Yesterday I was out of Mysuru leaving the city early morning and returning late night. As is my wont, I picked up Star of Mysore before hitting the sack. What a good news! ‘Train via Kodagu scrapped’. The sub-title said that the Union Railway Minister Piyush Goyal would make an official announcement in Parliament today…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief The Railway Department’s refusal to clear the blockage of the crucial two-furlong road in Bannimantap connecting Hazrath Gumnam Shahwali Dargah Road and Ring Road in city citing safety issues and its argument that trespassers cannot be permitted near the Railway track on that stretch is totally unacceptable. The Railway’s attitude regarding…
Come March, the members of Mysore Race Club (MRC) realise it is time for the Membership election. This year it is on 19th of this month. The Membership is statutorily restricted to 250, new members are democratically chosen through secret ballot whenever the vacancy arises following the death or resignation of members. This year there…
Star of Mysore Editorial Advisor K.B. Ganapathy, who inaugurated the exhibition of newspapers at Kautilya Vidyalaya in city this morning, is seen taking a look at the exhibits along with Kautilya Vidyalaya Chairman R. Kautilya Raghu, Principal Dr. L. Savitha and the students.
Mysuru: Kautilya Vidyalaya has organised an awareness programme on newspapers for school students at its premises in Kanakadasanagar here on Feb.27 at 10 am. Disclosing this at a press meet at Pathrakarthara Bhavan yesterday, Inchara and Chandana, students of 10th standard of the school, said that the programme would be inaugurated by Star of Mysore…
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it,” said that great American writer and humorist Mark Twain. I agree and I am sure all mothers will agree. However, there is a caveat. The trouble Mark Twain had mentioned should not be such that the son should kill…
It all started with the eternal question of ‘To be or not to be’ raised by the Shakespearean Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark. To celebrate 40th anniversary of Star of Mysore or not. That was the question. The doubt arose because some one thought after the Silver Jubilee celebrations on Feb.16, 2003, it is Golden…
Mysuru: Jagadguru Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Mahaswamiji of Suttur Srikshethra, who could not attend the Anniversary celebrations of Star of Mysore (SOM) last evening due to prior engagement, has sent the following message greeting SOM and the same was read out at the function. Dear Sri Ganapathy, At the outset, we congratulate you on the eve…
Editors are unique who are rarely seen but only read. However, when one is not only an editor but also the founder-owner of a newspaper, then the equation changes. And to run a newspaper for 40 long years and create a unique space takes courage and above all, a certain kind of chutzpah. K.B. Ganapathy…
It has been an unbroken tradition for me since 40 years to write an Abracadabra column for the annual special issue of Star of Mysore brought out on Feb.16 every year. As I was thinking about the subject for this year’s Abracadabra, my eyes spied over a tome of a book “The Treasured Writings of…
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