Month: November, 2019

Bus driver assaulted
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Bus driver assaulted

November 18, 2019

Mysuru: A KSRTC bus driver sustained injuries when he was hit by stones by unidentified miscreants while on duty in NR Police limits  on Saturday. Siraj Pasha is the KSRTC bus driver (Badge No. 2424) attached to Bannimantap depot, is the one who was assaulted. Siraj Pasha was driving city bus route No.15/1 towards Gandhinagar…

Mahila Sadana Founder-Secretary H.N. Janaki passes away
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Mahila Sadana Founder-Secretary H.N. Janaki passes away

November 18, 2019

Mysuru: H.N. Janaki (93), Founder-Secretary of Mahila Sadana, Devaraja Mohalla, passed away on Nov.15 at Vasavi Shanthidhama in Alanahalli here, following brief illness. A spinster, Janaki leaves behind two sisters and a host of relatives and friends. Her body was donated to JSS Hospital. A condolence meeting (Shraddanjali) was convened under the Presidentship of Sadana…

Motorcyclist dies in Nanjangud
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Motorcyclist dies in Nanjangud

November 18, 2019

Nanjangud: A motorcyclist was killed on the spot when the bike he was riding collided head-on with a lorry near Goddanapura in the taluk on Sunday. Shivanna (50) of Kochanahalli in Mysuru taluk is the deceased. Shivanna was travelling towards Hallikerehundi when the motorcycle he was riding crashed into an oncoming sugarcane-laden lorry near Goddanapura,…

Winners of ‘Best Play of the Year’ award at English Play Festival
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Winners of ‘Best Play of the Year’ award at English Play Festival

November 18, 2019

Mysuru: The students of Acharya Vidya Kula (AVK), Mysuru, won the ‘Best Play of the Year’ award  in Vishwanath Mirle Memorial Children’s English Play Festival organised by Kalasuruchi here recently.  The students, who staged the award-winning play ‘Ransom of the Red Chief,’ authored by O’Henry, are as follows: M.S. Manyashree, B.S. Namtitha, Havisha V. Sarovar,…

An exhaustive and painstaking compilation on Veer Savarkar
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An exhaustive and painstaking compilation on Veer Savarkar

November 18, 2019

Title:  Savarkar – Echoes from a Forgotten Past  (1883-1924) Author: Vikram Sampath Pages: 735 Price : Rs. 799 Publisher: Penguin By U.B. Acharya Recently I attended a book release function at a well-known hotel in Mysuru. The release of the newly-published book, “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past (1883-1924)” was organised by a local Book…

Hatha Yoga guide: Science, Benefits and Insights
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Hatha Yoga guide: Science, Benefits and Insights

November 18, 2019

Health and fitness are just the side-benefits of Hatha Yoga. Classical Hatha Yoga is a powerful system to prepare the system for a “cosmic download” and explore our full potential. In this comprehensive guide to the fundamentals of Hatha Yoga, yogi and mystic Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev of Isha Foundation introduces us to this phenomenal science: …

Making home elder-friendly
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Making home elder-friendly

November 18, 2019

Keeping the elders happy and giving them love and care is not just part of Chinese culture but it’s the only way any one can show gratitude and thank them for whatever positive contributions they have made in the lives of the younger generation. From the Feng Shui perspective, the home should make the senior…

Food fads
Editorial

Food fads

November 18, 2019

Different generations, social groups, ethnic identities, diverse cultures and various regions are marked with food fads, portraying trends or craze in many forms of collective behaviour that develops over time, often changing as time passes. Social anthropologists should be able to throw light on factors that have a direct bearing on the issue of food…

Abhisheka to Nandi: How wise?
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Abhisheka to Nandi: How wise?

November 18, 2019

Sir, I was saddened to read about a report titled “Grand Mahabhisheka performed for Nandi statue atop Chamundi Hill” (Star of Mysore dated Nov. 17) with huge pictures of monolithic granite Nandi on Chamundi Hill being reverentially anointed with liquids of many colours as I saw in the photographs. Though I was not present there…

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