By B.C. Thimmaiah Every individual has at least once in lifetime thought about living like a royal. No matter where we live, what income we have and where we travel, we all have an inherent desire to experience the royal life in its full splendour — and one can in our Royal city at least…
By Sujata Rajpal It is said, “choose a job you love, and you will never have to work a day in your life.” Most of us wish to find such a job! We wish, we hope, we desire but there are a few like Maria Justina Minila who go ahead and live life by the…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana We all have heard about the Order of the British Empire (OBE), where the British monarchy confers awards to civilians who have contributed in the field of arts, sports, science, etc. Similarly our Wadiyars too had a Royal ‘Order of the Gandaberunda’ and Star of Mysore recalls this princely…
By S.T. Ravikumar That was a brutal murder. The case is of a Gazetted Officer, who killed his wife by stabbing her stomach and chest umpteen times in 2003, to vent his anger and take revenge. Though the incident occurred 14 years ago, the long arms of law failed to catch up with the absconding…
By C.P. Belliappa I was pleasantly surprised by an e-mail a few months ago from Mr. Nigel Cole, a great-grandson of Captain Robert Andrews Cole, who had three stints in Coorg as the Superintendent: March 1865 to October 1865, February 1866 to July 1869, and October 1869 to December 1869. Mr. Nigel Cole, who lives…
By S.N.Venkatnag Sobers Armed Forces personnel and bravery are the two sides of a coin. Soldiers plunge into war zone at any given point of time and situation and do not even think a second to lay down their lives for the sake of our Motherland. One such martyr is Major Akshay Girish of 51…
By S. Kenneth Shishir If a normal car wash can take anywhere between 20 to 30 minutes, it takes just 6 minutes at Star Hyundai. The second authorised dealer in Mysuru for Hyundai Motor India Ltd., Star Hyundai has a fully automated car washing system which washes and dries up a car completely in six…
By Y.D. Shekar Presenting the Kung fu family of Mysuru — if the man in the family loves Kung fu, trekking, cycling, yoga and running, his wife and daughter are Bharatanatyam exponents and have also dabbled their hands in Kung fu. Not to leave behind the youngest in the family, the 6-year-old boy who too…
By Rajkumar Bhavasar While millions of stray dogs roam our country’s streets and at a time when authorities deal with this overpopulation through cruel means such as culling and poisoning, here is a man in Namma Mysuru with meagre earnings taking care of a pack of street dogs. So much so that he feeds his…
By B.C. Thimmaiah He was just 16 when he made a working model of metal steam engine. That is the age when normally boys think about having a love affair or dream about sports cars or bikes. For Natesa Achari, steam engine was his first love and he was passionate in creating miniature models with…
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