There was a magazine in Bombay (now Mumbai) called ‘Imprint’ in the 1960s and 1970s. Those were the days of Congress hegemony and the rise of Indira Gandhi. The magazine had invited articles from its readers on the subject, “What life will be like in India in the 70s. I decided to participate, wrote the…
Chamundi Hill Development Authority on the anvil In the late 1970, D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister who brought in the MOST revolutionary land reform, nationalised buses and named Mysuru State as Karnataka, was known for his indifference to the votes of the educated and the rich. And he openly declared so in his…
The problem of old-age is as old as hills. In the early centuries, finding old people of past 60 years of age used to be as rare as hen’s teeth. The longevity used to be short no matter you are Alexander the Great or Swami Vivekananda. Reasons could be many. It could be genetical, in-breeding,…
In the beginning of the month, I had received a book about a famous Horticulturist during the days of Wadiyar rulers of Mysore, Rao Bahadur H.C. Javaraya titled ‘a gardener and a gentleman.’ The format of the book was similar to a miniature coffee-table book with innumerable beautifully produced photographs and pictures enriching each and…
If our God could create this universe in six days and rest on the seventh day, why not a veteran journalist? With this thought I decided to entertain myself by going to DRC Cinemas, known for its over-sized Samosa like the original American Burger and enjoy the evening. However, to enjoy a film, the most…
Shoppers protest; No way to ease pressure on parking space The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council with 65 Corporators whom we unfortunately call as City Fathers have taken a decision on June 9, 2023 to introduce a ‘Pay and Park’ system on six important roads of the business hubs of our city in downtown area…
Rahul Gandhi is providing more than required grist to the legal luminaries of our country and also to successive Governments at the Centre to study the innumerable civil and criminal laws of our colonial British rulers that we embraced and adopted with glee. It needed a Rahul Gandhi to show us how those laws of…
The good news after the Congress came to power in Karnataka is that N. Jayaram, a 2004-batch IAS Officer, has been appointed as the Secretary to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Jayaram has a very intimate connection with Mysuru for two reasons. One is, he was the Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) from Dec. 10,…
Reading an article titled ‘Is Lalitha Mahal Hotel going Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion way?’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore written by no less a person than one who is well-qualified and experienced on the subject and a retired Senior Vice-President of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Mr. N.K.A. Ballal, a resident of Mysuru for many years…
I am wondering at the human bondage to religion, not so much to God. The religion the people follow is the real problem, not the God they worship. I allowed my thoughts to soar in the region of metaphysics yesterday morning as I was reading the editorial in the Deccan Herald titled “Religious freedom: Govt….
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