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  Mali was his pet name, my uncle Mahalingaiah was a gem of a person who has showered lots of care and love on me and my siblings. He was a man of straightforwardness and clarity in his thoughts and deed. He completed his 5 years term as Zilla panchayat member on 10.5.2021.And it was his last day as well on this planet. He succumbed to 2 nd wave of Covid-19. And this dreadful covid has caused havoc in this world,killing many people,dashing off many dreams,snatching many loved ones. This eulogy is in his rememberence. Mahalingaiah was   3 rd son to the village   Thimmarayappa an Kariyamma,in a tiny hamlet,termed as salkatte colony,chikkanayakanahalli taluk,Tumkur district. His schooling in village near, did his degree n master degree in Tumkur.He had a very big gang of friends,during his stay in hostel. Sometimes he was also a terror to people who gave tough time to him or his friends or relatives. He had leonine voice, always ready to fight for cause,in him there wa...

 Eons of evolutionary years ,has put mother into a godly status,known for instinctively protecting child,feeding,mending,cultivating habits,punishing,caring,loving unconditionally, ultimate goal for a mother is happy child,settled and having accomplished all pursuits dharma,kama,artha,moksha. Mother child relationship is one of the most admirable plays of divine present in nature,if at all he is directing the play.Cord connection is universal cut across nations,animals,birds.  Nowadays social media has been a platform showcasing falseego,strengths,accomplishments, I dwelve deep,  take privilege to share melodrama of my mother story,cause she is more than any divine I am able perceive at this moment,with all the senses. Nanna Amma,she started of her childhood with a negligent father who had deserted his 1st wife for her hearing impairment.Brought up by resilient deaf mother,supported by maternal uncles was intelligent thimakka who was destined to drop from school not for f...

Its been long ago,a kannada movie made me slip into reverie dwelling on the plot, cast, realitistic drama or foot tapping music or lip syncing lyrics. Mango showers had started last fortnight,entire kannada film making fraternity was in a buzz, tripping on news of National award for debutant directorial movie THITHI. Title itself is sort of colloqial word which has varied expression n expectation , a 11th day post funeral gathering to see off the departed soul. Pun apart thithi in old mysore rural region is gala of perfect non-vegetarian dishes served with ragi balls. Assuming movie to be 'me too ' types had not given a thought of watching it, well the word of mouth was fast spreading my maid was in all praise for the thithi,who had influenced my mother as a best watch. Gowda friends were all rejoicing the fame of mandya taken upto   Locarno International Film Festival but the THITHI also went on to win two prestigious awards Golden Leopard, Filmmakers of the Present Com...

Late evening after a busy training schedule on Vector borne disease, just stepped out of  Kendriya sadan- central government towers in kormangala,bengaluru. From there i had to reach West of chord towards my home. Taking out my smart phone just logged into newly downloaded Cab service app Uber. Thought of experimenting with Uber pool where in multiple customers can pool into a same cab plying in the same route. After swiping the tab for booking a cab, got a call from a unknown number ,there he was the driver confirming my location. In a jiffy he was there, picked me up, something was miss in his attire,wasnt looking like a typical professional cab driver. His colloquial accent made me acknowledge he seems to be from northern part of karnataka, for we have n number of accent of same language kannada depending on bordering satates. Inquisitively i asked " are you new to bangalore? Do you know the location and route how to take me to destination". Turning back he smiled displ...

From the day i entered medical school till now, it could be only few countable instances when i came across opportunity to see the drug/salt morphine sulphate. Known for its addiction causing ability this is used for treating severe pain mainly in palliative care. When the 15th loksabha, post  pepper spray episode had passed the amendments to NDPS act of 1985,i was tripping  in reverie trying to vividly repicture the anecdotes around the morphine,which is a narcotic drug.  MONA  was memonic for remembering the treatment of Myocardial infarction,in which M stood for morphine. Morphine was also the drug which had made itself etched in my memory for its peculiar side effect like spasm of sphincter of oddi. The queen morphine(ampoule of 2 mg costing around 13 Rs)  was also ostensible the cheapest drug but was like treated as gold in hospital establishments. I had wondered why is it so protected, imagine it is still  being locked in a drug box with locks, a...

Some where in the northeast, along the hills of orissa the indegenous tribals inhabitat. A mere population of 8000 people could muster courage to fight for their rights. It was not a one day affair,the epic battle was many years long,recently saw some light when the tribal gram sabha had their say for Vendanta Bauxite minig survival.  Internationally the tribal movement for protecting their habitat, was drawing parallel comparisons to Humanoids of movie Avatar,trying to protect the "tree of souls". Dongria Kondh tribals plight was to protect their Niyamagiri hill diety,where they believe he resides,place where around alluminium refinery of Orissa mining company and Vendata maining joint venture was taking off. These tribals respect for rivers streams,forest and especially the holy palce where their god resides was prime motive to struggle stop mining around the hills. Tribal displacements are not new here, owing the problem of Naxalism in tribal belts the need of hour is t...

Well the much hyped kannada movie which has won london primier show award by audience is all set to make big hit in Sandalwood.The movie in itself has caught eyes of many  directors,where in Anurag kashyap confesses that his Bday treat would be to watch LUCIA. Movie ends with a quote "Your small life can be someones big dream",connecting backwards movie will keep you hooked hovering around the real and dream fantasy life of a hero name NIKKI who discover the PILL LUCIA for his insomnia problem. Unlike a common man to aspire and dream big,this guy NIKKI  dreams to be a common man,a torch boy in a talkies akka theatre of yester years which are sparsingly seen in suburbans nowadays.            Well the last ending scene is  copy of movie inception,where hero is state of Limbo dreaming in ICU with ventilator support, suddenly wakes upto reality after he is shot dead in his virtual world. Issue of euthanasia is touched superficially. Thou...