City’s future hinges on smart traffic planning If New Bus Stand is shifted to Bannimantap… By V.N. Prasad Over the past couple of weeks, I came across several articles and letters to the editor published in Star of Mysore regarding the shifting of the Sub-Urban Bus Stand to Bannimantap, a proposal passed by the Cabinet…
By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist It is hard to believe that the famous historic place, Bannimantap, will have a bus stand to be built at Rs. 120 crore on the 16-acre land the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has in its possession. Perhaps, nowhere else, such strange proposals to turn a garden and Parade…
By Dr. S.N. Prasad The popular social media is awash with grotesquely exaggerated and sanitised accounts of something spectacular, popularly described as a rare ‘alignment’ and ‘parade’ of planets, happening in the night sky this month, especially on Jan. 25. In one such video report making the rounds of WhatsApp, I heard with a combination…
By Sujata Rajpal From the station turn right, and after two hundred metres your destination will be on your left,” explained a fellow commuter in broken English at Kyoto train station when we asked him the directions of a Japanese restaurant that we couldn’t locate. Outside the station, when we had just turned right, the…
Why We Die is a highly informative and thought-provoking book that provides a comprehensive overview of the science of aging and death. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of life and the human condition. While the book primarily focuses on the biological aspects of aging, it also raises profound…
By Girija Madhavan Before I left San Francisco last year to return to Mysuru, I went for a walk on a promontory in the bay of San Francisco to the jetty that protects the Small Boat harbour in the Marina District. It was a lovely day, pelicans and other water birds were on the wing…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Lions have long been symbols of royalty across the world. In India, kings sat on lion thrones (simha-asana) and Durga, the patron goddess of royal households, is shown riding into battle on a lion. Uniquely, in our country, lions are also linked with ascetics and their…
Need to send DPR back to the Drawing Board By Bhamy V. Shenoy Several articles have been written on relocating Mysuru’s Sub-Urban Bus Stand. Is there anything new to discuss? Absolutely. Anyone travelling long distances from Mysuru knows the chaotic conditions at the Sub-Urban Bus Stand. The sheer volume of buses has reached a tipping…
By V.N. Prasad Our boys tasted a ‘Brown Wash’ Down Under; as Kangaroos lift/redeem the ‘Border-Gavaskar Trophy’ 3-1 at the SCG. On a beautifully curated wicket, the 5th and the final Test at the SCG concluded on the third day; a despicable routine/occurrence that is virtually corroding the very spirit of Test cricket. Congratulations to…
By Madhuri Thathachari It is with great sorrow I learnt of Dr. R. Chidambaram’s demise on Jan. 4, 2025. He was not only an outstanding, distinguished and brilliant Scientist but also was a great human being. It was my good fortune that I came to know him personally because he was a friend of both…
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