[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 …
Last evening between 6 pm and 8 pm, I experienced Mahatria Ra, who spoke to tell the audience (whom he often described as crowd) that “Life hinges on 3 relationships.” The Convocation Hall in the Mukthagangothri campus was full to the last seat. Admission was only to the pass holders strictly and there was no…
Many in India had expressed many kinds of opinions on Pakistan’s former Dictator General Pervez Musharraf’s death on Feb. 5, 2023 in Dubai. Vir Sanghvi, the well-known author, television journalist and columnist says that he is not crying for Musharraf’s death. But in contrast the Congress MP, the talkative master of English language Shashi Tharoor…
Are we benefiting from this annual shindig? If not, why are we there? Our Prime Minister Narendra Modi has, at least, redeemed our country’s honour among the comity of nations by sending to Davos competent persons and those who are not kleptomaniacs. I was away for 18 days on a journey of rediscovering places in…
The primordial question to mankind is found in the Rigveda (8,000 years old). The question is: Who knows and who can say whence it all came and how creation happened? This question, intriguingly, is followed not by an answer but by another question: The Gods themselves are later than creation, so who knows truly whence…
Last evening around 10 pm I felt a tad diminished as a humanist on learning from TV about the passing away of Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji of Jnanayogashram, Vijayapura (formerly Bijapur). Though Swamiji had passed away at 6.05 pm it was officially announced only at around 10 pm. And for good reasons. The funeral arrangements were…
MCC must adopt online services: Hotelier P.V. Giri Mysuru: The 2023 Calendar and the Annual Diary, donated by Hotelier P.V. Giri to Mysuru District Journalists Association (MDJA), was released at an event held at Pathrakartara Bhavan in city this morning. Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra K.B. Ganapathy released the calendar and the…
It was not just partition of territories but also of minds, says author Ram Madhav Mysore/Mysuru: The partition of 1947 was not just of land but of hearts as well. The narrative and discourse that Hindus and Muslims cannot live together is dangerous, divisive and every Indian must be cautious about this agenda, said noted…
This is the concluding part of the Abracadabra written on 9th November 2017. In view of two important talks on the similar subject by two well-known political thinkers of our times namely Supreme Court Advocate J. Sai Deepak and BJP leader Ram Madhav in city on 17th December 2022 and 18th December 2022 respectively, we…
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