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…
Vegetable vendor Nagaraj says he was in Delhi when ex-PM Indira Gandhi was assassinated By H.R. Bapu Satyanarayana For me, talking to my flower seller, vegetable seller, fruit seller, milkman, autorickshaw drivers and maid to know about their family and their attitude towards life is of best human interest. Comparing their lives and attitude with…
By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist On this day three years ago (Feb. 16, 2018), I wrote an article titled ‘Saga of Small Newspapers in Mysuru’ for the Anniversary Issue of Star of Mysore. For this Special Issue, I thought I should record some of the veterans with whom I was associated with during the early days…
Root’s men were deep-rooted to the cause at MAC, Chennai By V.N. Prasad Congratulations to Joe Root and Co., on commencing the tour on a high note; 1-0 victory. Also, personal congratulations to Captain Root on that magnificent ‘Double Hundred’ on his 100th outing; the first in the history of Test cricket. Confidence was supreme….
By Mohinder Gulati Former Chief Operating Officer, United Nations Sustainable Energy for All and former Adviser, Energy – World Bank Dear Greta, I had admired your courage, commitment, and capturing the global imagination on climate justice when you stood up at the 2018 UNCCC. As Chief Operating Officer of United Nations Sustainable Energy for All…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Humans domesticated fire around 3,00,000 years ago. We started using tools around that time. But, the human brain evolved to its current size roughly 2,00,000 years ago. We migrated out of Africa into India, 50,000 years ago. So, when do we find the earliest signs of…
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