Plato the Greek Philosopher had said that an unexamined life is not worth living. I am unable to get the sense of this precept. Whose life? If it is my own life, life of each individual, how to examine it? What are the standards and parameters? Does it also mean introspection? Further, does it mean…
Hark! Modi comes to Mysuru
April 8, 2019Will Modi redeem the pledge Nehru promised we the people of India in 1947? Prime Minister Narendra Modi is visiting our city Mysuru tomorrow as part of his roller-coaster Parliamentary election campaign and will address the citizens of this royal and cultural city of Karnataka at the same venue where he addressed us in 2014…
Love and War in Democracy: Will 1977 history repeat itself in 2019?
April 4, 2019If Narendra Modi makes a triumphant return to power as the unquestioned leader of the BJP, let me speculate, there are many possibilities for the future of India — the Constitution will be amended to fix the problem of Jammu & Kashmir once and for all. This, I think, will affirm the genuine Secular character…
Musings on Leadership & Mission Shakti
March 29, 2019PM Modi, Dronacharya for Arjunas of DRDO Last Wednesday evening, I had a special request from industrialist and Wellness Guru Dr. B.R. Pai of Vijay Wires to attend a lecture and workshop titled “Leadership 4.0” by Prof. Debashis Chatterjee, Director of IIM, Kozhikode, Kerala. Having heard another Management Guru Gaur Gopal Das, only a few…
If you are a Nationalist you will protect public property
March 25, 2019Recently when I read a report about the famed Nanjaraja Bahadur Choultry my thoughts went rambling about our country getting independence after Muslim and British rule of over a 1,000 years. The suffering and denials of our people and then the euphoria of getting freedom, though at the cost of the division of the country….
Positive attitude is the key to success, says Gaur Gopal Das
March 24, 2019Mysuru: Spiritual leader, motivational Speaker and lifestyle coach Gaur Gopal Das said that positive attitude towards simple things in life can bring about success to every man and woman. “Life is full of challenges and gains and losses are common. Man must develop the courage to overcome challenges and losses,” he said. Gaur Gopal Das…
Gaur Gopal Das: Monk who stole our hearts
March 24, 2019Among the lives on this planet earth, the human life seems to be the most difficult, most complex. No creature other than human creature needs support of a motivation speaker and a life coach, like Gaur Gopal Das, to make human life less difficult and free of all complexities! Of course, the name and fame…
NRI writer’s travelogue ‘Tirugata’ released in city
March 22, 2019Mysuru: Young NRI writer, Kiran S. Bhat’s travelogue ‘Tirugata’ was released by K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, at a function organised by Bengaluru-based Publisher ‘Chirantana Media Solutions’ at Hotel Radisson Blu Plaza here yesterday. Speaking on the occasion, Ganapathy said, Kiran Bhat has penned the travelogue after touring 124 countries, studying their environment, culture,…
Secularism for Hindus at the mercy of Courts?
March 12, 2019The Sabarimala Temple of the presiding deity Swamy Ayyappa, which is under a controversy following a Supreme Court order to allow women of all ages to enter the temple and offer prayers, was opened yesterday (Monday) for the annual temple festival being held for 10 days. The festival will end on Mar. 21. The temple…
Questions I did not ask our Defence Minister !
March 7, 2019Whoever said that ‘politics is an art of possibilities’ should be given an award. I guess with 70 years of Democracy without any break, except for the aberration of 1975-76 Emergency, our politicians have mastered this art and made what appears to be impossible, for ordinary mortals like me, quite possible. Otherwise, how could BJP…
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