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Outsiders are coming
[Migrants to Mysore] The recent incident of gang rape and armed robbery has triggered a new topic of conversation in Mysuru, a conversation that was for the most part limited to Bengaluru…
4 Sept 2021 · 5 min read
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Policing Limitations
This week has been a tumultuous one for a docile city like ours. Within a week we witnessed two terrible crimes — an armed robbery which left an innocent shopper dead and…
28 Aug 2021 · 6 min read
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Want Olympic Gold ? Then Fund sports
Interest in sports, other than cricket, is a seasonal affair in our country. Now that the Olympic Games are here, there is patriotism-driven interest rather than love for a sport. But that’s…
7 Aug 2021 · 6 min read
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Ropeway needed ?
A few days ago Minister for Tourism, Environment and Ecology C.P. Yogeeshwar directed the Department officials to draw a plan of action for the Chamundi Hill ropeway project. And with that the…
24 Jul 2021 · 4 min read
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Old Laws and Congress Party
Two days ago, the Supreme Court heard a plea challenging the Constitutionality of the Sedition Law (IPC Section 124A). It was a proud moment for us as Mysureans because the challenge came…
17 Jul 2021 · 5 min read
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Political Leadership and State’s Prosperity
On July 9, Kitex Garments, the second-largest children’s apparel manufacturer in the world, announced that the company would invest an initial Rs. 1,000 crore in Warangal, Telangana. How this investment came about…
10 Jul 2021 · 6 min read
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Doctors’ Day Musings
Two days ago on July 1, we observed the National Doctors’ Day. The Prime Minister wished the doctors and thanked them. But more than thanks the doctors need something else — protection.…
3 Jul 2021 · 7 min read
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Ladies, you got played... Mysuru in Trouble
In a dramatic turn of events, MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag on Thursday announced that she was resigning not only from her position as the MCC Commissioner but from being an IAS Officer…
5 Jun 2021 · 6 min read
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TROUBLE BABA
On Sunday, India’s most famous, most flexible and most business-savvy Baba, Baba Ramdev was forced to withdraw a statement where he had said “lakhs have died from taking allopathic medicines for COVID-19.”But,…
29 May 2021 · 5 min read
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Pandemic Politics
Yesterday, Mysuru Deputy Commissioner Rohini Sindhuri, for the first time reacted to the clean chit given to her by the three-member probe Committee of the Karnataka High Court regarding Chamarajanagar tragedy. She…
15 May 2021 · 6 min read
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Should have listened to DC?
As Covid cases in Mysuru are on the rise, many of us are asking — Did the State Government make a mistake by striking down Deputy Commissioner (DC) Rohini Sindhuri’s Apr. 8…
24 Apr 2021 · 5 min read
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OMG ! VIRUS
Religion Vs Virus, who’ll win? We will know soon as the Kumbh Mela, one of the largest religious gathering in the world, is underway. It is shocking that the Government has given…
17 Apr 2021 · 5 min read
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Chopping trees for Choppers
Is Mysuru a tourist city? Yes. Is tourism crucial to our city’s economy? Absolutely. So do we need Heli-Tourism to enhance it? Why not? But… While tourist attractions are needed they cannot…
10 Apr 2021 · 5 min read
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When Veerappan had to pay a bribe
In most nations, when a good citizen sees a Policeman it arouses a sense of security; here it arouses fear and distrust — Mumbai Police have shown why. The Mumbai Police might…
27 Mar 2021 · 7 min read
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Lights, camera, action...
Indians love drama and so, often become sentimental fools. That is why we build temples for actors, get tattoos of cricketers and even cut off our finger when we vote for the…
13 Mar 2021 · 5 min read
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NOSTALGIC RIDE....
‘Mahindra & Mahindra’ Three weeks ago, popular chronicler of Indian automobile history, Adil Jal Darukhanawala, was in city. He was here to release ‘Timeless Mahindra’, a coffee-table book about the iconic Indian…
6 Mar 2021 · 7 min read
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Love Marriages will make us Indians ?
On Feb. 8, Justice Sanjay Kishan Kaul while passing judgement on a ‘love marriage case’ said, “Educated younger boys and girls are choosing their life partners, which is a departure from the…
16 Feb 2021 · 7 min read
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Pushing for an Emergency?
On 26th January we saw men in blue turbans, wielding swords on horse back, ride into our Nation’s capital, as if they were the cavalry of an invading army, but they were…
30 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Tale of two Palaces
Going by recent reports, Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel may very well become Taj Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel if it is leased to Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), a group company of TATA’s…
23 Jan 2021 · 10 min read
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Privacy Pirates ?
Suddenly “WhatsApp” is the enemy. Google is the “big brother”, Facebook is the propagator of hate and invader of privacy. Well truth is, these big tech companies were always all this and…
16 Jan 2021 · 4 min read
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God save America for the sake of Democracy
The United States of America (USA), the global purveyor of Democracy took a hit to its democratic credentials as a group of rioters took over Capitol Building, the seat of the US…
9 Jan 2021 · 5 min read
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Money Honey
By Vikram Muthanna Last week, we got some bitter news about something sweet. The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) reported that when they subjected 13 prominent brands selling honey to a…
19 Dec 2020 · 4 min read
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Cow Laws & Peacock Justice !
Karnataka’s BJP Government has resurrected the issue of cow protection as they are hungry for some “political fodder” and on Wednesday hurriedly passed the “Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle…
12 Dec 2020 · 5 min read
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Celebrities & Vaccines
The Covid vaccines are finally here. Surprisingly, they didn’t evoke much jubilation. That’s because may be we have been emboldened by our recovery rates. So emboldened that some of us are wondering…
5 Dec 2020 · 5 min read