Posted inMemories

The only time I watched Dr. Rajkumar performing

This was during the school days. My uncle came home for a small stop and was having snacks. While speaking to my mom, he said, he was on his way to attend Dr. Rajkumar's concert at "open air theatre" at Manasa Gangothri. He asked if I would join. I said yes and jumped into his black Kinetic Honda - J 800! In a few minutes, I was at the open air theatre. My uncle had passes for him and his…
Posted inFood Memories

Popsicle and softie ice creams

Back in the school days, we had many vendors selling things right outside our school. Some other day, I will write about every single thing that was sold outside our school. Starting from churumuri, thothapuri mango slice with salt & chilli powder (during summers), cycle bombe (cycle candy), posters man etc. One fine day, we noticed a man in french beard and well dressed and holding a box on his two wheeler. He was publicizing that he was selling a…
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The dangerous Maxi Cabs

Today, while watching the tamil movie Mandela, I came across a vehicle - "maxi cab". I don't see these vehicles much these days in Karnataka. They were however very famous decades ago. I remember these maxi cabs plying on roads and taking people from one village to another or one city to another. Their capacity was around 30-40 seats. But you could squeeze more people into it. These vehicles were famous among the rural and semi urban people. People used…
Posted inLanguage

The key to learning a language lies in focusing on forming basic sentences

In the course of mentoring many students to learn English, I realise that the key is to focus on learning basic sentences. Most of the new language learners focus too much on learning too many words. They think that learning more words and more complicated words will make them better in a language. That's wrong. Some even think that writing in a flowery style or complicated style makes them a pro! Wrong! When you focus too much on advanced words,…
Posted inWork

What makes us happy at work?

You are playing a game on your phone or your computer. You are given certain tasks, when you complete them as per the set rules, you get rewarded with points. As you complete several tasks, you are sent to the next stage. Things get better. You are finally declared a winner and you feel happy. Now think of your work. When tasks are given and you carry them out as per the set rules. But midway through the task, the…
Posted inMusings Philosophy

Hard work doesn’t matter, position & power matters

Few pointers: Recently, I was a part of a group event. There were people of different levels. There were people who contributed a big amount (finances) There were people who were in a good influential position / having power There were foot soldiers who did the work on the ground Guess who were bossing? The ones with power. Guess who got the credit and respect? The ones with power. Guess who were the ones who had to take the brunt?…
Posted inEducation

Law University semester and exam dates

Students have been asking when the current even semester ends, when exams would commence and when the next odd semester (new academic year) starts. Here's my take. These are my guesses based on experience. In any case, this is not the official communication from the university. I cannot assure this will happen for sure. So take this information with a pinch of salt. 1. Current even semester (2nd, 4th, 6th, 8th, 10th sem)  may end by around June 6th, 2025…
Posted inCinema Law Media Society

One man one vote – Mandela

I watched Mandela (Tamil) recently on Netflix and it gave a glimpse of the caste politics and violence in Tamil Nadu (a South Indian state). The whole movie is set in a village named “Soorangudi” where the people are divided between two caste lines – North People and South People. The leader of the village – Periya Ayya (means senior leader) is a follower of Periyar and has married two women belonging to the two competing castes of the village.…
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Phalamrutha – remembering the cool joint of Mysoreans

For Mysoreans, city means the places around KR Circle like - City bus stand, Devaraja Market, Sayyaji Rao Road and D Devaraj Urs road. Whenever Mysoreans went to the city area and were tired doing the shopping in the hot sun or during summers, we would usually hit this place called "Phalamrutha" (phala - fruit. Amrutha - nectar). Before you start searching for this place, let me tell you, this is a thing of the past! This place was located…