Mysore/Mysuru: City’s senior physician and Cardiologist Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy (Dr. CDS) has brought out a English book titled ‘Dr. CDS Writes,’ a collection of his columns published in Star of Mysore and write-ups which appeared in conference magazines. The book was released by the Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, Member of Erstwhile Mysore Royal Family, along…
When Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar stepped out after their second ‘unity breakfast meeting,’ the real headline wasn’t the unity. It was what gleamed on their wrists — Gold watches. NDTV identified the identical gold timepieces on the CM and Dy.CM’s wrist as Santos de Cartier, each estimated at over Rs….
Recently, I bought a beautifully produced book titled ‘Mother Mary Comes to Me’ by Arundhati Roy. The cover is undeniably striking: A lush red fabric with a sleeve featuring a black-and-white photograph of Roy holding a hand-rolled cigarette. It is bold and artistic. I had barely placed the book on my table when our Advertising…
As expected the inevitable tug-of-war between the Karnataka Chief Minister and his Deputy for the coveted CM’s kurchi has begun. What we are witnessing today is the direct consequence of indecision and chronic incompetence within the Congress High Command. Everyone knew this day would come. Yet the party was ill-prepared. No timeline. No strategy. No…
Just a week after we celebrated Children’s Day, we were confronted with a brutal truth: Our children are not safe in the schools meant to nurture them. In Delhi, a 16-year-old boy died by suicide after relentless harassment by his teachers. In Mumbai, a 13-year-old girl collapsed and died after her teacher forced her to…
Congress has been decimated in the Bihar elections. Rahul Gandhi rode into Bihar on an Enfield Bullet as part of the ‘Voter Adhikar Yatra.’ He thundered through 23 districts for over 16 days accusing the BJP of ‘vote chori.’ And then…poof !… he disappeared. His party workers were left bewildered and abandoned. This is not…
November 1 marks Karnataka Rajyotsava,our State’s birthday and every year, our leaders deliver predictable speeches about ‘promoting Kannada.’ Every year, pro-Kannada activists demand that “outsiders must learn Kannada.” So, why is Kannada, in its own land, slowly losing its ground? Because we don’t teach functional Kannada. We teach grammatical and written Kannada first instead of…
From an electrical engineer from Andhra Pradesh to RSS Swayamsevak to the National General Secretary of BJP (2014 to 2020), it has been a long, interesting journey for Dr. Ram Madhav. He is also a well-known author and is currently serving as the President of the India Foundation, a New Delhi-based think tank. He recently…
Karnataka politics is getting crasser by the day. Gone are the days when disagreements were expressed in dignified words and debates were conducted in sentences loaded with wit and wisdom instead of snarls. Once upon a time, Kannadigas prided themselves on their ‘cultured’ civility. Now, if you listened to our politicians or even the common…
Recently, a youth assaulted the MCC Revenue Inspector in his office because the Inspector had told him not to smoke on the office premises. A few weeks earlier, there was a report that three youths assaulted a middle-aged man for honking at them as they entered a one-way street. Earlier this week, I witnessed an…
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