Veteran journalist and Padma Bhushan awardee TJS George has bid goodbye to his popular weekly column ‘Point of View’ that was being published in The New Sunday Express for 25 long years since 1997 and his last column titled “Now is the time to say goodbye” was published on June 12, 2022. Most of his…
Now is the time to say goodbye
June 14, 2022By TJS George All good things must come to an end. This column started appearing as an Express feature in 1997. It has been going on without a break for a quarter century. That is a long run, a real long run. A year’s 52 weeks multiplied by 25 means that a jaw-dropping 1,300 instalments…
Journalism according to TJS George
March 14, 2019Says Indira Gandhi responsible for “Dynastification of India” Mysuru: Renowned Journalist and nonagenarian TJS George gave a perspective of the seven decades of Independent India, of which he has been a witness, by dividing the years into four distinct phases. He was speaking at a special lecture titled ‘English Language, Literature and Media,’ and an…
Naxals and other pestilences
November 27, 2018By TJS George What exactly is a Maoist? Or a Naxalite? Or an Activist? Or an Anti-national? Or an Urban Naxal? (Is there a Village Naxal?) Obviously there is something bad about them, though we don’t know what. In the old days of binary values, if you were a Communist you were bad; if you…
A smart game in Karnataka
March 27, 2018By TJS George The joke of the season is a BJP leader accusing Karnataka’s Congress Chief Minister of dividing people along communal lines. The BJP had combined the talents of Newton, Einstein and Chanakya to invent the science of pitting people against people in the name of religion and caste. It still remains the prime…
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