Raaga Vaibhava Charitable Trust, a leading music and dance organisation in Mysuru, has been in the forefront of cultural activities in the city and is in its sixteenth year now. The present programme is on the 21st instant (Saturday) at 6 pm and the venue is Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, JLB Road. The artiste is…
City doctor bags Award
April 19, 2018Mysuru: Dr. M. Raghavendran, Senior Consultant Urologist and Transplant surgeon working at Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru, has been selected by Indian Journal of Urology for awarding “Best Reviewer” of the Journal for the year 2017. He received the award at the Journal’s annual evening during USICON-2018 at Jaipur. Dr. Raghavendran has also been invited by…
The misery of losing and the miracle of finding ! -1
April 19, 2018On April 15, 2018, The Hindu had published an article titled ‘Miracles, they do happen’ by one Jayanthi Chandrasekharan about the purse being stolen from her hand bag at the Chennai Railway Station. She was to travel in the Shatabdi Express leaving in the evening. It was narrated as a real-life incident and I was…
Why Udupi people are into catering business?
April 19, 2018By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A very interesting blog, linking Mahabharata war and Udupi, a small district in South Karnataka, a Krishna town, came along and I could not resist the temptation of putting it across to SOM readers. I am not in a position to authenticate it since this happens to be…
Learning at Guru’s feet
April 19, 2018The lines of Taittiriya Upanishad convey the message namely “Be one for whom the Mother is God, be one for whom the Father is God, be one for whom the Teacher is God, be one for whom the Guest is God.” While mother and teacher share the popular view that mother is the child’s first…
Gender studies in ancient India
April 19, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Every woman does not have a vagina. Every man does not have a penis.” This language is familiar to students of gender studies around the world. Here, gender and even sexuality are seen as a social constructs, not biological fact, outcomes of nurture and culture, not…
Where have all the Traffic Police gone?
April 19, 2018Sir, It is many weeks since the road work on the Jaladarshini stretch necessitated the closure of the road to vehicular traffic. Therefore, all traffic towards Hunsur has to take a de-tour from Kalamandira to the left of the Kukkarahalli Lake, connect to the Open Air Theatre road, to join the main road towards Hunsur…
Nitish Rana’s all-round show helps Kolkata score over Rajasthan Royals
April 19, 2018Nitish Rana (2 for 11 and 35 n.o., off 27) produced a stunning all-round show as Kolkata Knight Riders beat Rajasthan Royals by seven wickets in the ongoing edition of the IPL at the Sawai Man Singh Stadium in Jaipur on Wednesday. With this latest win, Kolkata have stormed on to the top of the…
Akshayakalpa Karnataka State Open Chess: Girish Koushik triumphs
April 19, 2018Mysuru lad IM Girish A. Koushik (Rating 2401) playing with white pieces on the top board held GM M. S. Thejkumar of Mysuru in the 10th round, and tied with the latter with 9 points from 10 rounds, but clinched the title on the basis of his better progressive tie-break score of 74.5 to the…
Winners of District-level Badminton Tournament
April 19, 2018Kodava Samaja Cultural and Sports Club in association with Mysuru District Badminton Association had organised a District-level Badminton Tournament from Apr.13 to 15 in city. The Tournament was inaugurated by International Sportsperson and Arjuna awardee Arjun Devaiah at Mysore University Indoor Badminton Court in Manasagangothri and Matches were held at Club premises in Vijayanagar 1st…
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