While leafing through the recent copy of The Week magazine, I ran into the cover-story on Justice Chandru Krishnaswamy (Chandru for short), who had retired recently and a connected interview of Suriya Sivakumar (Suriya for short), the famous Tamil film actor. Having been educated in law and seen the portals of criminal Courts and High…
Dr. B.S. Ajaikumar: Man with a Mission
November 2, 2021On Sunday, after watching Kannada TV channels showing the burial of Kannada film world’s iconic matinee idol Puneeth Rajkumar, who had died of heart attack on Friday (Oct. 29), I came to office to get rid of that melancholic feeling. Very sad indeed. He bloomed as an actor rather early in life as a child…
‘I am the glorious Past. Leave me alone,’ says the Pyramid Sphinx
October 26, 2021Yesterday’s Deccan Herald had carried a pictorial item under the column ‘World at a glance’ which interested me. It was about the Great Pyramids of Giza, near Cairo, Egypt. Since I had visited these Pyramids, I was naturally interested. The picture with caption which is self-explanatory is produced above. I thought it is going to…
Musings on MySugar: May the sugar be sweeter
October 23, 2021Air-India comes back to TATAs ; Business of Government is not to be in business Our Mandya farmers must be the happier lot now. After years of uncertainty about the local Sugar Factory (Mysore Sugar Company Limited) which was deep in loss and was virtually closed, the farmers whose primary commercial crop is sugarcane, heard…
Musings on Annual Report of an Education Fund
October 18, 2021A couple of days back I received the Annual Report of the Coorg Education Fund, Madikeri, Kodagu, like in the past few years. Though I hardly go through it, it is a reminder that I am a Life Member of this Fund. I don’t even remember when and how I became a Life Member. Let…
Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, Mysuru Kendra: Remembering Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy
October 4, 2021In the human garden, where flowers bloom, Mathoorji was also one; but one that was perfumed spreading subtle fragrance. On 25th September 2021, I had the privilege of unveiling the bust of Dr. Mathoor Krishnamurthy at the Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s (BVB) Sports Ground named after him, at Vijayanagar I Stage. That event sent me down…
Recalling a plague epidemic of 1907 in times of COVID-19 pandemic
September 27, 2021Coronavirus, the COVID-19, had taken its toll of human beings all over this planet earth since 2019 and presently threatening to enter its III Phase, as experts call, to attack the children too… Mercifully our scientists have come up with an effective (almost) vaccination to contain the pandemic — immunisation by vaccination. But this should…
Elephant walk in wilderness amidst rain…
September 22, 2021This was the scene in the forest area of Hunsur-Gonikoppa (Kodagu) Road last evening with a herd of elephants and baby elephants emerging from the forest on to the clearance by the side of the main road. It was a most exciting feast to the passing motorists. [Pic. by KBG]
Dr. Devi Shetty speaks of how medical doctors treat a patient
September 15, 2021Renowned Cardiac Surgeon Dr. Devi Prasad Shetty, MS, FRCS, who is also the Founder and Chairman of Narayana Health, shares his encounter with Mother Teresa in 1989. He tells how his perspective towards life changed after meeting Mother Teresa. He also stresses the importance of touching a patient which is no longer the practice these…
Teacher shows light of knowledge to students
September 5, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: “Teacher is the one who brings out students from darkness and shows the light of knowledge” said former Chairman of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) Prof. A.V. Narasimha Murthy. He was addressing the gathering at a ‘Guruvandana’ programme on the occasion of Teachers’ Day and book release of ‘Ithihasa Parampare’ (History of Tradition), written by…















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