By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist There is a big difference between the words ‘legend’ and ‘myth’. Legend is a story of a heroic figure that has some historical basis but is largely fantasy. Mythology is not just stories, but also symbols and rituals, which helps a culture make sense of the…
Going by the norm prescribed by World Health Organisation (WHO) for people-to-doctors ratio for a country, the number of doctors in India at present has to increase tenfold. About 70,000 admissions to the Medical Colleges across the country reported for this academic year as well as the existing infrastructure for training them to be medical…
Sir, I read with interest a news item (not in SOM) about the expectations of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) to maintain city’s cleanliness by Educational Institutions “AT THEIR EXPENSES.” Expecting community participation is most welcome, but in the name of instilling awareness about cleanliness, it is not justifiable that an organ of the responsible Government…
‘Miss Mysore’ Shwetha Gowda has bagged ‘Miss South India 1st Runner-Up’ position in the National Icon Model Hunt 2K19 organised by Fashzone and Thibba’s Group at Kings L den Resort in Mysuru recently.
Mysore Heritage Round Table (MHRT) 109 and Mysore Heritage Ladies Circle 109 jointly constructed two classrooms at Rahul Nursery and Higher Primary School, Mahadevapura, Mysuru, recently. The classrooms were inaugurated by Cr. Namratha Shenoy, National President, Ladies Circle India. Tr. Siddarth Shastry, Round Table Area 13 Chairman, Tr. Arun Kumar, MHRT 109 Chairman, Tr. Mahesh,…
UP Yoddha picked up their first win of Pro Kabaddi Season 7 with a 27-23 victory over U Mumba at the Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Stadium here yesterday. Sumit registered a High 5 for UP Yoddha, while Monu Goyat was their best raider with 6 raid points. In the earlier match, Jaipur Pink Panthers continued their…
The students who had undertook the one-year Post-Graduation Programme in Sports Management (PGPSM) offered by Centre for Sports & Management Studies (CS&MS) at Shri Dharmasthala Manjunatheshwara Institute for Management Development (SDMIMD), Mysuru, have secured 100% placement this academic year (2018-19). Right from managing grassroot sports, sports retailing, sports media, event management, sports operations, sports marketing,…
The National Sports Day Celebration Committee, District Youth Empowerment and Sports Department, Mysuru and Hockey Mysore have jointly organised the 17th District-level Maj. Dhyanchand and late Rajashekar Koti’s 2nd Memorial Invitational Hockey Tournament-2019 from Aug.24 to 29 at Chamundi Vihar Hockey Ground in Nazarbad here. Interested College (Men and Women), High School and Primary (boys…
To take on Chhattisgarh CA in the final Andhra CA, helped by some good bowling by their bowlers spearheaded by Shoib Mohd. Khan (four for 114), registered a 28-run win over Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA) XI on the concluding day of the four-day semi-final in the Dr. (Capt.) K. Thimmappiah Memorial Cricket Tournament-2019, played…
Opener S. Nishanth’s splendid 104 (158b, 10×4) and R.S. Yogesh’s 107 n.o. (107b, 9×4) enabled Mysuru Zone to register a facile nine-wicket win over Dharwad Zone in the KSCA Inter-Mofussil U-19 Cricket Tournament-2019 played at Rail Wheel Factory Grounds in Bengaluru yesterday. Scores Dharwad Zone: 254 for 8 in 50 overs (Sudhanwa U. Kulkarni 68,…
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