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	<description>Haunting Pasts, Uncertain Present, Utopian Futures</description>
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		<title>T20 grows cricket</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Peter Roebuck argues T20 is working wonders for the game. Persuasive stuff.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter Roebuck argues T20 is <a href="http://www.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/409379.html">working wonders for the game</a>. Persuasive stuff.</p>
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		<title>Astrology in University Curriculum</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2009 17:31:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://www.starofmysore.com">Star of Mysore</a> reports today:</p>
<p align="justify"><span class="contentpara"> <span class="contentpara"> </span></span></p>
<blockquote><p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentboldNew">UNIVERSITIES TO TEACH ASTROLOGY FROM NEXT YEAR </span><br />
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<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">Bangalore, June 29 (KCU)- The State Government seems to be actively considering to introduce teaching of Astrology in all the Universities of the State. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">The Higher Education Department is keen on making Astrology a compulsory subject in the curriculum. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">The Department is learnt to have written a letter to the Vice-Chancellors of all Universities on Saturday seeking reports within a month on the feasibilities of introducing Astrology in Universities. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">Preparations are almost complete to commence an exclusive University for Sanskrit and Vedic Studies. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">Noted critic Prof. Mallepura G. Venkatesh has been appointed as Special Officer. The commencement of this new University should coincide with introduction of Astrology in all the other Universities, say sources. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">It appears the idea of Astrology struck to the Government following a letter from a leading Astrology Centre. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">The reports to be sent by the Universities should contain the methodology of teaching Astrology, the staff needed and the type of text books needed, it is learnt. </span></span></p>
<p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">The Government, however, seems to be keen to commence teaching of Astrology in all Universities from the next academic year itself. </span></span></p></blockquote>
<blockquote><p><span class="contentpara"><span class="contentpara">Chances of opposition from the general public also cannot be ruled out. It is purely personal to believe or not to believe Astrology. Several people would surely criticise that as a superstition and the government trying to impose that on students will sure have unprecedented repercussions, predict sources. </span></span></p></blockquote>
<p>Everyday, I read a lot of stupid stuff that our Ministers utter and one could spend a lot of time venting. But Astrology as part of university curriculum? That&#8217;s scary.</p>
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		<title>More on T20 World Cup</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 04:38:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I watched a lot of T20 World Cup games and was glad that Pakistan won. After the Lahore attack on Sri Lankan cricketers, this was a much needed boost for Pakistani cricket. No cricket lover would like to see the game suffer in Pakistan, especially at the domestic level. Even if no international cricket is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I watched a lot of T20 World Cup games and was glad that Pakistan won. After the Lahore attack on Sri Lankan cricketers, this was a much needed boost for Pakistani cricket. No cricket lover would like to see the game suffer in Pakistan, especially at the domestic level. Even if no international cricket is played in Pakistan for the next couple of years, if Pakistani Cricket powers to be could ensure that domestic cricket survives at all levels, then all will be fine. In these days of satellite television coverage, it&#8217;s not difficult to ensure Pakistani cricket lovers get a steady diet of international cricket involving their national team.</p>
<p>Couple of thoughts on T20 games.</p>
<p>Like all other forms of the game, T20 too is about skill and not simply slogging and power. So we got to see a lot of really good bowling, and more surprisingly, traditional innings building kinda batting. T20 strategies and tactics are still evolving and it is kinda fun to watch that process unfold, both at the IPL and T20 World Cup.</p>
<p>We also saw a lot of new young stars emerge at the T20 World Cup and instead of listing them, let me add a caveat. While Parnell et al look quite skilled and likely will succeed in other forms of cricket too, there is one aspect of cricket, the mental side of the game, which can not be evaluated on the basis of T20 games. Let me explain a little. Bowling a great 2-3 over spell isn&#8217;t indicative of whether a bowler is any good. What made Shane Warne great weren&#8217;t his <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YDqn043XhQ8">dramatic dismissals of Gatting et al</a> but a 7-8 over spell when he would try to set up a batsman and when we could see him thinking aloud with each delivery. T20 has no space for that.</p>
<p>In interesting ways, T20 began to remind me of baseball. More on that on some other occasion.</p>
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		<title>Instead of Furloughs</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2009 03:38:58 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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%.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I <a href="http://www.bizjournals.com/sacramento/stories/2009/06/22/daily23.html">hear</a> that my union has decided to negotiate with CSU over employee furloughs.</p>
<p>Even as I contemplate an imminent 10.75% pay cut, I wonder: could I get a job at the Citigroup, where apparently <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/24/business/24citigroup.html?_r=1&amp;partner=rss&amp;emc=rss">base salaries may go up by as much as 50%</a>.</p>
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		<title>A painful confession from a purist</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 11:24:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I kinda like Twenty20 cricket. It mostly reminds me of how we played - both in real life and in our fantasies.
