By Dr. K. Javed Nayeem, MD There are so many memories of my travels by train that it is a very difficult task to decide which ones to talk about and which ones to leave out. But here are a couple of them which my readers might find interesting. As it happens in the lives…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In this fourth episode of the reminiscences of my rail journeys from the past, I would like to point out that I am finding it rather difficult to stop my ramblings on this topic, for the simple reason that many readers have kept urging me to write more on…
One of the tragedies of Indian democracy is the repeated failure of the Opposition Party to perform its primary duty — which is to question, expose and challenge the Government of the day. Unfortunately, this failure is visible even in Karnataka. For long stretches, the BJP in Karnataka appears disengaged. There are no sustained protests,…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Going by the responses I have been getting for my last two articles, travelling by train seems to hold a great enchantment to most people. So many people have written or messaged to say that they have so many happy memories of rail travel from their childhood, that I…
I was recently invited to Kaveri Ponnapa’s book launch that I had been looking forward to. Many in Mysuru may not recognise her name, but anyone who has even a passing interest in Coorg or the culture of small, distinct communities of this land would certainly know her remarkable work, ‘The Vanishing Kodavas.’ Just like…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last weekend, I had written about how I made a friend while travelling on a train by exchanging books with her and then tragically lost her too. I had also asked my readers to stay tuned to the remaining part of my narration about another memorable train journey and…
Yesterday, a Special Court under the Delhi High Court discharged former Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, his deputy Manish Sisodia and 21 others in the now-famous liquor policy case. For the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), it was a celebratory ‘Patiala peg’ served neat by the incompetence of the CBI, giving them a political high against…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Just a few days ago, I read a short piece on an online national news channel, about a small bit of controversy that had been created by a family that had decided to make its own sandwiches, while on board the train that they had been travelling in. As…
Mysuru is called a Royal Heritage City, but for nearly a decade now, it’s become a ‘Flex City.’ There are flex boards and flex hoardings everywhere. They are at Circles, they are atop buildings, they are on trees, they have climbed Chamundi Hill and even crawled into the median of Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway ! Our city…
This is the first Anniversary Edition of Star of Mysore since the passing of its Founding Editor, K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), on July 13, 2025. As we step into the New Year (2026), we revisit one of KBG’s most cherished columns, ‘Abracadabra,’ originally published on Jan. 1, 1979. He wrote it under his pen name, ‘Puck,’…
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