By K.B. Ganapathy, Senior Journalist Mysore/Mysuru: These are the times for the senior citizens of our city to remember some of the government officers who worked in Mysuru. One was Jayakumar Anagol, the Divisional Commissioner (30.4.1977 to 1.2.1980), who also held the charges of other departments till the new appointees came in. Once, the local…
Meet Daredevil Musthafa
June 19, 2023If our God could create this universe in six days and rest on the seventh day, why not a veteran journalist? With this thought I decided to entertain myself by going to DRC Cinemas, known for its over-sized Samosa like the original American Burger and enjoy the evening. However, to enjoy a film, the most…
Memories of Makkaji Chowk: 18 years ago (2005) in Star of Mysore
June 12, 2023Mod shopping mall for city under scan By K.B. Ganapathy The Mysore City Corporation with 65 members in its Council passed a very important resolution last month on 10.10.2005 on the subject No. 164, with financial implications running into more than many crores of rupees every year. The resolution pertains to the proposed commercial complex…
MCC’s ‘Pay and Park’ system
June 12, 2023Shoppers protest; No way to ease pressure on parking space The Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Council with 65 Corporators whom we unfortunately call as City Fathers have taken a decision on June 9, 2023 to introduce a ‘Pay and Park’ system on six important roads of the business hubs of our city in downtown area…
Geeth Gaatha Chal Musical Nite by Doctors enthrals audience
June 5, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: The 21st edition of the Annual ‘Geeth Gaatha Chal’ Musical Nite by Doctors and their family enthralled the audience at MMC&RI Platinum Jubilee Hall in J.K. Grounds here last evening, with singers coming up with their best. The stage was decorated with colourful lights for the grand event, which began with Dr. Deepika, Dr….
Modi must make new Media law for modern India
June 3, 2023Rahul Gandhi is providing more than required grist to the legal luminaries of our country and also to successive Governments at the Centre to study the innumerable civil and criminal laws of our colonial British rulers that we embraced and adopted with glee. It needed a Rahul Gandhi to show us how those laws of…
Champaka Kala Ratna Award presented to Ganjifa artist Raghupathi Bhat, Yogacharya Sudesh Chand
June 2, 2023Mysore/Mysuru: Champaka Kala Ratna Award was presented to Ganjifa artist Raghupathi Bhat and Yogacharya Sudesh Chand by Champaka Educational and Cultural Trust at its premises in Ramakrishnanagar in city last evening. Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra K.B. Ganapathy, who was the chief guest at the programme, presented the award to Raghupathi Bhat…
Wake up Mysuru: Ask Siddharamaiah to leave behind a legacy for Mysuru
May 27, 2023The good news after the Congress came to power in Karnataka is that N. Jayaram, a 2004-batch IAS Officer, has been appointed as the Secretary to Chief Minister Siddharamaiah. Jayaram has a very intimate connection with Mysuru for two reasons. One is, he was the Commissioner of Mysuru Urban Development Authority (MUDA) from Dec. 10,…
Let us be vocal about local problems faced by Mysureans
May 24, 2023Reading an article titled ‘Is Lalitha Mahal Hotel going Jayalakshmi Vilas Mansion way?’ in yesterday’s Star of Mysore written by no less a person than one who is well-qualified and experienced on the subject and a retired Senior Vice-President of India Tourism Development Corporation (ITDC) Mr. N.K.A. Ballal, a resident of Mysuru for many years…
Religious Freedom Vs Freedom from Religion
May 19, 2023I am wondering at the human bondage to religion, not so much to God. The religion the people follow is the real problem, not the God they worship. I allowed my thoughts to soar in the region of metaphysics yesterday morning as I was reading the editorial in the Deccan Herald titled “Religious freedom: Govt….
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