Also, both in IPL-2 and in the ongoing second Twenty20 World Cup, bowlers, especially the good ones, have some say. That has also been a surprise.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I kinda like Twenty20 cricket. It mostly reminds me of how we played - both in real life and in our fantasies.</p>
<p>Also, both in IPL-2 and in the ongoing second Twenty20 World Cup, bowlers, especially the good ones, have some say. That has also been a surprise.</p>
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		<title>Lookin for a new name</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:58:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Oops. Deleted the previous post, along with Sepoy&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oops. Deleted the previous post, along with Sepoy&#8217;s comment by mistake. Anyways, it said, i think:</p>
<p>Texas Legislator, Rep. Betty Brown <a href="http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/hotstories/6365320.html">wants</a> mykind to find a new name.</p>
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<p id="id2437745" class="Text-TextBody HoustonText">Brown suggested that Asian-Americans should find a way to make their names more accessible.</p>
<p id="id2437749" class="Text-TextBody HoustonText">“Rather than everyone here having to learn Chinese — I understand it’s a rather difficult language — do you think that it would behoove you and your citizens to adopt a name that we could deal with more readily here?” Brown said.</p>
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<p class="Text-TextBody HoustonText">My name is all I am and methinks I will keep it, rather than face my father&#8217;s wrath.</p>
<p class="Text-TextBody HoustonText">Commenter Sepoy said: So much better if everyone was named &#8220;Brittany&#8221;</p>
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		<title>ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆ, ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆ ಇತ್ಯಾದಿಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಒಂದು ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿ</title>
