In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka gives tips on stopping cats from biting, their aging signs & bathing them By Maneka Gandhi How to stop cats from biting? Try substituting cat toys for your fingers when you’re playing and save your fingers for gentle petting. Make sure all family members (and visitors) are aware of…
Reading about an obituary in Star of Mysore on Sunday, 19th July 2020, about the passing away of an old friend and well-wisher of mine, popularly known as Santhepete Srikantaiah, I felt deeply saddened. To learn that towards the end he was hospitalised for some time further disturbed me because he was a man always…
By T.J.S. George The Congress’ curse — and India’s — is that no one dares look outside of the Gandhis. This is when it is obvious that dramatic changes will occur if Sonia retires and Rahul joins a team of leaders comprising Mallikarjun Kharge, Kapil Sibal and P. Chidambaram on the one side and Milind…
Now that I have passed on the baton of management of Academy Newspapers Pvt. Ltd., Publishers of Star of Mysore and Mysooru Mithra, to honour the immortal words of Poet Alfred Lord Tennyson, “The old order changeth yielding place to new, And God fulfills himself in many ways…”, besides the fact that I have to…
The Congress has ejected its Co-Pilot out of the cockpit in Rajasthan. Now everyone is waiting to see if Sachin Pilot lands safely on BJP’s lap or makes a hard landing trying to start his own party? Meanwhile, the Congress party, still piloted by the Gandhis, is in nosedive and heading for a crash-landing as…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem Yes you may say “Oh no, this is just another article about Covid-19!” But I would like to say, No, this is not just another article about what you should do to keep yourself safe from picking up the Covid-19 infection. It is also not about what is going wrong…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Lockdown with just 4-hour notice: Was it right or wrong? Many opinions. Only time will tell whether it was right or wrong. Why pre-judge our Prime Minister so early ? Why does he not name China? Why does he not wish Dalai Lama on his birthday? As a…
In this week’s Pet Talk, Maneka tells how to handle Budgerigars and keep them comfortable Where in my house should I keep my Budgerigar for the most appropriate care? Keep the cage in natural light and away from draughts. Exposing your bird to half an hour of direct sunlight a day will help them to…
By T.J.S. George Pardon my parochialism (or is it realism?) but I do feel that North and South are different and never the twain shall meet. It is the Aryan concepts that make things complicated. See what Manusmriti (2nd century BCE?) says: “From the eastern sea to the western sea, the area in between the…
Vikas Dubey, the “Kanpur wala” gangster, who killed eight Policemen during a raid and escaped, was caught on a Thursday and shot dead on a Friday. Justice was served ‘Dabangg’ style. Has reel Police become real Police now? “Encounters” or “extra judicial killings” which were widely practiced by the Punjab Police against violent supporters of…
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