By R. Chandra Prakash Those who fail to learn from history, are doomed to repeat it.—Winston Churchill Nehru was an honourable man. He was also a learned person, an intellectual and a great patriot. No one can question his integrity and nationalism. His overall contributions to the nation-building has to be recognised. However, these qualities…
By R. Chandra Prakash K.B. Ganapathy’s Abracadabra titled “Modi must put India House in order before he leaves Office” in Star of Mysore dated Nov. 19 and 20, 2024, is a frank and bold narration of concurrent history. It points to the root causes for the predicament the sacred geography of Bharat is confronted with…
New Delhi: Narendra Modi took the oath for a third consecutive term as Prime Minister, along with 72 Ministers, at the Rashtrapati Bhavan last night at 7.15 pm. With this milestone, 73-year-old Narendra Modi equalled the feat of Jawaharlal Nehru, who won three straight terms as India’s first Prime Minister. While PM Modi has secured…
Revisiting the past in 2024 Among academicians in Mysuru, nay in India, if at all there was a Nehru fan and loyalist, it was Prof. C.D. Narasimhaiah (CDN), Professor in English, Manasagangothri, University of Mysore (1921-2005). He was best known for his literary criticism and bringing out an abridged version of Nehru’s magnum opus ‘Discovery…
Local politicians demand memorial next to Nehru’s statue at a park in Panchet Dhanbad: Budhni Manjhiyain, a woman from the Santhal tribe, passed away at the age of 80 at her residence near Panchet in Jharkhand. Budhni Manjhiyain lived and died in exile. She acquired fame, rather infamy, as the then Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru’s…
India has done it. Third time lucky. Chandrayaan-3, the Moon Mission of ISRO (Indian Space Research Organisation) has successfully landed on the designated spot on the moon’s South Pole. It is an achievement attempted but not achieved by any other country in the world. As if to mock Russia, a pioneer in space research and…
[Continued from yesterday] Everything was hunky dory for the Maharaja Hari Singh Bahadur till the day we got independence. Soon after, the Maharaja was shaken by a savage tribe of raiders who appeared on the borders of his kingdom. Kashmiri leader Sheik Abdulla who was fighting for freedom from the Maharaja’s despotic rule was put…
It is needless to say that the inspiration for the headline of this article is derived from the well-known book titled ‘The Discovery of India,’ written by Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, our first Prime Minister, while he was in jail. Likewise, the inspiration for me to write this article has come from a very rare book …
By H.K. Shivananda, I.A.S.(Retd)., Ex-Administrator, MCC and Ex-Director, ATI, Mysuru Amongst the several Palaces built by Wadiyars in Mysuru City, Lalitha Mahal is the second biggest Palace after Mysore Palace and has a grandeur and beauty of its own. Built in twenties of last century for the exclusive use of Viceroy for his stay at…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last week I wrote about the philanthropy of Pandit Rajavaidya P.H. Chandrabhan Singh, one of the Royal Physicians of Mysore, in gifting away 32 acres of his agricultural land for the establishment of a school for rural children, way back in the year 1970. I also mentioned there that…
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