		<link>http://www.landoflime.com/archives/calm-entry/%e0%b2%aa%e0%b3%8d%e0%b2%b0%e0%b2%be%e0%b2%ae%e0%b2%be%e0%b2%a3%e0%b2%bf%e0%b2%95%e0%b2%a4%e0%b3%86-%e0%b2%aa%e0%b3%8d%e0%b2%b0%e0%b2%ac%e0%b3%81%e0%b2%a6%e0%b3%8d%e0%b2%a7%e0%b2%a4%e0%b3%86/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 Apr 2009 03:12:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>ಮೊನ್ನೆ ಮಿತ್ರ ರವಿ ಕೃಷ್ಣ ರೆಡ್ಡಿಯವರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಲಘುವಾಗಿ ಮತ್ತು ಅಸಾಂದರ್ಭಿಕವಾಗಿ ವಿಜಯ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಸಂಪಾದಕ ವಿಶ್ವೇಶ್ವರ ಭಟ್ ಟಿಪ್ಪಣಿಸಿರುವುದು ಗಮನಿಸಿದೆ. ರವಿ ಕೂಡ ಒಂದೆರಡು ಬಾರಿ ತಮ್ಮ <a href="http://amerikadimdaravi.blogspot.com/">ಬ್ಲಾಗ್‍ನಲ್ಲಿ</a> ಪ್ರತಿಕ್ರಿಯಿಸಿದ್ದಾರೆ. ಹಾಗು <a href="http://amerikadimdaravi.blogspot.com/2009/04/2.html">ವಿಕ್ರಾಂತ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ</a> ರೇಶ್ಮೆಯವರು ಸಹ  ಈ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆದಿದ್ದಾರೆ.</p>
<p>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 ಅವರ ಮುಂದಿರುವ ಗಂಭೀರ ಆಯ್ಕೆಗಳು, ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳ ಅಭ್ಯರ್ಥಿಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಅವರ ಚಾರಿತ್ರ್ಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಬರೆಯುವುದನ್ನು ಬಿಟ್ಟು, ಅಮೆರಿಕದಿಂದ ಬಂದ ಜನಗಳು ಮತ್ತವರ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಭ್ರಮೆಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಏಕೆ ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದಾರೆ ಎನ್ನುವುದು ನನಗೆ ಅರ್ಥವಾಗದ ವಿಷಯ. ನಮ್ಮ ವೃತ್ತಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಅಷ್ಟೊಂದು ಕಾಲಮ್ ಇಂಚುಗಳು ಇರುತ್ತವೆ ಅಂತ ನಾನಂದುಕೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲ. </p>
<p>ಅಲ್ಲದೆ ಭಟ್ಟರಿಗೆ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪಕ್ಷಗಳು ಹಾಗು ವ್ಯವಸ್ಥೆಯ ಹೊರಗಿನಿಂದ ಬರುವ ರವಿ ಅಥವ ಕಲ್ಮನೆಯಂತವರ ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಪ್ರವೇಶ, ಚುನಾವಣೆಪ್ರಕ್ರಿಯೆಯಲ್ಲಿ ಭಾಗವಹಿಸುವುದು ಹುಂಬತನದಂತೆ ಕಂಡರೆ ಅದನ್ನು ನೇರವಾಗಿ, ಖಚಿತತೆಯಿಂದ ಹಾಗು ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕವಾಗಿ ಒಂದೆರಡು ವಾಕ್ಯಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹೇಳಬಹುದಿತ್ತು. ಅದರ ಬದಲು ಭಟ್ಟರು ಬಳಸುವ ಭಾಷೆ ಅವರಿಗೂ ಹಾಗೂ ಅವರ ಪತ್ರಿಕೆಗೂ ಗೌರವ ತರುವಂತ ಬರವಣಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲ. ಇದು ನನ್ನ ಎರಡನೆಯ ಅಂಶ. ಇಲ್ಲಿ ಒಂದು ವಿಷಯವನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ನಿರ್ದಾಕ್ಷಿಣ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಹೇಳಬೇಕು. ರವಿ ಹಾಗು ಕಲ್ಮನೆಯಂತಹವರ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆ ಹಾಗು ಕಾಳಜಿಗಳನ್ನು ಪ್ರಶ್ನಿಸುವುದು ಭಟ್ಟರ ಹಕ್ಕು ಹಾಗು ಅದರ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನನ್ನ ಭಿನ್ನಾಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳಿದ್ದರೆ, ನಾನಾಗಲಿ ಅಥವ ರವಿಯವರ ಇತರ ಮಿತ್ರರು ನಮ್ಮ ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಗಳನ್ನು ದಾಖಲಿಸುತ್ತೇವೆ. ಆದರೆ ರವಿಯವರನ್ನು ಪದೆ ಪದೆ ’ಅದು’ ಎಂದು ಸಂಬೋಧಿಸುವುದು ಯಾವ ಸಂದರ್ಭದಲ್ಲಿಯೂ (ಅದರಲ್ಲೂ ಬರವಣಿಗೆಯಲ್ಲಿ) ಸಹಿಸಲು ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲದ್ದು. ಇದಕ್ಕಿಂತ ಏಕವಚನ ಪ್ರಯೋಗ ಮಿಗಿಲು. ಭಟ್ಟರು ತಮ್ಮ ವರದಿಗಾರ ಮಿತ್ರರ ಮಾತುಗಳನ್ನು ನೇರವಾಗಿ ದಾಖಲಿಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರೂ, ತಮ್ಮ ಸ್ಥಾನಗೌರವ ಹಾಗು ಹೊಣೆಗಾರಿಕೆಗಳೇನು ಎಂಬುದೇನು ಎಂಬ ಅರಿವೇಕೆ ಕಳೆದುಕೊಳ್ಳುವುದು? ನಮ್ಮ ಎದುರಾಳಿಗಳನ್ನು, ಅಭಿಪ್ರಾಯಭೇದ ಹೊಂದಿರುವವರ ಮನುಷ್ಯತ್ವವನ್ನೂ ನಿರಾಕರಿಸುವ ಮನೋಭಾವವನ್ನು ’ಪಾಶಿಸ್ಟ್’ ಅನ್ನದೆ ಇನ್ನೇನನ್ನುವುದು!</p>
<p>ಬಹುಶಃ ಭಟ್ಟರಿಂದ ನಾವು ಈ ಬಗೆಯ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮವನ್ನು ಮಾತ್ರ ನಿರೀಕ್ಷಿಸಬಹುದು ಎಂದು ಕಾಣುತ್ತದೆ. ಆದರೂ ಎರಡು ವಿಷಯಗಳನ್ನು ಇಲ್ಲಿ ದಾಖಲಿಸಬೇಕು. ಮೊದಲಿಗೆ ರವಿ (ಅಥವ ಕಲ್ಮನೆ) ಚುನಾವಣೆ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿಸುವ ಮೂಲಕ ಮತ್ತೊಂದು ಆಯ್ಕೆಯನ್ನು ಮತದಾರರ ಮುಂದೆ ಇಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ರಾಜಕೀಯ ಯಾವಾಗಲೂ ಚುನಾವಣೆಯ ಸೋಲು-ಗೆಲುವುಗಳ ಸ್ಪರ್ಧೆ ಮಾತ್ರವಲ್ಲ. ಅದರ ಗರ್ಭದೊಳಗೆ ಸಂಕೇತಗಳಿರುತ್ತವೆ. ಹಾಗೆಯೇ ವಿಚಾರಗಳು, ಪ್ರಯೋಗಶೀಲತೆ ಮತ್ತಿತರ ಅಂಶಗಳು ಸಹ. ಪ್ರಜಾಪ್ರಭುತ್ವದಲ್ಲಿ ವಿಚಾರಗಳನ್ನು, ಆದರ್ಶಗಳನ್ನು ಮತ್ತು ಕನಸುಗಳನ್ನು ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿಡುವ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು, ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳ ಪುನರುಜ್ಜೀವನದ ಕೆಲಸವನ್ನು ಯಾರಾದರೂ ಮಾಡಲೇಬೇಕು. ಆ ಬಗೆಯ ಪ್ರಯೋಗಶೀಲತೆಯನ್ನು ಗುರುತಿಸುವ ಕೆಲಸ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತನದು ಎಂದು ನಾನು ನಂಬಿರುವವನು. ಇದುವರಗೆ ನಾನು ಗಮನಿಸಿರುವಂತೆ ಭಟ್ಟರು ಈ ಬಗೆಯ ಪತ್ರಿಕೋದ್ಯಮ ಮಾಡಿಲ್ಲ. </p>
