It was a time Star of Mysore was catching the imagination of its readers and its circulation was gradually soaring. With my wife and child in Kodagu, I was finding life here difficult so also my lecturer wife-mother. None of my politician-friends was of any help. It was then my brother, Dr. K.B. Subbaiah, suggested…
When I read the poem ‘Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard’ by the English poet Thomas Gray (1751) many years ago, I found many quotable quotes in that rather long poem. But the one that remained in my memory and used it in some of my writings about our heroes and achievers who go unrecognised…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how long should a guinea pig be in its cage and do they need exercise By Maneka Gandhi How often do you need to cut a guinea pig’s nails? Guinea pig nails do not stop growing, so you will have to trim them once they get too long….
By T.J.S. George A few days ago, for the first time in my eventful life, I felt jealous of the Americans. I was watching a press conference with President Trump facing his usual crowd of White House correspondents. One of them, with no dramatics, leaned back on his chair and asked matter-of-factly: “Do you regret…
One afternoon in the year 1979-80, a surprise visitor came to my office to meet me. It was Prof. G.T. Narayana Rao, known to all, including his students, as GTN. Both of us were meeting each other in Mysore for the first time after we parted, he as teacher and I as his NCC student….
A week ago, the city Police arrested a car driver for deliberately blocking the way of an ambulance carrying an aged person who suffered a heart attack. The patient, 85-year-old Chandrashekar Acharya, was being brought to Narayana Multispecialty Hospital in Mysuru when a Hyundai i20 car moving ahead of the ambulance started driving in a…
By Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History and Archaeology, University of Mysore It was my good fortune to have met Vajpayee twice in New Delhi. He had not yet become the Prime Minister but was an MP. My first meeting with him was formal and not important. The second meeting was…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Over the past two weeks I have written about interesting history of the two centuries-old Lushington Bridge across the River Cauvery at Shivanasamudra and how it is now being restored in a most sloppy and disgraceful way. Unless some of us who happen to be heritage-conscious citizens, step in…
A few days back I received a book titled ‘Random Thoughts of an Oilman,’ by U.B. Acharya, obviously the oilman — one who worked for oil companies. In these days of COVID-19 and the consequential isolation, nay quarantine, specially for aged, the book seemed a relief to pass time. Since the author’s age and mine…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how to maintain good health of cows and deworming By Maneka Gandhi How often should cattle be dewormed? Young animals should preferably be dewormed every month using a suitable anthelmintic. Older animals can be dewormed at 4-6 months’ intervals. A deworming schedule is very crucial for calves because…
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