He was recently appointed as KPCC Working President Elated over his appointment as KPCC (Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee) Working President, former Congress MP from Chamarajanagar, R. Dhruvanarayan said that he will use the opportunity for strengthening the party organisation and work for party’s return to power. A day after his appointment, Star of Mysore had…
Interview with K. Annamalai, cop-turned-politician: BJP will come to power in Tamil Nadu in 2026
January 3, 2021People of Karnataka were happy and sad when an IPS Officer quit Police force and joined politics. They were happy that they can expect cleansing of political field. But they were sad that an upright officer is being swayed away due to strong current of politics. He is none other than Kuppusamy Annamalai, a former…
“We are Indian by Nationality, Independent without any Foreign Domination”: Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma
June 25, 2019India 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…
“We are desperate for great books”, Says HarperCollins MD Colin Hughes
May 13, 2019Not 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…
“Govt. talking about Smart Cities but no solution for Smart Toilets”, Rues Safai Karmachari Andolan Founder Bezwada Wilson
January 17, 2019Not 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…
“I pity people who compare me with the person who created Pakistan”
September 19, 2018It 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…
“I was lucky I had a wife who liked the adult and child in me” – 3
September 9, 2018[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…
“I was lucky I had a wife who liked the adult and child in me” – 2
September 8, 2018If 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…
An exclusive interview with Ace TV Show host Karan Thapar: “I was lucky I had a wife who liked the adult and child in me” – 1
September 7, 2018Interviewing 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…
“Cent per cent error-free Lab does not exist anywhere,” says Pathologist Dr. K. Lakshman
May 8, 2018By 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…
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