government seems to be actively considering to introduce teaching of Astrology in all the Universities of the State.
The Higher Education Department is keen on making Astrology a compulsory subject in the curriculum.
The Department is [...]
I hear that my union has decided to negotiate with CSU over employee furloughs.
Even as I contemplate an imminent 10.75% pay cut, I wonder: could I get a job at the Citigroup, where apparently base salaries may go up by as much as 50%.
Oops. Deleted the previous post, along with Sepoy’s comment by mistake. Anyways, it said, i think:
Texas Legislator, Rep. Betty Brown wants mykind to find a new name.
Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible.
“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language [...]
ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಮಿತ್ರ ರವಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಲಘುವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸಾಂದರ್ಭಿಕವಾಗಿ ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸಂಪಾದಕ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಭಟ್ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಸಿರುವುದು ಗಮನಿಸಿದೆ. ರವಿ ಕೂಡ ಒಂದೆರಡು ಬಾರಿ ತಮ್ಮ ಬ್ಲಾಗ್ನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗು ವಿಕ್ರಾಂತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ರೇಶ್ಮೆಯವರು ಸಹ ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.
ಭಟ್ಟರ ’ಉಗ್ರ’ಲೇಖನದ ಎರಡು ದನಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ ಬರೆಯಬೇಕೆಂದು ಅನಿಸುತ್ತಿದೆ. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದಿರುವುದು ಒಂದು ಸರಳ ವಿಷಯ. ಇನ್ನು ಕೆಲವೇ ವಾರಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ನಮ್ಮ ಮುಂದೆ ಲೋಕಸಭಾ ಚುನಾವಣೆಗಳು ನಡೆಯುತ್ತವೆ. ಹಾಗಿರುವಾಗ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಅತಿಹೆಚ್ಚು ಪ್ರಸಾರವಿರುವ ದಿನಪತ್ರಿಕೆಯ ಸಂಪಾದಕರು ತಮ್ಮ ಓದುಗರಿಗೆ [...]
There has been much breast beating over the auctioning of Gandhi’s eyeglasses and other personal belongings. Now that our national honor has been restored by Vijay Mallya, the pride of Bangalore, I am left with this image of Gandhi’s eyeglasses staring at Tippu Sultan’s sword!
Actually, I have a suggestion for Dr. Mallya. Maybe he could [...]
Like all good advisors, Prof. Sheldon Pollock is looking out for his students and hence strongly advocates the creation of an Indian Institute of Humanities!
Seriously though, this is a must read OPED in The Hindu from Pollock on the irony of endowing classical language status to Kannada and Telugu even as scholars who can read [...]