A medical dictionary tells me that amnesia means loss or an impairment of memory. The dictionary also adds I that amnesia may be total, with complete loss of recall or partial, occurring only during the period immediately bejore or following a ‘traumatic’ event. An optimistic definition however says amhesia is more of a symptom rather than a disease.
Author: T R Jawahar
All is fair in love and war and we may add politics too At least, this is the inference one is compelled to draw when confronted by the goings on in the political arena. While even on normal days the political happenings around us borders on the absurd
The clout of wisdom consists in the inevitability of the course suggested by it. Any reluctance to accept such a course is proof of impotent obduracy alone. But on the other hand, if one were to follow the dictates of wisdom, several decisions which were declared untenable by hindsight would have been obvious in the beginning itself.
The Supreme Court verdict upholding the two Presidential notifications making the Election Commission a multi-member body is indeed a landmark judgment. Besides,
It is said that politicians spend half their time making promises and the other half making excuses. This age-old dictum has seen little change except for the fact
The Rajagopalasamy temple consecration at Mannargudi is an event of great historical significance. The earlier consecration was done by a Nayak King 322 years ago.
It is cheerful news that the Supreme Court has, in its supreme wisdom, deemed it proper to stay the effectuation of the sanction given by the Governor to Dr. Subramaniam Swamy
Principles of natural justice dictate that anybody who is accused of a crime be given a fair trial. Also a judge cannot deliver an indictment unless guilt is established
Strange are the ways of democracy. It is perhaps the only political system under which both the victor and the vanquished can claim to have won. While the winner’s