Mohan Kumar was watching TV at 10 pm. His son Viraat said he was going to the club for a party. “Have you taken the key of the main door?” asked the father. “No, leave it in the usual place,” said Viraat and shot off on his nocturnal trip with his wife. Mohan Kumar, as…
Adieu to a Sr. Journalist: N. Niranjan Nikam
February 17, 2021I have heard death always comes stealthily. In the death of N. Niranjan Nikam, a familiar name among journalists in our city, who died last night, death came, without an iota of doubt, very much stealthily. I got a Forwarded message about this most unexpected and deeply disturbing news early this morning. I usually doubt…
L.K. Advani: Was he cheated by Destiny?
February 16, 2021I 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…
General’s Museum, Medical College, Heritage Centre
February 5, 2021Last Sunday, 31st January 2021, I went to Madikeri on a bore-breaking trip with my wife and two friends. It was a two-and-a-half-hour journey by car via Kushalnagar. The road being good travelling was comfortable. Kushalnagar is the Gateway to Kodagu, with River Cauvery flowing quietly as a boundary between Mysuru and Kodagu districts. The…
Tale of two heritage buildings: To reconstruct or restore ?
February 4, 2021By K.B. Ganapathy, Senior journalist It was really a welcome move by our Chamaraja MLA L. Nagendra, who raised an important issue in the State Legislative Assembly over the crumbling 137-year-old Devaraja Market and the 129-year-old Lansdowne Building (refer news item titled ‘Restoration of Lansdowne Building, Devaraja Market after Court’s verdict’ in Star of Mysore…
Love in the time of COVID-19
January 24, 2021The world, according to reports, learnt of Coronavirus disease rather late by few months when people began to die of the scourge not knowing how to treat such patients. China was considered the culprit and those who travelled to that country became the carries of the virus. And China with its booming economy, there is…
A Sunday escapade to Karighatta
January 18, 2021Being cocooned for over eight months at home because of the COVID-19 pandemic, I felt like breaking out from the cocoon and walk around like a free man. Going to office is one easy alternative for me. Thank God I have a working place of my own for this kind of distraction and freedom. Imagine…
Social media is important today
January 1, 2021Media Houses suffer from deficiency of news service We all know that so and so actress is expecting a second child. We know that another Bollywood star is expecting her first child. We also know which actor wears which designer clothes. But do we care to know who was Cadet Amit Raj? We don’t. I…
Reflecting on Hinduism as a Religion and a Way of Life !
December 30, 2020Hinduism, like any religion, can produce fanatics, and the modern, essentially Secular State of India has to contend with them; but at their best the tradition of India, as reflected in her myths and stories, are all-embracing and tolerant. It has always been recognised in India that there are many paths to Truth, and what…
Of Journalism and Journalists !
December 24, 2020Is Indian media divided ideologically, like political parties? Newspapers, magazines, TV channels and social media have all come under the scrutiny not so much of the users of these news sources as from those so-called intellectuals and ideologues who are per se classified as Right Liberals and Left Liberals. While the Left Liberals call …
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