Star of Mysore (SOM) Managing Editor Vikram Muthanna seen presenting ‘The Star of Mysore Trophy’ to Arjun Mangalorkar, trainer of ‘Merlot,’ which won the event on the first day of Mysore Races-2019 held at Mysore Race Course yesterday. The winning horse, ridden by Jockey S. John, is owned by M/s. Blazing Saddles. Others seen are…
Rahul Bose’s bananas & the age of convenience
August 24, 2019On July 22 at 2.30 pm our hearts swelled with pride as Chandrayaan-2 took to the skies, just two hours later another event got us even more excited — the cost of actor Rahul Bose’s bananas ! Rahul Bose was staying at a 5-star hotel in Chandigarh, he went to the gym and when he…
Chhota Parivar Sukhi Parivar
August 17, 2019Prime Minister Narendra Modi gave his customary Independence Day speech on Aug. 15 and there were no surprise announcements. But what surprised many is that the PM’s sharpest critic, senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram, praising it ! Chidambaram said, “All of us must welcome three announcements made by the Prime Minister on I-Day. Small family…
Finally, from Kashmir to Cape Comorin
August 10, 2019Kashmir is no more the special one. But it remains so for the Congress Party and Pakistan. And why not? Kashmir has been used and misused for politics both within India and Pakistan. After the special status to Kashmir was revoked, a headline in a Pakistani newspaper read, “Madman on the loose” with the photograph…
A Doctor’s Paint Brush…
August 4, 2019Dr. Shailaja Prashanth (extreme right), Consultant Paediatrician, is seen explaining about one of her paintings on display at the ‘Doctor’s Paint Brush,’ an exhibition and sale of traditional Mysore style art alongside contemporary style painting, modern and folk, at Suchitra Art Gallery in Kalamandira premises this morning. Others seen are (from right) Vikram Muthanna, Managing…
Strength is Life, Weakness is Death
August 3, 2019The death of V.G. Siddhartha, Founder of Cafe Coffee Day (CCD), shocked everyone but the way he died was what made it disturbing, sombre and sad. Now it has been assumed that the “reclusive billionaire,” once ranked the 75th richest man in India by Forbes magazine-2015, gave up on life because of money problems !…
Yeddy won the BATTLE but… Siddu WON the war
July 27, 2019B. S. Yediyurappa has been sworn-in a fourth time as CM but can he complete his term this time at least? To begin with, he has to win the Trust Vote on Monday and then get the Finance Bill passed by Wednesday so the Government employees can get their salaries. Then comes the challenge of…
Shadow Boxing
July 20, 2019Oh! Just when we thought after the exciting Cricket World Cup final there is nothing to excite us, Karnataka Political League began. Our MLAs started playing political cricket. But what was to be a final one-day match yesterday has now turned into a test match, thanks to Square-Leg Umpire, Speaker K.R. Ramesh Kumar and Third…
Problem of Newspapers is ‘Trust Deficit’
July 15, 2019Mysuru: On Saturday at the session on media titled “Is the Fourth Pillar of Democracy still strong?” Sreenivasan Jain of NDTV and Shanth Kumar, Director of The Printers Mysore Private Limited, which runs the Deccan Herald and Prajavani newspapers, participated. The session was moderated by Vikram Muthanna, Managing Editor, Star of Mysore and it was…
Gag on media, falling revenues discussed at Mysuru lit fest
July 14, 2019Mysuru: An organised efforts were on to make the media toe the line of the rulers or else to gag them either by hook or crook, said NDTV Managing Editor Sreenivasan Jain. He was speaking on the topic ‘Is the Fourth Pillar of Democracy still strong?’ at the session organised as part of the third…
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