[Continued from yesterday] Don’t worry we will get down at the next Station and contact the Railway authorities and the Police,” my wife said trying to pump hope and courage into me. My mind was blank, yet I was trying to condition it to the new pathetic situation. Worse, I could not bear to see…
On April 15, 2018, The Hindu had published an article titled ‘Miracles, they do happen’ by one Jayanthi Chandrasekharan about the purse being stolen from her hand bag at the Chennai Railway Station. She was to travel in the Shatabdi Express leaving in the evening. It was narrated as a real-life incident and I was…
Election in a democracy is the season for migrants. Like birds and animals migrate from one location to another during certain seasons and for certain reasons like drought or forest fire, smart politicians too migrate from one party to another. They are the ones who know which side of the bread is buttered! In Mysuru…
The Bhavan’s Journal of March 31, 2018 has a cover story titled Shradhanjali, on Jagadguru Sri Jayendra Saraswathi, the Seer of the Kanchi Kamakoti Peetham in Tamil Nadu, who crossed the worldly threshold into eternity on Wednesday, the 28th February 2018 at Kanchipuram. He was the 69th head of the centuries-old Mutt. While it is…
The impact and purpose of a poem or a writing on a subject like obituary or the closure of an institution that has served the people for many years, leaving a legacy of its own, can never be underestimated. Writing on such subjects is not easy and only a versatile writer can bring out the…
Man must not only live with dignity but also die with dignity. That may not be the law of nature, nor the intention of God. God is supposed to be kind and compassionate both to his believers and non-believers alike but what do we see? That was one of the reasons we had Mother Teresa…
Mysuru: K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief, Star of Mysore, has described former Minister V. Sreenivasa Prasad as a real winner who won in the true sense though losing the recent Nanjangud by-election. He was speaking at Kalamandira yesterday about the book ‘Swabhimana Rajakaranada Hinnele – Nanjanagudu Vidhana Sabha Upachunavane’ written by Prasad. “I have known Prasad since…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief A house divided cannot stand,’ is an old maxim that emphasises the need for unity among law-makers and the people for better governance and a peaceful society. Sadly, our Chief Minister Siddharamaiah does not care to appreciate this time-tested maxim. When one is a mere politician, not a Statesman, the hunger…
Damage done may lead to division of Karnataka like Andhra Pradesh. We are warned ! On Saturday, 3rd March 2018 a friend telephoned me seeking appointment to bring his friend who wanted advice from me to sell a 60’x40’ site he owned in K.C. Nagar. As Mysureans know that sites and buildings in K.C. Nagar,…
Mysuru: There is no better inspiration for the youth of today than our own Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to keep oneself healthy, both in body and mind, said former Director of CBI and Director General, National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) Dr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan. He was delivering a lecture here this morning at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan’s…
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