By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In my last week’s article, I had written about how the erection of the statue of H.H. Chamaraja Wadiyar X, our 23rd Maharaja, in front of our Palace, ran into a bit of a problem and how it was solved in a most ingenious way, paving the way for…
The Lalitha Mahal Palace is back in the news… again. The Karnataka Cabinet has once more decided to invite private players to repair, restore and manage the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel. It sounds promising. It always does. The same decision was announced in 2024 and several times before and several years prior and nothing came…
The French-born celebrated sculptor of the time; William Robert Colton was commissioned to make the statue of Chamarajendra Wadiyar X in white Italian marble. As the statue’s face bore no resemblance to the face of late King, the Queen commissioned Ganpatrao K. Mahatre from Bombay to make the correction By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Last…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Very recently, there was a front-page news report in Star of Mysore about the sad state of a very recently erected statue of our former Chief Minister, late D. Devaraj Urs, that now stands in front of the new Office of our Deputy Commissioner. It appears its fallen metal…
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…
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