Mysore/Mysuru: ‘Rangayanadangaladalli Janapadaru,’ a two-day Folk Festival ahead of Bahuroopi National Theatre Festival, concluded at Rangayana premises on Sunday. The event was jointly organised by Mysuru Rangayana and Directorate of Kannada and Culture Department. Speaking at a seminar organised as part of the festival, folk scholar Dr. Rathnamma said that tribal communities were undergoing a…
Wanderlust
March 8, 2022By Sujata Rajpal A strong woman knows she has strength enough for the journey but a woman of strength knows it is in the journey where she will become strong! – “This anonymous quote has impressed me. If you ask what Women’s Day means to me, I can say that I have not faced any…
International Women’s Day: ‘Women must be free to decide their destiny to be truly empowered’
March 8, 2022SOM Special Interview with Trishikha Kumari Wadiyar Trishikha Kumari Wadiyar is an epitome of beauty and grace. Royalty sits perfectly on her head, her elegance and demeanour is so dignified that she is loved and respected by one and all. In spite of her multi-faceted personality and royal lineages, she has preferred to keep her…
Every individual is unique in their own way: Yeshoda Pandit
March 8, 2022Home is the first school and mother is the first teacher. And even in the academic field, it is the lady teachers who draw more love from students compared to the male staff. Yeshoda Pandit is one such academician who, along with her husband, established the Orchids Education Society in 2001 in Ramakrishnanagar. She is…
Women are building blocks of the family: Dr. Geetha Nagaraju
March 8, 2022By Shadan Muneer We come across many accomplished women health practitioners who have rendered selfless service for the betterment of human civilisation. Dr. Geetha H. Nagaraju is an accomplished doctor who specialises in Obstetrics and Gynaecology. A native of H.D. Kote and a proud daughter of agriculturists, she attained her MBBS degree from Bangalore Medical…
A march towards equality
March 8, 2022By Shadan Muneer Women are not only bestowed with the power to bring in a new life to earth but are endowed with divine character to care for and nurture. International Women’s Day celebrated annually on March 8 presents an opportunity to acknowledge, appreciate and celebrate acts of courage and determination by ordinary women who…
Are ‘low-calibre men’ India’s destiny?
March 8, 2022By T.J.S. George Winston Churchill hated India. Which was natural because his mind was mutilated by imperialism, so he couldn’t understand why the stupid Indians agitated for independence. Rudyard Kipling had no such problem. Being a poet, he took a philosophical view of the world and agreed that “East is east and West is west…
This road needs immediate repairs
March 8, 2022Sir, I would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned towards the bad condition of the roads in our locality. The condition of the road has been pretty bad with crater-like potholes and due to this there has been more accidents. On behalf of the residents of Srirampura 3rd Stage, I request the…
‘A. Shankara Chetty and Sons’ wins Best Heritage Jeweller Award
March 8, 2022A. Shankara Chetty and Sons, Mysuru, has been recognised and awarded as the ‘Best Heritage Jeweller’ by Karnataka State Jewellers Federation, representing 31 districts and 174 taluks. Adarsh K. Murthy, Managing Director, A. Shankara Chetty and Sons, is seen receiving the award from Major Irrigation & Water Resources Minister Govind Karjol at South Jewellery Show,…
Women go vrooming on Women’s Day
March 8, 2022Commemorating Women’s Day celebrations, Inner Wheel Club of Mysore Gold, in association with VSAKKHI, had organised a women’s bike rally in city this morning. Women, some dressed in traditional attire, rode bicycle, mopeds and bikes from Kote Anjaneyaswamy Temple at the Palace North Gate to Chamundi Hill. The women riders attracted the attention of passersby…
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