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Oldest book in President’s house is on Tipu Sultan
With Pranab Mukherjee, an acknowledged man of letters, moving into the Rashtrapati Bhavan as President, the library is being dusted and brought back into shape. And the oldest book …
Palace on Wheels and Chamundi Hills on Rails!
Is it a bus? Is it a train? Or is it a bus masquerading as a train? And does it run? Whatever. Gautamaditya Sridhara forwards a picture of an abandoned …
The difference is divine between then and now
The former governor of West Bengal, Gopalakrishna Gandhi, at a lecture on governance in India, quoted in The Telegraph: Touring the Kannada countryside in 1927, Mahatma Gandhi asked a poor …
How about a sub-panel to form Dasara sub-panels?
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: There is a mad rush among politicians in Mysore to some how or the other make it to one of the myriad and “prestigious” Dasara committees. Since …
An open letter to Ms Shobha Karandlaje; cc: DC
Respected Madam, This is with regard to the forthcoming Dasara celebrations in Mysore. It is heartening to note that, as the district in-charge minister, you have made a deliberate bid …
If we can send man to the moon, why can’t we…?
BHAMY V. SHENOY writes: During the last 19 years, I must have helped several hundreds of consumers with their water problems as a convener of the Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP). …
Funds for the monsoon is funds for the drought
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: The official spokesman was holding forth on the plans of the State Government to celebrate Dasara as never before. “You might have all seen the photographs of CM …
An ungrateful ant wails before a mountain of aces
E.R. RAMACHANDRAN writes: On 20 January 1961, in his inaugural address after taking over as the President of the United States, John F. Kennedy said: “Ask not what your country …
If you are buying a flat in Mysore, watch out
YASHICA SITARAM writes: Having spent the better part of our growing-up years here, we had always wanted to make Mysore our home and when the opportunity presented itself early last …
The die is caste as Siddu starts playing with fire
P.M. VIJENDRA RAO writes: Well, the reason politicians are there is to divide people. And, the reason the people are there is to get divided and throw their lot behind …
Voters list’ on the web. Good move, yes, but…
GOVINDA K. writes: The deputy commissioner of Mysore, N.S. Channappa Gowda, has announced that the voters’ list of Mysore district has been computerised and is available on the web for …
Why don’t we hear of IT men excelling in sports?
ARVIND SWAMINATHAN writes from Madras: Reading as I do Star of Mysore on the web every evening over kodu bale and filter coffee, I came across the following news item …
Five reasons why India’s IT cookie could crumble
The Economist has a story this week on India’s “misnomer” of an industry— information technology—with Mysore figuring in the very sentence. With revenues topping $50 billion, with annual growth rates …
‘We, the People’ are responsible for what we get
GOVINDA K. writes: It is blithely said that the people deserve the kind of leaders they get. But two recent incidents of the misbehavior of newly elected elected corporators in …
Cigarette Smoking Ain’t Injurious to his Wealth
Union health minister Dr Anbumani Ramadoss last week made the astounding claim that four chief ministers and 150 Members of Parliament were among those lobbying against making the display of …
One or the other, but not all at the same time
ASHWINI A. writes from Bangalore: Development is fast becoming a strange dichotomous disease in India. The three most reform-minded States in the country—Maharashtra, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka—also top the list of …
As Schumi said, see you in my rear-view mirror
On D. Devaraj Urs Road in Mysore, on a leisurely Sunday, a feathered one clambers up a scooter and ponders all those lines under her his eyes. Photograph: Karnataka Photo …
Why Manivannan, IAS, evokes fear, loyalty & awe
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: We live in an age in which we can barely think or act about anything that doesn’t concern us or our own. And we …
What namma Mysore can learn from Hyderabad
K. JAVEED NAYEEM writes: Although I know that Mysore does have its own charm, I have still often wondered why people compliment us so much over our luck in being …
The guns are silent, the roses are aflame
Is there anything big about this year’s Dasara without Kumaranna, Revanna and Gowdru? There is. The horticultural department next to the main palace has made the biggest Basavanna of all—in …
A limb for a limb make the whole world go click
The kusti at the Dasara in Mysore never fails to draw the best out of lensmen, young and old. In the top frame, Narayan Yadav of Karnataka Photo News captures …
All that glitters is gold from a million 60W bulbs
RAGHU APARA captures the second-most famous landmark in Mysore, as the English newspapers always put it, “in all their resplendent glory”.