diluted CRZ norms

"Mangroves were calndestinely destroyed between 1997 and 1999 ostensibly for a golf course, with more than 400 bungalows each on 1 acre plots. In 2013 after a long and convoluted set of legal proceedings, ministry of environment and forests sought action", said environmentalist Debi Goenka.

- Diluted CRZ norms could mean Rs. 40,000 billion windfall for Sahara
Times of India      January 21, 2019.  

etymology of naarangha

It is known that most European languages have roots in Sanskrit.

And south Indian languages have different origins.

Ekam, dwe, trini may resonate with one, two, three.

But Onnu, rendu, moonu are clearly from a different source.

-  a South Indian Acharya

Kartarpur corridor

Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh welcomed the building of Kartarpur corridor - to link Gurdaspur district in India with Gurudwara Darbar Sahib, in Pakistan.
"It is a good beginning. I hope it is successful," he told reporters.

Devdiscourse 

fading languages

A recent study established that the Dravidian language family of 80 varieties, spoken by 220 million people across south and central India, began about 4,500 years ago.

Experts fear many will fade away.

Preservation of tribal languages 
Times of India, April 2, 2018.  

Violation of constitution?

The secretaries of various ministries have been asked to write articles.

A sector-wise compilation of the number of jobs created in the past four years.

These are expected to be widely quoted by the Hindu People Party in the campaign for the upcoming State elections and the 2019 Federal election.

Civil servants who are on the payroll of the tax-payers will act as public relations officers, of the party presently in power.

This is a gross violation of the constitution.

It violates the integrity of the civil service, and the fundamentals of its role in a democracy, governed by the rule of law.

The civil service must be politically neutral - and not propaganda machine of a party.

Undermining the civil services - A G Noorani  
Deccan Chronicle Sunday August 5, 2018

favors for work

"It is not just in the film industry.

It happens everywhere - and is the bitter reality.

Don't imagine that the parliament or other work spaces are immune," said Renuka Chowdhary whose term in the upper house, ended last month.

She was responding to choreographer Saroj Khan's shocker, that appeared to justify the 'casting couch'.

Parliament not immune - NDTV.

April 13 - Sun drowns at Rewathi

The Federal Film Awards, announced in New Delhi today, posthumously awarded Sridewi, her first Federal Film Award  for Best Actress.
It was for her performance in the film, Mom.
She was cast as a mother, bent on avenging the rape of her daughter.

It was her third film after she came back to  acting, with English Winglish and Puli.
She drowned in a Dubai hotel bathroom, in February 2018.

- New Delhi Television,  April 13, 2018