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A Very Unusual Tit-for-Tat!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Two days ago, there was a very unusual bit of front-page news in my morning paper with a picture alongside, which showed a sizeable pile of…
2 Nov 2025 · 5 min read
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A Book in search of its Owner !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Many years ago, I had written an article about how cautious and even miserly I have become about lending my books, after having lost three of…
19 Oct 2025 · 7 min read
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Bring back the Anti-Rowdy Squad
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…
13 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
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Dasara of a slightly different kind!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem The Dasara, our most spectacular annual show, that we Mysureans and all our guests wait for most expectantly, year after year, has come and gone too. With…
12 Oct 2025 · 6 min read
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Mysuru to... Koletha-uru ?
Two killings in three days in Mysuru. A murder in broad daylight. Another alleged rape and murder of a minor. Both in the heart of the city. Once serene, Mysuru is trembling…
11 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
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Rahul Gandhi’s ‘Whine’ Tour Threatening Indian Sovereignty ?
Rahul Gandhi is back at it again. He is on a “Whine” tour. Touring South America whining that “Indian democracy in danger.” Ironic, coming from the prince of India’s political monarchy and…
4 Oct 2025 · 4 min read
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Shhhh… they’re building Road to Riches
When industrialists recently criticised the government over Bengaluru’s apocalyptic roads, Deputy Chief Minister D.K. Shivakumar thundered back: “Ask the Centre how much money they’ve given Bengaluru, despite Karnataka being the second-highest tax…
27 Sept 2025 · 4 min read
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An Evening with Jagjit Singh !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Ghazals have always been an integral source of relaxation and enjoyment for everyone in my family and although our favourites include legends like K.L. Saigal, Mehdi…
21 Sept 2025 · 7 min read
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Dasara - Mysuru’s Botox Shot
Dasara is here and so Mysuru gets its annual Botox shots. Which means Mysuru has once again been given its annual facelift. Roads are hastily patched, heritage buildings get a dubious lump…
20 Sept 2025 · 4 min read
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Should we keep our beautiful trees, out of our Dasara!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Our annual Dasara has since time immemorial, been an occasion for much celebration and joy across the length and breadth of our State, although its main…
14 Sept 2025 · 5 min read
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Sub-caste Nation
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…
13 Sept 2025 · 4 min read
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Flex posters & Food-paths… Royal city, a Royal mess
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…
6 Sept 2025 · 5 min read
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‘Dasarafying’ Mysuru !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Come Dasara and it is time to give ‘Namma Mysuru’ its annual makeover, to make it appear at its most beautiful to all those who flock…
31 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
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Goats, Votes, Buses, Jumbos & Dumbos
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…
30 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
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A Rare, ‘Shayaraana’ Treat !
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Two days ago, on Friday evening, Mysureans had a rare chance to savour some of the finest pieces of Mirza Ghalib’s poetry and prose, intertwined with…
24 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
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Dead Stadium, death to Cricket ?
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.…
23 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
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Raksha Bandhan: More than just a thread
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.…
9 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
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The Two Perils Plaguing Mysuru
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD It is certainly a matter of pride that Mysuru has secured a distinction this year as the third cleanest city in the country, in its category.…
3 Aug 2025 · 5 min read
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We need Dasara & ... DC needs
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…
2 Aug 2025 · 4 min read
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A eulogy to... KBG
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…
26 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
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Good Old KBG and Me!
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The year was 2006 and I was one of the members of Anjuman-E-Hadiqatul Adab, then nearly a century-old small organisation, which with its handful of members,…
20 Jul 2025 · 8 min read
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Mysuru 3rd Cleanest City... Really ?
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…
19 Jul 2025 · 5 min read
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The Final Nail in the Coffin of a Beautiful City?
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Despite numerous suggestions and appeals and a few feeble protests too, from some very sensible and concerned individuals and groups, our State government seems hell-bent on…
13 Jul 2025 · 6 min read
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Panic Attack about Heart Attack
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…
12 Jul 2025 · 4 min read