Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav The Dasara Flower Show being held at Kuppanna Park, also called as Nishad Bagh, is beckoning visitors in hordes. The new addition of the Lal Bagh-like Glass House has become a show-stopper with people thronging to take selfies and click pictures with the floral replica of Delhi’s Lotus Temple made…
Bags T.S. Satyan Photography Award
September 14, 2018District Minister G.T. Devegowda is seen presenting T.S. Satyan Photography Award to Senior Photographer Pragathi Gopalakrishna as part of World Photography Day celebrations at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira here on Sept. 11. Others seen are Chief Minister H.D. Kumaraswamy, Tourism Minister S.R. Mahesh, Hotelier P.V. Giri, Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, Senior Journalist K….
Green Ganapa
September 8, 2018By Team Star of Mysore: V. Shourabh, S.T. Ravikumar, Rajkumar Bhavasar, M.B. Pavan Murthy and M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav It is time for the Lord of Lords — Lord Ganesha — to arrive. The most powerful and the most merciful of all Gods needs some extra care and some extra attention. It is only fair that…
Sarkari Shaale
September 1, 2018In the now-showing Kannada movie ‘Sarkari Hiriya Pratamika Shaale, Kasargodu: Koduge Ramanna Rai’, Director Rishab Shetty narrates the condition of government Kannada schools. The movie, based on the Director’s real-life incident, narrates the story of a School Head Master who struggles to keep the school running against all odds. Like the reel-life Head Master, effectively…
FOODPATHS: Pushing pedestrians off the footpath
August 18, 2018A photo feature by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Come evening and there is a Mela on certain city roads with vendors turning out in large numbers to sell everything from momos to gobi manchurian, egg, vegetarian and meat rolls to dosas, cut fruits, salted-and-peppered raw mangoes and pani-puris from their pushcarts. With people, especially youngsters and…
Camouflaged chameleon…
August 8, 2018Many believe that chameleons change their colour to blend into their environment. But research says, in contrary to the popular belief, while some species can change colour whenever they want, most chameleons’ colour change happens in response to heightened emotions or new habitats. Some chameleons change colours when they feel angry or fearful, while others…
Building Mania at Manasagangothri
August 4, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav The University of Mysore, founded by Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar in 1916, is the sixth oldest University in the country and the first in the State. The saga of the University began at Maharaja’s College where even the Post Graduate courses were being conducted. It was in…
Combating Congress Grass (Scientific name: Parthenium hysterophorus)
July 28, 2018By Dr. N.T. Yaduraju, Agriculture Scientist Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Undesirable Parthenium Come rainy season, you find one plant growing luxuriantly along roadsides, playgrounds, vacant sites, parks, drainage ditches, agricultural fields and practically everywhere. With this, we also get to hear the complaints made by the public about its nuisance. This plant I am…
Sri Venugopala Swamy Temple in KRS backwaters attracting visitors, devotees like magnet
July 24, 2018Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Mysuru: Even as monsoon continues unabated in the State filling dams and reservoirs, the visitors are flocking the tourist destinations to witness natue’s bounty and water spectacle. In the midst of all this, apart from Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) dam, which is drawing huge crowds, is the other major attraction…
Think-Tank: How water tanks took shape of boats, planes & cars
July 21, 2018By S. Kenneth Shishir Pics by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Who does not want to own a house that is a landmark in an area? And to make the house a landmark, people go to any extent. While some people construct palatial bungalows, others go for unique concrete water tanks atop their houses and paint them…
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