By Dr. M.N. Ajay Nagabhushan, IAS ‘A half-truth is a whole lie’ — Jewish proverb Chandresh was in my class in Pre-University College, South Bangalore, before I joined my MBBS course. We both had gone to the same coaching class for the Common Entrance Test for professional colleges. He was a very hard-working student and…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar In an age of medical advancement where things change every moment, here is a man who treats people for their common ailments with herbs and roots. He has been selling herbal medicines for the last 60 years and has supported his family with the income earned from the medicines. Known as…
At the age of 76 not many will have the luck of leading a healthy life but those who have are sure to make the most of it by engaging themselves in one or the other activity. For a person to learn swimming at an advanced age is not new but the person whom we…
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…
I go to a barber shop called ‘Big Boss’ right behind my office in Bannimantap. And they do a pretty good job of keeping me pretty, or at least I thought so… until I visited a local fancy hotel’s in-house barber shop or as we ‘neo-sophisticated’ Mysureans call ‘Saaay LON.’ As I walked in, there…
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 K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The very first day of this new year 2017, Mysuru lost a distinguished personality Siddharthacharry (98). The city has become poorer in the death of this eminent scholar, educationist, an able diplomat of Nehru Era and a humanist. Besides himself being a successful Ambassador serving…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Journalism, a noble profession, the Fourth Estate as it is called, is based on honest reporting as its basic premise and accuracy of reporting as its weapon. If this is not adhered to, this profession also becomes another business where only profits matter. Then why is it that…
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