Mysuru: All India Institute of Speech & Hearing (AIISH), Mysuru, recently conducted “Hindi Week” at the Institute for its employees. Various Hindi competitions for staff and JRFs were arranged under two categories — Region A & B and for Region C. Noting & Drafting, Dictation, General Knowledge, Oral Quiz and Pick-N-Speak competitions in Hindi were…
When I first learnt of the Chairperson of Infosys Foundation Dr. Sudha Murty’s choice to inaugurate this year’s Dasara festival, I was delighted. She would go to the Chamundeshwari Temple atop the Hill, offer prayers and inaugurate the 10-day festival amidst religious fervour. Yesterday she successfully performed this service to the Goddess and the people…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC Another gem from Monk Gopal Das, a relevant story for the present: There were two independent houses, separated by a common compound. In one lived a techie and in the other a retired man. Both of them planted identical saplings on their side of the compound. The young…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In South India, Kartikeya is worshipped as Murugan, who stands on top of mountains. On either side of him stand his two wives, Valli and Sena. Valli is a tribal girl, while Sena is a celestial princess, the daughter of Indra. There are songs of Murugan’s…
The army of Government staff, numbering close to 50 lakh in the various Departments of the land’s Union Government and a few times that number in 36 Governments of the country’s States and Union Territories put together are the envy of those slogging in the non-government sector including industries, agriculture, healthcare, academics, business establishments and…
Sir, The M.G. Road behind Dasara Exhibition Grounds is narrowed with stray cattle, hurly-burly parking and stoppage of vehicles for loading and unloading of vegetable crates. To add further chaos, vendors have started selling flowers and coconuts right on the middle of the Vegetable Market Road! This Road is a stone’s throw away from the…
A month-long food festival at the historic Gun House premises began in city this morning. The festival has been organised as part of Dasara by S. Sunanda Girish, Chief Executive, Nagarajun Engineering Enterprises, Bengaluru. Member of erstwhile royal family Pramoda Devi Wadiyar, MLA S.A. Ramdas and others visited the joint today and inspected the arrangements….
Vidushi Sudha is seen presenting a Karnatak vocal concert on the first day of Navaratri celebrations at Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama in city on Oct. 10. She was accompanied on the violin by Mathur Srinidhi, on the mridanga by K.V. Prasad and on ghata by G.S. Ramanujam. Picture below shows internationally-renowned saxophonist Dr. Kadri Gopalnath…
The monthly meeting of Railway Pension Welfare Association will be held on Oct.14 at ‘A Manuel’ Hall, Seshadri Iyer Road, at 10.30 am. Assn. Working President N.S. Sainath will preside. A free health camp will be conducted for pensioners & their family members by Narayana Hrudayalaya.
A three-day coaching for NTSE has been organised at Learners PU College in Vijayanagar from Oct.15 to 17. For details, contact Ph: 0821-4242235 or Mob: 98868-97939.
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