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To Narendra Modi. From the Maharaja of Mysore
As the words I, me and myself trip off the ads, lips and trolls of the man who thinks he will rule India soon, a sobering blast from the past. …
T.S. Nagarajan, a legend and a gentleman: RIP
churumuri records with deep regret the passing away of the legendary Mysore photographer, T.S. Nagarajan, in Madras this morning. He was 82 years old. Younger brother of the equally accomplished …
Did R-Day Tipu tableau insult Kodavas & Jains?
ARUN PADKI writes: 65 years after to the day when the Constitution of India was adopted paving the way for the birth of Republic of India, has the government of …
When the Maharaja’s son failed an examination
Star of Mysore editor-in-chief K.B. Ganapathy reproduces this delightful anecdote from the January issue of the Kannada magazine Uthana, published by Haldipur Vasudeva Rao: “Mysore Kingdom was being ruled by …
How the Maharajas shaped Mysore & Mysoreans
The rest of democratic India that is Bharat—indeed, the rest of Karnataka that is not Mysore and Bangalore—will not understand the fuss over the passing of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, the …
Wodeyar got more than what he leaves behind
As Mysore observes a spontaneous bandh, as plebs and celebs spill platitudes, as newspapers and TV channels plunge into panegyrics, Dr Prithvi Datta Chandra Shobhi of the department of history …
Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar: RIP
churumuri records with deep regret the passing away of Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wodeyar, the scion of the erstwhile royal kingdom of Mysore, in Bangalore on this the 10th day of December, …
