2010

One of the sturdy pillars of Indian journalism, K.M. Mathew, 93, Chief Editor of the mass-circulation Malayalam newspaper Malayala Manorama, is no more. He passed away at his residence in Kottayam on August 1, 2010.
Under K.M. Mathew’s stewardship, Malayala Manorama embarked on a journey of expansion and modernisation that changed the face of newspapers in Malayalam. He has been aptly described as a “dynamic and visionary journalist” by President Pratibha Patil.
Besides the President, (…)

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Hindu mythology with its plethora of gods and goddesses (which, according to a conservative estimate, numbers around 330 millions or 33 crores) has a number of stories supposedly to show the human face of the almighty. One such story talks of the creation of a demon called Bhasmasur by one of the gods himself. The said demon had the unique power of turning everything into ash if he could touch anybody’s head. The story goes that after ‘conquering’ the world the demon tries to attack his (…)

Curfew continues in the cities of Srinagar, Baramullah, Sopore and Anantnag, in the Kashmir Valley and during the last ten days, there has been no improvement in the maintenance of law and order. On July 6, the Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah, visited Anantnag and admitted that three young boys had been shot dead by the security forces when they were chased by the CRPF to their homes. He promised an enquiry within 24 hours. During the month of June, several young persons were killed by the (…)

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Normal 0 0 1 573 3271 27 6 4017 11.773 0 0 0 Cicero was a Roman orator and statesman of the 1st century BC whose writings deeply influenced modern thought. He was once retained by the Sicilians to prosecute the Governor of Sicily, C. Verres, who had become unbearably corrupt and cruel. Cicero prepared the first of what was to be a six-part chargesheet against the Governor, analysing the evils of greedy administrators. That first part was so powerful in its logic that (…)

Spate of Corruption Cases
In recent months a spate of corruption cases at very senior levels in administration have come to light. Two senior officers of the Ministry of Home Affairs, considered to be the sanctum sanctorum of the Union Government, were involved in the alleged scam in the purchase of bullet-proof jackets and excise evasion racket in the Union Territory of Daman. In the latter case, O. Ravi, the 1983 batch IAS officer of the Gujarat cadre working as the Joint Secretary in (…)

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