India is a Secular State with no State Religion. But religion in our country is characterised by a diversity of beliefs and practices. Apart from the world’s four major religions — Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism — which gave birth in India, the two non-Indian religions include Islam and Christianity. However, when it comes to…
Not everybody is fortunate to get opportunities to work in different fields that are related. There are a few, however, who do manage to straddle many areas and successfully at that. Star of Mysore Features Editor N. Niranjan Nikam met one such person Colin Hughes, Managing Director, HarperCollins, who has been a journalist, publisher and…
Not many understand the pain, anguish, suffering and the agony that generations of people belonging to a particular community have been subjected to. Only the wearer of the shoes knows where it pinches. And to come from such a marginalised community and fight for their rights requires something extraordinary. One such person is Bezwada…
It is a common trait to form opinions and be judgemental about people not only in private lives but more so about persons in public lives. And most of the times the judgements are clouded as they are based on hearsays as also because of our own mindset. This is very true when it comes…
[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam Star of Mysore (SOM): You lost your wife Nisha Meneses when you were just 33-years-old. Why have you chosen to remain single, because, just after first 34 pages when you write about her in the book “Devil’s Advocate,” it touches a raw nerve in all of us? Karan…
If Obama thinks he has a right to ask for questions, I have a right to give him questions I won’t ask [Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam Star of Mysore (SOM): As interviewers we never like to share questions in advance. But you have said talking about US President Barack Obama how he…
Interviewing people is an art and especially on television one needs a lot of skill, intelligence, wit and presence of mind to interview celebrities and more so the politicians. Ace TV Show host Karan Thapar is one such outstanding interviewer who with his grim, dour appearance, raises the hackles of the interviewees to the extent…
By N. Niranjan Nikam Mine is not a hotel that I can give statistics as to how many patients come, as some people come here without telling their wives for tests. And I also have such a bad memory, unlike my father, Dr. N. Kannan, who even today at 82 has a sharp memory, that…
Kannan Diagnostic Centre in the heart of the city is celebrating its Golden Jubilee today (May 5). The pioneer, who started the first private Pathology Lab in Mysuru, is the gentle Dr. N. Kannan, who has been looking through the microscope since nearly 57 years. The reticent octogenarian Dr. Kannan, who has shunned publicity all…
By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] Star of Mysore (SOM): In spite of being a very successful actress, you did face financial crisis at a very young age itself. Does stardom make people become careless? Saroja Devi: You are right, I had to pay a very heavy price. Income Tax is something that nobody…
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