Puneeth Rajkumar’s untimely death due to a heart attack on October 29 was a shocker because of his age, just 46 years old and superior fitness. Now, his death due to a heart attack has got my heart racing with anxiety and Madhuri Dixit has ensnared my mind. Why? Because when my father had a…
There was another landslide on Chamundi Hill yesterday. If this weather pattern of incessant rain continues for a few more seasons and as more and more water is held in the soil, there will be many more landslides on the Hill in the coming years. In the meantime, we devotees can’t help but worry a…
Since actor Sushant Singh Rajput’s death we all have learnt a great deal about ‘ganja.’ We learnt that globally it’s known as ‘marijuana.’ We learnt that it was a Spanish word. We learnt that in Spanish ‘J’ is pronounced as ‘H’. We also learnt that the news of ganja makes our TV anchors hyperventilate, which…
Two days ago, Karnataka Government announced that former Chief Minister S.M. Krishna would inaugurate this year’s Dasara festival. Immediately, but not surprisingly, it was seen as a political decision. People in political circles said that Krishna was chosen because he was from the Vokkaliga community, implying that the BJP chose him to appease this particular…
[Migrants to Mysore] The recent incident of gang rape and armed robbery has triggered a new topic of conversation in Mysuru, a conversation that was for the most part limited to Bengaluru — the “outsider” problem. On hearing the news about rape and armed robbery, many Mysureans said it could not have been committed by…
This week has been a tumultuous one for a docile city like ours. Within a week we witnessed two terrible crimes — an armed robbery which left an innocent shopper dead and the gang rape of a young woman at the foot of Chamundi Hill. Most Mysureans were asking, “How could this happen in our…
Interest in sports, other than cricket, is a seasonal affair in our country. Now that the Olympic Games are here, there is patriotism-driven interest rather than love for a sport. But that’s ok, for we as a nation are slowly but surely heading towards being a sporty one. In the last few years, a certain…
A few days ago Minister for Tourism, Environment and Ecology C.P. Yogeeshwar directed the Department officials to draw a plan of action for the Chamundi Hill ropeway project. And with that the scarring of Chamundi Hill begins, again. In 2019, there was a landslide on Chamundi Hill. About 50 ft. of road connecting the Nandi…
Two days ago, the Supreme Court heard a plea challenging the Constitutionality of the Sedition Law (IPC Section 124A). It was a proud moment for us as Mysureans because the challenge came from Major General S.G. Vombatkere (retd.), a resident of Mysuru. While hearing the plea, Chief Justice of India, Justice N.V. Ramana, asked Attorney…
On July 9, Kitex Garments, the second-largest children’s apparel manufacturer in the world, announced that the company would invest an initial Rs. 1,000 crore in Warangal, Telangana. How this investment came about has lessons for many States and its Ministers. Initially, this was a Rs. 3,500-crore project, which was supposed to come up in Kerala…
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