Come election season in India, especially State Assembly elections, one ugly truth inevitably rises to the surface: Caste politics. With the Bihar polls looming, the conversation has turned unexpectedly revealing. A long-held myth is being shattered, the myth that caste is a ‘Hindu problem’. For decades, Left-leaning intellectuals, secularists and vote-bank politicians have projected caste…
Dasara is here and the administration says it is ready to welcome Dasara tourists. But the truth is, our so-called ‘Royal City’ is in a ‘Royal Mess.’ Our footpaths have turned into ‘food-paths’ while our circles and medians have turned into ‘flex parks.’ The city administration has clearly lost control of its streets. Vendors occupy…
If you are among the unlucky thousands who commute daily through Bannimantap Main Road, you’ve probably realised by now that this stretch is less of a road and more of a seasonal circus. Depending on the month, you’re either dodging elephants, squeezing between goats or being dazzled by Homo sapiens behaving like Simians under decorative…
I visited the cricket stadium, nah! the cricket playground at Manasagangothri where this year’s Maharaja Trophy, formerly known as the Karnataka Premier League (KPL), is limping along. It was a depressing sight. Once again, our politicians have proved that they can deny us even the simplest joys of life like watching a cricket match. Worse,…
Today is Raksha Bandhan, when sisters tie a sacred Rakhi on their brothers’ wrists as a pledge of love and prayers for their well-being, and brothers vow to protect them from harm. The issue today is that most Indian men have forgotten the real essence of Raksha Bandhan, which is to respect and protect all…
Mysureans love Dasara. Not just for its pageantry, elephants and fireworks, but because it’s the only time of the year when our city gets a much-needed facelift. Dasara is our Annual Civic Botox Session. Come October, our administration transforms into a cosmetologist, injecting quick Botox to beautify the city as best as possible. Like a…
On Sunday, the 13th (of July), my father and the Founder-Editor of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra, K.B. Ganapathy, passed away. Knowing him, I think he would have got a kick out of it if he had kicked the bucket on Friday the 13th, popularly considered an unlucky day. It feels odd to write…
Last Saturday, I wrote about heart attacks. The very next morning, my father, K.B. Ganapathy, passed away due to a massive heart attack. He was 85. It was the kind of ending he wished for — a long, healthy life and a sudden death. He lived a fulfilled life brimming with adventures and enough stories…
Mysuru District Minister Dr. H.C. Mahadevappa this morning called on the family members of Star of Mysore and Mysuru Mithra Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy (KBG), who passed away on July 13 and offered his condolences to the grieving family members at their residence in K.C. Layout. The Minister, who paid tributes to the portrait of KBG,…
Over the past few weeks, hospitals have seen a strange epidemic — not of heart attacks, but of panic attacks about heart attacks. I should know. I was one of them. With a family history of heart disease, my anxiety wasn’t entirely irrational. It all started in 2021 with the shocking death of actor Puneeth…
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