Being born and brought up in Mysuru, he considers himself fortunate to serve as Tahsildar of Mysuru taluk. Holding Gram Panchayat (GP) elections without any law and order problem and clearing rampant encroachment of Government lands were the two major challenges before this young and dynamic KAS Officer of 2014 batch, who took charge as…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In ancient China, the belief was that as the common red fox grew older, it would get supernatural powers. Its colour would change and its tails would multiply. Therefore, with the passage of time, an older fox would turn white and grow up to nine tails….
By Vijayamala K. Saralaya The ninth concert under the online music programme ‘Yuva Sangeetha Sambhrama-2020’ of Sri Thyagaraja Sangeetha Sabha Charitable Trust was a violin duet, premièred on 3rd January on the YouTube channel of the Sabha. The concert was presented by Vidu. Prithvi Bhaskar and Vidu. C.V. Shruthi, which was dedicated to M.S. Gopalakrishnan,…
By Girija Madhavan During the Corona lockdown children have been receiving lessons at home online. I recall my own “home schooling” in Mysore seventy-eight years ago; the loneliness I felt then maybe shared now by the children who are kept at home. I joined the Good Shepherd Convent in Mysore in 1943 when I was…
It is a dream of many to be a high-ranking bureaucrat but only a few manage to scale the heights by cracking Civil Services exam and later being a successful officer and a role model to thousands of aspirants. There have been innumerable inspiring stories of people becoming the best administrators. Rohini Sindhuri, Deputy Commissioner…
By B.C. Thimmaiah Have you ever been to a shop dedicated to just walking sticks? Yes, you read it right — walking sticks. In all shapes and sizes, in cane, dead hard-wood, sticks with carved animals, with dog faces, thumb sticks, deep river walking sticks, country walking sticks, home decor sticks, decorative sticks, fashion sticks,…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy At a time when modern bicycles equipped with gears & other facilities are becoming popular, for many reasons including users’ love for non-motorised transport, one can see very few bicycle repairers, who once upon a time dotted every lane and bylanes of Mysuru. Non-polluting and environment-friendly cycles were for decades one…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar It was a disturbed childhood. A boy faced ignominy, pain, shame, humiliation due to hormonal changes in his body. But took everything as challenge, studied law and became the city’s first transgender advocate. This is the story of Shashi alias Shashikumar, a resident of Jayanagar, Mysuru, who struggled a lot to…
Sing like no one is listening, love like you never been hurt, dance like no one is watching and live like it is heaven on earth. ― Mark Twain By Sujata Rajpal Inspired by the famous quote of Mark Twain (also lyrics on the similar sentiment from the music album Dance by Mario Frangoulis, a…
By Nandini Srinivasan Necessity is the mother of invention! And when hard times hit you, the need to keep going brings out the creativity in you. That’s what Jairam, who sells sugarcane juice near Crawford Hall in city, is doing now! Having worked as a Captain at Hotel Southern Star for years, where he served…
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