<p>ಎರಡನೆಯದಾಗಿ, ಭಟ್ಟರ ವರದಿಗಾರ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತ ಹೇಳಿರುವಂತೆ ರವಿ ’ಲೂಸ್’ ಎಂಬುದೇನೋ ನಿಜವೇ! ಇಂದಿನ ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಚುನಾವಣ ಮತ್ತು ಸಾಂಸ್ಕೃತಿಕ ರಾಜಕೀಯದ ಹೊಲಸನ್ನು ಅನುಭವಿಸಿರುವ ಯಾರಿಗೆ ಆಗಲಿ, ಸಾರ್ವಜನಿಕ ಜೀವನದಲ್ಲಿ ಆಸಕ್ತಿ ಉಳಿದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಅವರು ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ಕನಸುಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಮಾತನಾಡುವವರಾಗಿ ಉಳಿದಿದ್ದರೆ, ಅವರನ್ನು ಹುಚ್ಚರೆಂದೇ ಕರೆಯಬೇಕು! ವೈಯಕ್ತಿಕವಾಗಿ ನಾನಂತೂ ಈ ಬಗೆಯ ಹುಚ್ಚರ ಸಂಪರ್ಕ, ಸ್ನೇಹವನ್ನೇ ಬಯಸುವವನು. ಭಟ್ಟರು ಕನ್ನಡ ಹಾಗು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಕಾಳಜಿಯಿದ್ದವರಾದರೆ, ಇಂತಹ ಹುಚ್ಚರ ಸಂಖ್ಯೆ ಹೆಚ್ಚಲಿ ಎಂದು ನಮ್ಮ ಜೊತೆ ಹಾರೈಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ರವಿಯವರ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಹಾಗು ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಪ್ರಶ್ನೆ ಎತ್ತುತ್ತಿರಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಕಸ್ಮಾತ್ ರವಿಯವರ ಪ್ರಬುದ್ಧತೆಯ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ನಂಬಿಕೆ ಇರದಿದ್ದರೆ, ತಮ್ಮ ಸಂಶಯಗಳ ಬಗ್ಗೆ ಸೌಜನ್ಯ ಬಿಡದೆ ಭಟ್ಟರು ಬರೆಯುತ್ತಿದ್ದರು. ಯಾರಿಗೂ ಸಭ್ಯತೆಯ, ಸಜ್ಜನಿಕೆಯ ನಡವಳಿಕೆ ಹೇಳಿಕೊಡುವ ಜವಾಬ್ದಾರಿಯನ್ನು ನಾನೇನು ವಹಿಸಿಕೊಂಡಿಲ್ಲವಾದರೂ, ಇಂತಹ ಸಂದರ್ಭಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಸುಮ್ಮನಿರುವುದು ಸಹ ಸರಿಯಲ್ಲವೆಂಬ ಅರಿವು ನನಗಿದೆ .</p>
<p>ನಾನು ಮೇಲೆ ಗುರುತಿಸಿದಂತೆ, ರವಿ ನನ್ನ ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರು. ಅವರಿಗೆ ನನ್ನ certificateನ ಅಗತ್ಯ ಇಲ್ಲ. ಇದಕ್ಕೆ ಕಾರಣ ಸರಳವಾದದ್ದು. ನಮ್ಮಿಬ್ಬರ ನಂಬಿಕೆಯೇನಂದರೆ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕತೆ ಹಾಗು ಸಾಮಾಜಿಕ ಕಾಳಜಿ ಅಂತರ್‍ಮುಖಿ ಮೌಲ್ಯಗಳು, ನಮ್ಮೊಳಗೆ ಇರುವಂತಹವು ಮತ್ತು ನಮ್ಮಾತ್ಮಕ್ಕೆ ಮಾತ್ರ ಸಂಬಂಧಿಸಿದವು.  ಸ್ನೇಹಿತರೂ ಸೇರಿದಂತೆ ಇತರರ ಮೆಚ್ಚಿಕೆಗಾಗಲಿ, ಒಪ್ಪಿಕೆಗಾಗಲಿ ಯಾರೂ ಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕರಾಗಲೂ ಸಾಧ್ಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾಗಿಯೇ ಭಟ್ಟರಂತಹ ಪ್ರಭಾವಿ ಪತ್ರಕರ್ತ ರವಿಯವರಂತಹ ’ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯ’ರನ್ನು ಲೇವಡಿ ಮಾಡಿದಾಗ, ಟೀಕಾಕಾರರನ್ನು ಕಡೆಗಾಣಿಸುವುದೇ ಸೂಕ್ತ.</p>
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		<title>A National Honor Museum?</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Mar 2009 05:49:24 +0000</pubDate>
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There has been much breast beating over the auctioning of Gandhi&#8217;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&#8217;s eyeglasses staring at Tippu Sultan&#8217;s sword!
