A container for all my views with excerpts from technology, travel, films, books, kannada, friends and other interests. I am Thejesh GN, friends call me Thej.
We are back in Bengaluru. We drove back on Sunday, so traffic would be light since it was in the middle of the long weekend. The drive was comfortable. We took three breaks, primarily for me and Echo to stretch. Back from a slow Deepavali weekend, work is getting hectic as we approach...
ಕರ್ನಾಟಕದಲ್ಲಿ ದಸರಾ ಹಬ್ಬವನ್ನು, ಭಾರತದ ಗಣರಾಜ್ಯವಾದ ನಂತರ ನಾಡ ಹಬ್ಬ ಎಂದು ಆಚರಿಸಲಾಗುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದನ್ನು ಕರ್ನಾಟಕ ಸರ್ಕಾರ (GoK) ಜನರ ತೆರಿಗೆ ಹಣದಿಂದ ನಡೆಸುತ್ತದೆ. ಇದು ಮೈಸೂರಿನ ಹಳೆಯ ಅರಸರ ಅಥವ ಬೇರೆ ಯಾವುದೆ ವ್ಯಕ್ತಿಯ ಖಾಸಗಿ ಕಾರ್ಯಕ್ರಮವಲ್ಲ. ವಾಸ್ತವದಲ್ಲಿ, ಹಳೆಯ ಅರಸರ ಕುಟುಂಬಕ್ಕೆ ತಮ್ಮದೇ ಖಾಸಗಿ ದರ್ಬಾರನ್ನು ನಡೆಸಿಕೊಳ್ಳಲು ಅವಕಾಶವಿದೆ.
Dasara Festival is celebrated as ನಾಡ ಹಬ್ಬ (Nāḍa habba), which translates to state festival, following India’s transition to a republic. It’s sponsored and run by the GoK using tax money. It’s not the private affair of the ex-royal1 family of Mysore, or any other individual. In fact, the ex-royal family is allowed a...
In 1975, India under Indira Gandhi declared an Emergency to enable arbitrary actions by the state, suspending all fundamental rights of citizens. Today, those same powers exist under regular law. Over time, every ruling government has passed laws—like IPC 124A, AFSPA, the now-defunct POTA, NSA, UAPA, Sec 144/IT Act, PMLA, Sec 132/Income Tax,...
I am quite politically engaged and follow it with genuine interest. So I need to understand where I stand using a consistent set of parameters. Sometime in 2009, I came across The Political Compass, which felt like a good fit for this purpose. Since then, I’ve been taking the survey from time to...
We follow a zero-screen policy for Uma. That means we don’t watch anything when she’s awake. It’s reduced my phone and TV time, which is good. Thankfully, she’s not too interested in work computers. But keeping toddlers away from phones is hard. Everyone has one, and you can’t control others. The moment she...
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