By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief I was not surprised to read Vikram Muthanna’s column ‘In Black and White’ titled ‘India is beautiful, Indians make it ugly’ published on Saturday 15th September 2018. He has thoughtfully taken the picture of that magnificent entry gate to the Government Guest House facing Bengaluru-Mysuru Road near Ya Allah Mosque. It…
On Wednesday, 12th September when I was driving to my office in Bannimantap, I was witness to the ugly face of some Mysureans. The beautiful fountain, known as elephant fountain, because of the four elephant heads it carried, was vandalised. I was devastated. I was angry. The Police and the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) Officials…
Mysuru: Following the political turbulence seen in Karnataka as a result of rumours about the imminent arrest of Water Resources Minister D.K. Shivakumar in the Income Tax case by the Enforcement Directorate, a Herculean effort seems to be underway to save and protect the number two powerful Minister in the Karnataka Coalition Government. Chief Minister…
Kuldip Nayar, India’s veteran journalist, author, former Member of the Rajya Sabha and the former High Commissioner of India in London, passed away on Thursday 23rd August, 2018 peacefully after a brief illness in Delhi. He was 95. Kuldip Nayar was no stranger to me though I am certainly a stranger to him. My professional…
Being a local newspaper, I thought our readers would like this write-up on our city I received in my WhatsApp. Hence, publishing it here. Happy, nostalgic reading. – KBG, Editor-in-Chief Mysore or Mysuru, cannot be experienced in holidays or weekends. Like a creeper growing and encircling the bark, you have to live, and grow with…
There are two culturally enriching organisations in our city that came into existence in the past three years. One is the Mysore Book Clubs – 2015 under the auspices of the Mysore Literary Forum Charitable Trust (MLFCT), promoted by that ever-active Shubha Sanjay Urs, skilled in the art of making friends, the President. More or…
District Administration lacks professional approach; Mysore Citizens Forum visits Relief Centres Happy families are all alike; every unhappy family is unhappy in its own way. — Leo Tolstoy On August 22, 2018, Wednesday, a dozen members representing Mysore Citizens Forum (Mysuru Nagarikara Vedike) headed by Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji of Suttur Mutt went to Kodagu…
Mysuru: Mysore Literary Association had organised a function at Rotary West auditorium in Saraswathipuram here this morning for the launch of the book ‘Rise of a Barefoot Boy: An Autobiography’ by former Vice-Chancellor of Kashmir University Prof. J.A.K. Tareen. Releasing the book, Star of Mysore Editor-in-Chief K.B. Ganapathy said that the book bares the politics…
[Continued from Aug. 17] It was clear that Pavan Varma settled down to write this book ‘Adi Shankaracharya’ in the format of hagiography after visiting places hallowed by the name of Adi Shankaracharya. Personally, I have been striving to know who or what God (Brahma) is and Aathma (Soul) is. In the cases of both,…
This year’s Mysuru Literary Fest was held on Aug. 12 and the VIP speaker, who was the cynosure of all eyes, among others, was Pavan K. Varma, former diplomat, Press Secretary to the President of India and, of course, an eminent and prolific writer on subjects as varied as politics and religion. He was a…
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