Academic success is certainly important in the present times. However, encouraging and supporting a child’s skill and instinct in sports would be beneficial too. Sport activities is most often seen as a hobby or for maintaining good health and most often it has not been viewed as a possible career option. Sport and leisure activity…
Mysuru: Solid waste management in Mysuru is set to witness a major revamp within two or three weeks, thanks to the highly ambitious and well-intended project of the Mysuru City Corporation (MCC) called ‘WoW’ or ‘Wealth out of Waste.’ It aims to segregate garbage at the point of generation and pack it into different coloured…
By V. Shourabh This is the story of Reliance and mangoes. Pretty sure you know the company Reliance. What crosses your head when you think of this company? Telecom, Petroleum, right? Before we tell you what it has to do with mangoes, let’s quickly go back to 1997. One of the biggest weaknesses of Reliance…
By V. Shourabh Just like a mango seed which is nurtured, watered and taken care of over the years to reap sweet fruits, a young boy is nurturing his dreams here on the Mysuru-Bantwal Highway. Amidst all the sellers, there is one enthusiastic small chirpy boy, who with his cheerful broad smile and talkative nature…
By V. Shourabh Speeding SUVs, bikes and cars slow down and stop as they approach a stretch on the ever-busy highway between Yelwal and Ankanahalli on the Mysuru-Hunsur Road. reason: To buy luscious mangoes. The two-kilometre stretch has literally transformed into a Mango Mandi and from February till about August, Mango Pyramids greet motorists on…
By V. Shourabh Mysuru: Studies and surveys have revealed that India’s current per capita water consumption is at 150 litres a day. The country is expected to suffer persistent water shortage by 2020 with the per capita accessibility of water coming down to less than 1,000 cubic meters. One source of water wastage is vehicle…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you walk around a traditionally-built Hindu temple, it is likely that you will see images of the guardians of the directions (diggapala): Kubera in the north, Yama in the south, Indra in the east and Varuna in the west, with Vayu, Chandra (or Ishana), Agni…
A Feng Shui is all about energy, and the basic laws of energy are universal and work the same way, no matter where you are geographically located. A piece of land without any structure on it allows unhindered energy to flow through and over the plot. When a structure is put up on a plot…
By Girija Madhavan To some of us “Russia” evokes the memory of its great writers: Tolstoy, Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekov and others. Even in translation from the original Russian, they have an impact on their readers including some Indian thinkers. Later writers like Vladimir Nabokov and Boris Pasternak lived in the twentieth century. When…
Climbers are an integral part of any garden. Perching on trees, resting on low roofs, high buildings, twining on arches, pergolas and trellises, they display dazzling beauty with decorative foliage and colourful blooms often with sweet fragrance. One of the prettiest climbers, which grows luxuriantly in Mysuru’s salubrious climate is “The Bengal Clock Vine.” The…
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