Bengaluru: Ashvini Ranjan, Founder-Trustee of Pratham Mysore, an NGO dedicated to improving the learning abilities of rural children since 2002, was conferred with the prestigious State Award on the occasion of World Senior Citizens Day celebrations at Ravindra Kalakshetra in Bengaluru. Chief Minister Siddaramaiah presided over the event and presented the award to Ranjan in…
Mysore/Mysuru: The majestic Mysore Palace is the most photographed structure and the most visited place after the Taj Mahal, said city-based entrepreneur, Founder-Trustee of Pratham Mysore, and author Ashvini Ranjan. He was speaking at a panel discussion on the topic ‘In True Colours,’ a compilation of black and white photographs and Ashvini’s favourite memories and…
Mysore/Mysuru: A coffee-table book titled ‘In True Colours’ by city-based entrepreneur and author Ashvini Ranjan, containing photographs he had taken with related explanations, was released this morning by Actor Ramesh Aravind at the Mysuru Literature Fest being held at Hotel Southern Star in city. Ashvini Ranjan has become an acknowledged creative photographer endowed with a…
By Ashvini Ranjan December 18, 2023, marks the birth centenary of T.S. Satyan, a famous son of Mysore, a renowned photojournalist. Satyan’s photography skills were legendary, displayed at the United Nations Headquarters building in New York in 1977. He received the Padma Shri award in 1979 from the Government of India, along with numerous other…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Consequent upon the recent publication of a disturbing report in some newspapers, naturally followed by their rapid circulation, in the now hair-trigger social media, a wave of needless panic seems to be spreading in our society. A good many of you too may have read these reports, which if…
Mysore/Mysuru: ‘In True Colours,’ a two-day photo exhibition opened to the public at Wadiyar Centre For Architecture (WCFA), located on Krishnaraja Boulevard near Mysuru Law Courts in city this morning. The event features over 55 photographs clicked by Founder-Trustee of Pratham Mysore Ashvini Ranjan. The exhibition, which is open to the public from 11 am…
Mysore/Mysuru: Founder-Trustee of Pratham Mysore and noted photographer Ashvini Ranjan is set to unveil his photo exhibition, ‘In True Colours,’ at the Wadiyar Centre For Architecture (WCFA), located on Krishnaraja Boulevard near Mysuru Law Courts. The exhibition is scheduled for Nov. 25 and 26, open to the public from 11 am to 5.30 pm. Star…
Mysore/Mysuru: ‘In True Colours,’ a photo exhibition by Ashvini Ranjan, Founder-Tru-stee, Pratham Mysore, has been organised at Wadiyar Centre For Architecture (WCFA), Krishnaraja Boulevard, near Law Courts, on Nov. 25 and 26 between 11 am and 5.30 pm. Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor Dr. K.B. Ganapathy will inaugurate the exhibition which will be…
Children are known to be fascinated with the moon, Chandamama, and we read in folk tales children asking mothers to get the moon to play with. Here is a Mysurean, Ashvini Ranjan, who was fascinated with aeroplanes from his childhood days, but like the child in the folk tale, who dreamed of moon but could…
By Ashvini Ranjan The Abracadabra titled “Right to Recall MPs, MLAs will curb corruption” by K.B. Ganapathy in Star of Mysore dated March 7, 2023 made an interesting and timely read. The right to recall a duly elected candidate, who is subsequently found to be corrupt, is like closing the barn door after the horse…
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