A tribute to Lt. Gen. B.C. Nanda, who recaptured Siachen, the world’s highest Army Post, from Pakistan By Santhosh Thammaiah, Columnist and Journalist You might be aware of the latest development. The Prime Minister’s Office has called for an emergency meeting. Senior Intelligence officers will be present and you are requested to be present with…
“Stigma towards seeking Psychiatric treatment has decreased”, Says US-based Psychiatrist Dr. Sanjay Sreenivas Chandragiri
December 25, 2018Psychiatry is the medical specialty devoted to diagnosis, treatment and prevention of mental disorders. There was a time when using the word ‘Psychiatry’ sent wrong signals and hence, mental hospital was considered taboo while ‘Huchaaspatre’ was a derogatory term. Over the years, the way people look at mental health has changed and it is very…
Career Opportunities
December 24, 2018Display Metal Feng Shui element art or items in the Northwest, be it a metal bell, or even a photo in a metal frame. Looking for a career break, new opportunity or change of job? Feng Shui can possibly aid in your pursuits. Career is an integral part of our life’s journey and choosing the…
Ricky Kej’s journey from Dentistry to winning Grammy
December 24, 2018When a musician speaks straight from the heart, it is nothing less than a magical feeling. For Bengaluru-based composer Ricky Kej, music is a powerful medium. He is a genius on the keyboard and his music is a living testimony of his personality. With five feature films, twelve albums and over two thousand commercials to…
‘PAINE’ & Co. Inflict insinuating ‘PAIN’ on Virat & Co. — Down Under
December 21, 2018By V.N. Prasad The new pitch at the brand new stadium at Perth was not a deck reminiscent of MECCA of WACA. In fact it was a ‘Grave Yard’. The old one was known for its bouncy tracks where pacers invariably made hay. The new one was softer with cracks that opened up gradually over…
Crime & Punishment: Foraying into Forensic Science
December 21, 2018Forensic investigation of crime includes the use of scientific methods to study past events for criminal justice delivery, often to reconstruct unknown events associated with a crime scene. Considering the importance of forensic investigation of crimes, including biology, fingerprints, DNA analysis, ballistics, evidence tracing, voice analysis and toxicology, the Department of Forensic Medicine and Toxicology,…
Tinkering Lab concept at Lions Sevaniketan School: Learning made fun
December 21, 2018By Sujata Rajpal About 40-odd students of 8th grade assemble in a classroom and are making miniature cars out of sun board, toothpicks, rubber bands and other such material. Each vehicle is unique in itself — single seater with no boot space, family passenger car and some resemble a big tow truck. Ask the students…
A Buddhist Goddess
December 20, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A thousand years after the Buddha’s nirvana, Buddhists finally acquired a Goddess of (almost) equal stature to the Buddha. Before this, the only Goddess who was very prominent in Buddhist literature was Shri or the Goddess of Fortune, clearly included within the Buddhist iconography by the…
A Jain family’s one hundred years of ‘Journey’ in city
December 17, 2018Man’s nature is always to go in search of greener pastures and one which he has adopted since ages is through migration. Many communities from different parts of the country have made Mysuru their own and have assimilated into the culture of the city. One such is a Jain business family which settled down here…
SKYWATCH: Brightest Comet ‘Wirtanen’ at its best in December
December 17, 2018– Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer The most beautiful celestial object perceptible in the night sky is the ‘Comet.’ Most of the time, Comets remain in deep-frozen “sleep” in outer space, but occasionally they are dislodged from their orbits and fall forward the inner solar system. Comets are at their brightest when they are…
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