Actually, I have a suggestion for Dr. Mallya. Maybe he could [...]]]></description>
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<p>There has been much breast beating over the auctioning of Gandhi&#8217;s eyeglasses and other personal belongings. Now that our national honor has been <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/03/05/india-rejects-owners-proposal-on-gandhi-items/?hp">restored </a>by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijay_Mallya">Vijay Mallya</a>, the pride of Bangalore, I am left with this image of Gandhi&#8217;s eyeglasses staring at <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/3609205.stm">Tippu Sultan&#8217;s sword</a>!</p>
<p>Actually, I have a suggestion for Dr. Mallya. Maybe he could establish a &#8216;National Honor Museum&#8217; at the site of The <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Breweries_Group">United Breweries</a> headquarters on Mallya Road in the heart of Bangalore, which acording to rumours is being shifted to a site outside the city.</p>
<p>That would be the most appropriate monument for a post-Gandhian India, don&#8217;t you think?</p>
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		<title>The Entitlements of being a Cricketer</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 28 Feb 2009 23:49:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sidarth Monga has a remarkable story in Cricinfo on Ewen Chatfield, the former New Zealand medium pacer. Monga reports that Chatfield now drives taxi for a living. For someone who played 43 test matches and 114 ODIs and took over 260 international wickets, Chatfield displays no sense of entitlement.
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Sidarth Monga has a <a href="http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/current/story/392473.html">remarkable story</a> in Cricinfo on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ewen_Chatfield">Ewen Chatfield</a>, the former New Zealand medium pacer. Monga reports that Chatfield now drives taxi for a living. For someone who played 43 test matches and 114 ODIs and took over 260 international wickets, Chatfield displays no sense of entitlement.</p>
<p>A refreshing contrast to our cricketers, who even if they have played four first class games, would milk that for the rest of their lives.</p>
<p>May be, we shouldn&#8217;t surprised in Chatfield&#8217;s instance. Read what Gideon Haigh <a href="http://content-usa.cricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/249420.html">wrote</a> in Cricinfo a couple of years ago:</p>
<blockquote><p>The most telling images are two photographs of Chatfield&#8217;s 100th Test wicket, which show him first with arms raised although more in relief than exultation, then the first to peel away from still-celebrating teammates and head back to his mark. <strong>The tendency today, an age where every cricketer has a hundred-dollar haircut, an earring and a tattoo, is to find him a little comical. But, without defiance or demonstration, he was undeniably his own man, and unmistakably of his own land. </strong>(emphasis mine)</p></blockquote>
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		<title>Why not an Indian Institute of Humanities?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Like all good advisors, <a href="http://www.columbia.edu/cu/mealac/faculty/pollock/">Prof. Sheldon Pollock</a> is looking out for his students and hence strongly advocates the creation of an Indian Institute of Humanities!</p>
<p>Seriously though, this is a <a href="http://www.hinduonnet.com/2008/11/27/stories/2008112753100900.htm">must read OPED</a> in The Hindu from Pollock on the irony of endowing classical language status to Kannada and Telugu even as scholars who can read classical literature in those languages disappear completely.</p>
<p>Money quote.</p>
<blockquote><p>The great edifice of Indian literary scholarship has nearly been torn down. Is it possible, at this late hour, to build it up again? India has shown itself capable of achieving pre-eminence in anything it sets its mind to. Consider the Indian Institutes of Management, of Science, and of Technology. Universities and companies and organisations around the world compete for the graduates of the IIMs, IISs, IITs. Why should India not commit itself to build the same kind of institute to serve the needs of its culture — not just dance and art and music, but its literary culture? Why should it not build an Indian Institute of the Humanities devoted not just to revivifying the study of the classical languages, but to producing world-class scholarship, as a demonstration of what is possible, a model for universities to follow, and a source of new scholars to staff those universities? It is not too late. The reward of success would be incalculable; the cost of failure would be catastrophic.</p></blockquote>
<p>Will post a Kannada translation later today.</p>
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