Lok Sabha Election- 2024 is here. Tomorrow, April 26, from 7 am to 6 pm. Come, let us walk to the polling booths. Let us give our secret vote to elect our political representative who, we believe, deserves to represent us. That is your service to the country. That is your duty, dharma-karma, to your…
In the midst of electioneering cacophony, I received an invitation from the moving spirit and ever agile Founder-Chairperson of Mysuru Book Clubs-2015 Shubha Sanjay Urs for an evening of conversation and informal interaction with Saeed Akhtar Mirza yesterday morning. I did not know who this celebrity worthy of Shubha’s attention was but Shubha was quick…
On Sunday, March 31, Mysore Open Forum (MOF) had arranged a talk on ‘Electoral Bonds and Political Funding.’ It is understandable because the Supreme Court has on Feb. 15, 2024 struck down the Electoral Bonds Scheme (EBS) as ‘unconstitutional’, ‘arbitrary and violative of Article 14.’ And MOF members wanted to know why and how of…
In view of the severe water scarcity staring us in the face, this summer, specially in Bengaluru, a city of 1,50,00,000 population and of huge industrial hub, water management experts have come up with many suggestions similar to band-aid to a broken limb. Some such quick-fix (is it really?) suggestions are: 1. Tapping the lakes….
One of the familiar names among the politicians, especially Congress politicians, in our city since early 1980s was that of Vasu. Simply Vasu, without any initials, any prefix or suffix to his name. As a politician, he rose to become a Corporator and then the Mayor of the city during 1989-90 and also an MLA…
With the 2024 Parliamentary election at the threshold of polling booths, the country is all set to see a new government, or a government in new garbs or possibly the old wine in a new bottle. Selection of candidates from different political parties is going on in an atmosphere of turmoil, suspense, surprise and disappointment…
The BJP ticket for the Mysuru-Kodagu Parliamentary election 2024 has gone to Mr. Yaduveer Krishnadatta Chamaraja Wadiyar, the adopted son of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar of the Mysore Royal Family. 2. The BJP voters, specially the RSS-Modi fans and supporters, were expecting the incumbent MP Prathap Simha to do the hat-trick by getting the ticket for…
If war is too important to be left to the Generals so also history is too important to be left to the Historians. That was the mistake post-independent India’s first Congress government made when it decided to write the history of India. It chose mostly Leftist and Vote-Bank historians out to discredit the Indian (Hindu)…
People who retire from government service rarely make news unless they retire from a high profile job or distinguish themselves by doing something extraordinary while in service. Otherwise, their names will appear in newspapers, if at all, when they pass away. In recent times in Karnataka one of the government servants who has retired as…
Men behind city’s perfumed enterprise February 14th every year is Valentine’s Day. A day to celebrate love and romance. And February 16th every year is a day to celebrate anniversary of city’s “eccentric” evening english newspaper — Star of Mysore (SOM). Yes, eccentric is the word used by the famous Tourist Guide book of Australia…
3-day Banana Festival begins in cityNovember 22, 2024
BJP stages massive protest against Waqf BoardNovember 22, 2024
CM Siddaramaiah inaugurates Quest AcademyNovember 22, 2024
NABARD funding: CM lashes out at CentreNovember 22, 2024
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