EDITOR'S COLUMN
Friends
Looking back over the shoulder, at the road traversed, has its own sense of joy and the stillness of those haunting memories of trials and tribulations. We have just completed a major milestone at No: 15. Fifteen years that have gone-by, has no-doubt tried our spirit of endurance. But that has only made us stronger to face the future with fortitude.
It has been a year since we have lost our dear MV Kamath, our friend, philosopher and guide. We do miss his benevolent presence. But then what can’t be cured has to be endured. So life goes on.
The completion of 15th year has also changed our subscription profile. Paid readership has seen overall improvement, but not very encouraging, also those patrons who supported us initially shall be due for renewal on completion of 15 years. Hope they all will renew.
15th Annual issue was released by Prof BM Hegde, our editorial board member and former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University along with Dr Ronald Fernandese, President of Mangalore Press Club & Bureau Chief of Deccan Herald & Dr Ravishankar Rao, Prof & Head of Deptt. of English, Mangalore University. A report is appearing in following pages.
We also had organized an intercollegiate elocution competition for degree students, to mark the completion of 15th year. This has been a regular exercise since last many years. The topic of elocution was “Human Development Index, what went wrong with India?”. A report on this too is appearing in the pages following.
November is the usual month of festival of lights in India. DEEPAVALI, represents light over darkness, of victory over evil. In the public space, lot of dark spots had appeared all through the past 12 months. The new government is in place since last some 18 months. Although no scam has cropped up, not much of development has been seen in the traditional front. However, there have been initiatives of newer kind both nationally and internationally. Will the coming years see better days as the government talks about ‘achche din’! One has to wait & see.
As usual Month-in-Perspective has covered what could be covered within the space constraints. Cow slaughter ban, heightened controversy of beef eating has led to violent protests in different parts of the country. In U.P it found its worst expression of most inhuman kind. A group of people, allegedly lynched a man in his fifties, for allegedly slaughtering cow, storing and eating cow meat. That was most dastardly and unacceptable, by any standard. There was national condemnation of the incident. We have tried to take up the issue of Cow, the most docile but beneficial animal to the human kind, and its socio-economic dimension. Since there are many diverse emotional issues involved with cow, we tried to discuss it from a more egalitarian standpoint to present a balanced view point. Hope readers, discernible that they are, shall find it interesting. Rest of the issues are as usual. Kindly do revert with your input.
Looking back over the shoulder, at the road traversed, has its own sense of joy and the stillness of those haunting memories of trials and tribulations. We have just completed a major milestone at No: 15. Fifteen years that have gone-by, has no-doubt tried our spirit of endurance. But that has only made us stronger to face the future with fortitude.
It has been a year since we have lost our dear MV Kamath, our friend, philosopher and guide. We do miss his benevolent presence. But then what can’t be cured has to be endured. So life goes on.
The completion of 15th year has also changed our subscription profile. Paid readership has seen overall improvement, but not very encouraging, also those patrons who supported us initially shall be due for renewal on completion of 15 years. Hope they all will renew.
15th Annual issue was released by Prof BM Hegde, our editorial board member and former Vice Chancellor of Manipal University along with Dr Ronald Fernandese, President of Mangalore Press Club & Bureau Chief of Deccan Herald & Dr Ravishankar Rao, Prof & Head of Deptt. of English, Mangalore University. A report is appearing in following pages.
We also had organized an intercollegiate elocution competition for degree students, to mark the completion of 15th year. This has been a regular exercise since last many years. The topic of elocution was “Human Development Index, what went wrong with India?”. A report on this too is appearing in the pages following.
November is the usual month of festival of lights in India. DEEPAVALI, represents light over darkness, of victory over evil. In the public space, lot of dark spots had appeared all through the past 12 months. The new government is in place since last some 18 months. Although no scam has cropped up, not much of development has been seen in the traditional front. However, there have been initiatives of newer kind both nationally and internationally. Will the coming years see better days as the government talks about ‘achche din’! One has to wait & see.
As usual Month-in-Perspective has covered what could be covered within the space constraints. Cow slaughter ban, heightened controversy of beef eating has led to violent protests in different parts of the country. In U.P it found its worst expression of most inhuman kind. A group of people, allegedly lynched a man in his fifties, for allegedly slaughtering cow, storing and eating cow meat. That was most dastardly and unacceptable, by any standard. There was national condemnation of the incident. We have tried to take up the issue of Cow, the most docile but beneficial animal to the human kind, and its socio-economic dimension. Since there are many diverse emotional issues involved with cow, we tried to discuss it from a more egalitarian standpoint to present a balanced view point. Hope readers, discernible that they are, shall find it interesting. Rest of the issues are as usual. Kindly do revert with your input.
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