By Rajkumar Bhavasar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] A few members of the once famed horseshoe maker generation work in cramped spaces on Pulikeshi Road in Tilaknagar, Mysuru. Like the many old structures dotting the area’s landscape that stand amidst high-rises, refusing to change with time’s swift change, these professionals have the unyielding spirit of…
Corona Warrior Award conferred
January 28, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Senior Journalist Rajkumar Bhavasar (RKB) of Star of Mysore has bagged State-level Corona Warrior Award given by All India Bhavsar Kshatriya Mahasabha (AIBKMS). The Award was conferred at a programme organised at Panduranga Temple premises on Kabir Road in Mandi Mohalla here yesterday. Apart from RKB, Doctor couple of the city — Dr. Rakesh…
Over 170 migrant workers from Rajasthan stranded in city: Sheltered at Siddarthanagar choultry
April 25, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Mysore/Mysuru: Over 170 migrant workers from Rajasthan who were residing in the city for their livelihood, are now left stranded due to the COVID-19 lockdown. However the district administration has provided shelter to them at the CITB Choultry in Siddarthanagar. These workers along with their families had come to Mysuru years ago…
Lockdown: Masons, bar-benders turn vegetable vendors, milk sellers
April 24, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar Having lost their regular income due to COVID-19 lockdown, occupational workers are looking at other means for their livelihood and they have found that vegetable vending is the best alternative source of living. With occupational workers resorting to vegetable and fruit vending, many roads of the city are dotted with these roadside…
Krishnaraja MLA Ramdas’ COVID Care Team Stands Tall
April 20, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar The Coronavirus pandemic has brought the world to a standstill with many of them not even able to get two meals a day or the essential groceries to cook their own food. So has been the cases of many from the labour class, those with no BPL or APL cards, migrant workers…
Bal Bhavan: All weeds no play
March 21, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Bal Bhavan is now a dead and forgotten hole. If Mysuru needed a single and comprehensive symbol of neglect and mismanagement, Bal Bhavan should provide it. The vast area features an incredible bouquet of possibilities. One could visit it now to see the depressing and tall concrete…
People’s Park Library awaits inauguration
February 25, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar With the civil works of the two-storey building of the new Library that has come up at People’s Park in Nazarbad opposite KSRTC Sub-urban bus stand completed, the new Library is now awaiting inauguration. The 1809 sq.mt building has come up on a 340ft x 400 ft. plot in People’s Park at…
From Plastic to Paper
February 18, 2020By Rajkumar Bhavasar The world today is grappling with plastic pollution challenge. We have become addicted to single-use or disposable plastic with grave environmental consequences. It is true that plastic is valuable and when used wisely, plastic and environment can live in harmony. About 300 million tonnes of plastic waste is produced every year in…
‘Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was made President of India as a reward for building Muslim vote-bank of illegal immigrants for Congress’
January 14, 2020Thus spake Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa Acclaimed Novelist and Saraswathi Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa has said that Fakhruddin Ali Ahmed was made the President of India in return for his efforts to consolidate the Muslim vote-bank in favour of Congress party. Replying to questions by scribes at a press conference called at his residence in…
Where everything is on track
December 22, 2019Refurbished Mysuru Rail Museum likely to reopen on Dec. 30 By Rajkumar Bhavasar The rhythm of steam locomotive conjuring up images of belching smoke and shifting tracks will come alive at the Mysuru Rail Museum, which is being renovated and refurbished. Mysuru has always enchanted tourists and visitors with its magnificent Palaces, beautiful gardens and…
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