Former Karnataka Chief Minister writes Ramayana poem Vishva Mohan Bhatt invents Mohana Veena Javed Akthar lives life on the fast lane! These are only just three examples. There are so many others in so many diverse fields! They are all creative people. They are creative artists. There are inventors, designers and builders of visions and…
Author: V.Isvarmurti
Teaching science? Teach first the science philosophy!
Science lessons must be part of ethics teaching too! Sciences have been held up as glamour knowledge.But science today is different from yester years. Today,science and technologies have also led to many problems.In India sciences were held as holy cows.They are no more.In today’s world we confront several issues that fall outside pure sciences and…
Teaching English?
Read what the English and Americans write these days! Poor expressions, more cliches, more ungrammatical writing habits,the very titles of the books would give the readers some ideas: Lost for words, obbledygook. Yes, this is the message for the Indian schools and colleges! Why? See the way the English language is written by even the…
Tamil Nadu: In news for wrong reasons!
The State makes news for the wrong reasons! Turkey was once said to be the sick man of Europe. Likewise, can we ask:which Indian state can qualify as the sick state of the country? There are now surveys of states and also selection of Chief Ministers as the best and the worst! But there are…
Teach science or education is simple ignorance!
Dangerous Asian bird flu threat! Yet we live in bliss! Already hits 3 countries! There are serious knowledge issues.Science only gives the students,more so the parents too,what is happening in the world.What is likely to happen in our own lives. We were happy to see that readers of the previous editorial in this place had…
American literature : Why I don’t read American literature?
America a superpower. American literature not supreme! In any standard anthology of English literature or world literature there is no chapter, not even a honourable mention of American literature! Why? A question that should engage Indian writers in English as well as those who write in Indian languages which have ancient literatures and literary traditions….
India: a country of bad manners? And no etiquette?
There was this newspaper report on the rise in bad manners across classes and nations. President Bush America is shown up as a new high in political bad manners and bad behaviour among the high and mighty! The September II terror attack coincided with the American President showing up in lacking moral courage, he went…
Literature and society : W.B.Yeats and Tagore
How literature shapes nations and peoples? provocation for writing this piece, however, came my way unexpectedly. First, the latest issue of The Economist magazine carried a page in the “Books and Arts” section a brief writeup on The Abbey Theatre, Dublin. For those who may not know anything about this historic institution, the readers of…