Reading a news item this morning titled ‘Youth, distressed over losing footwear, dials emergency number’ and its contents, my memory went amok and my own experience in losing footwears came crowding to my mind. Since there is lot of fun and human element, I thought I could share it with my readers. While ruminating on…
I.N.D.I.A Vs BHARAT, Howzat? Indian Democracy seems like a paradox. The first paradox is that we got it in darkness of the midnight. Pandit Nehru in his first Independence Day speech, in great flourish and rhetoric, declared that ‘when the whole world sleeps, India will awake to life and freedom.’ I had read that Napoleon…
The Inter-School Samskruthotsava Competition 2023-24 was inaugurated by the renowned Sanskrit scholar Vidwan H.V. Nagaraja Rao (third from right) at Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan (BVB) School, Mysuru, this morning. BVB Chairman K.B. Ganapathy, Vice-Chairman Dr. C. Naganna, Hon. Secretary P.S. Ganapathy, Hon. Treasurer Dr. A.T. Bhashyam, Principal S. Lekha Nair, Vice-Principal H.N. Prapulla, Administrative Officer S.R….
There was a magazine in Bombay (now Mumbai) called ‘Imprint’ in the 1960s and 1970s. Those were the days of Congress hegemony and the rise of Indira Gandhi. The magazine had invited articles from its readers on the subject, “What life will be like in India in the 70s. I decided to participate, wrote the…
Chamundi Hill Development Authority on the anvil In the late 1970, D. Devaraj Urs, the then Chief Minister who brought in the MOST revolutionary land reform, nationalised buses and named Mysuru State as Karnataka, was known for his indifference to the votes of the educated and the rich. And he openly declared so in his…
The problem of old-age is as old as hills. In the early centuries, finding old people of past 60 years of age used to be as rare as hen’s teeth. The longevity used to be short no matter you are Alexander the Great or Swami Vivekananda. Reasons could be many. It could be genetical, in-breeding,…
On the occasion, the book ‘Life and Times,’ authored by K.B. Ganapathy, Founder-Editor, Star of Mysore & Mysuru Mithra, was released. Picture alongside shows (from left) Shubha Sanjay Urs, Founder, Managing Trustee and Chairperson of Mysuru Book Clubs and Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust; Dr. Chandrashekar Kambar; Pramoda Devi Wadiyar; Dr. Bibek Debroy; Sam Cherian…
In the beginning of the month, I had received a book about a famous Horticulturist during the days of Wadiyar rulers of Mysore, Rao Bahadur H.C. Javaraya titled ‘a gardener and a gentleman.’ The format of the book was similar to a miniature coffee-table book with innumerable beautifully produced photographs and pictures enriching each and…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Senior Journalist Mysore/Mysuru: These are the times for the senior citizens of our city to remember some of the government officers who worked in Mysuru. One was Jayakumar Anagol, the Divisional Commissioner (30.4.1977 to 1.2.1980), who also held the charges of other departments till the new appointees came in. Once, the local…
If our God could create this universe in six days and rest on the seventh day, why not a veteran journalist? With this thought I decided to entertain myself by going to DRC Cinemas, known for its over-sized Samosa like the original American Burger and enjoy the evening. However, to enjoy a film, the most…
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