For a few weeks now, a debate has been raging, especially between the “Cautious Mysureans” Vs the “Daft Dare Devils of Mysuru”; between “Covid Warriors” Vs “Political Warriors”, the names of these groups may sound like IPL teams, but unlike cricket which has a positive outcome, they are debating over this year’s “festive” Dasara which…
The Pleasure & Pain of Saving Trees !
October 16, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD My good friend N. Raghavan of Raghulal & Co who needs no introduction to Mysureans, has perhaps the unique distinction of not only having planted the largest number of roadside shade trees in and around our city but also protecting every one of them with tree guards till they…
Make Mysuru a vibrant, new tourism destination
October 15, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Mysuru region is dependant on tourism as the most important economic activity. Due to the pandemic, the worst hit is the tourism industry. All other industrial activities are slowly picking up but tourism activity to pick will at least take one or two years, even to come to…
Nostalgically Speaking — 12 – Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha IAS: Visionary behind Kodava Heritage Centre —2
October 13, 2020[Continued from yesterday] I remember in 1960s in the Fiji Island, where there was a majority of Indian immigrants who were businessmen and traders as opposed to the local Fijians (I guess earliest immigrants of African origin) who were landowners, there was a political crisis. An Indian origin man won the democratic election and became…
Nostalgically Speaking — 12: Mrs. Rathi Vinay Jha IAS – Visionary behind Kodava Heritage Centre —1
October 12, 2020Racially the ethnic groups in India have their own problems related to their personal life and security. Of their landed properties, personal freedom to practice their tradition and religion etc. Kodavas of Kodagu district, Karnataka, belong to one such ethnic groups, racially distinct from all other people. Kodavas (Coorgs as English called them) are living…
Nostalgically Speaking — 11: Kempaiah IPS – Officer Who Made A Difference-3
October 11, 2020[Continued from Oct. 4] Just a year back I had been to Sri Lanka with a group of journalists and had stayed overnight at a Resort which was hidden underneath a mountain. You would know there was a huge Resort only when you enter a cave-like opening. On return when I mentioned it to a…
Need both – Good & Bad news
October 10, 2020As television news channels turn our living rooms into gloomy rooms with reports of Covid deaths, Sushant Singh Rajput’s investigation and Hathras murder, three “Good News” items gave us a break from this constant “negativity.” First, social media after a while was put to good use. A food blogger, Gaurav Wasan, made a short video…
Do we need such a ‘festive’ Dasara?
October 9, 2020By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Dasara has arrived this year too like it has been doing over the centuries. Yes, it is our much- loved annual guest and it is also our State festival because it has long ago transcended much of its original religious identity and has now become an essential part of…
Change for the sake of changing
October 8, 2020By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC An upset girl stormed into her home shouting at nobody in particular. “No one in my office has any respect for my work, I am so frustrated.” Her father who was watching her drama quietly told her “calm down, have this glass of water. I have a small…
Pet Talk
October 7, 2020In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka talks about turtles and its behaviour Do turtles smell? Turtles can smell musty and fishy. Their habitats can become breeding grounds for bacteria and odour-causing organisms. They excrete in their surrounding water and thus the water gets very dirty very quickly and requires frequent cleaning to prevent bacteria build-up….















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