Society

Don’t act so surprised, Your Highness. You weren’t on any mercy mission this time. Several transmissions were beamed to this ship by Rebel spies. I want to know what happened to the plans they sent you. In my experience, there is no such thing as luck. Partially, but it also …

  “To transform Bangalore to an ideal global destination with high quality infrastructure, better quality of life by ensuring sustainable and planned development based on effective monitoring, regulation, through participatory and innovative approach” This is the mission of Bangalore Development Authority (BDA).   BDA came into existence in 1976 as …

  The red coral in my mother’s ear ring fell and she wanted me to get a new coral fixed on the ring. So, I went to Jayanagar this Sunday. You may be aware that Jayanagar has over 100 jewelry shops, ranging from 200 sft to 40000 sft! I preferred …

No politician stops his speech without mentioning the fact that ‘65% of Indians are below the age of 35’. I am also talking about this section of the population. Today’s youth is tomorrow’s old aged! Imagine after 2 decades, the number of Indians who will be over 60 years ( …

  This Sunday I had been to a house warming function. At the function, I was spending time conversing with small kids. I asked one of the kids (around 12 years old) about eating at hotels. She gave a list of reasons for not eating out! I have reproduced the …

  The whole world is connected. I remember the early days (70s and early 80s) when the only channel of communication was through Inland letters, post cards and telegrams! The excitement of going to the Post Office and waiting to receive a post is history now. Before the mobile technology, …

  Last month there was news about ‘rice puller’ trying to cheat a businessman of Rs.10 Lakhs. Honestly, till I read this article, I had no clue about ‘rice pullers’; I knew only about rice prices! (The price per kg of Rice was Rs.1.25 during early 1980s and it is …

  I can proudly say this – I didn’t pay any fee for getting my CA degree! My fees for CA course were waived and the Institute gave Merit scholarship during my Articleship program (1991). Today I thought of writing about the scholarship and fee concession programs of CA Institute. …