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 was this day, nay this very evening, 43 years ago that Star of Mysore was born in this city as an Evening English Newspaper. Happily it continues to be your favourite eveninger. From this evening, we will be entering 44th year of our publication. And as we do so, we gratefully remember all those…
Mysore/Mysuru: Spandana Samskritika Parishat, in association with Manava Bandhutva Vedike, Samudaya Sabalikarana Samsthe and Apoorva Prakashana, has organised book release and felicitation ceremony at Maneyangala in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road in city on Feb. 21 at 10.30 am Former President of Karnataka Sahitya Akademi writer Dr. Aravind Malagatti will release the book ‘Gandhiya Gadiparu’…
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…
I had read the autobiography of L.K. Advani, the BJP’s top honcho “My Country My Life”, a tome running to nearly 1,000 pages in 2008, as soon as it was published. BJP as a political party has had a very chequered growth from its origin as Jana Sangh, then submerged in JP’s Janata Party and…
On Feb. 8, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul while passing judgement on a ‘love marriage case’ said, “Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners, which is a departure from the earlier norms of society where caste and community played a major role. Possibly, this is the way forward, where caste and community tensions…
Sir, The “Letter to Greta” was a most informative eye-opener on the farmers’ protest. I came to know of the many facts that were hitherto unknown to me. Thank you for publishing such an interesting and useful article. Kudos to Star of Mysore for translating into Kannada and publishing in Mysuru Mithra also. – Saraswathy…
Glanders disease outbreak: Zoo on High AlertDecember 20, 2025
MRC suspends racing activities temporarilyDecember 20, 2025
Mysuru shivers as mercury dips to 8.4°CDecember 20, 2025
Pulse Polio campaign tomorrowDecember 20, 2025
Recent Comments