By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist At its monthly meeting on Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Mysuru City Corporation resolved to demolish two heritage structures of the city — Devaraja Market and the Lansdowne Building, the structures that are in their own way, testimony to the illustrious history of this Heritage City. And without which the sobriquet ‘Heritage…
By U.B. Acharya A former Australian captain Bobby Simpson’s definition of an all-rounder is “An all-rounder should be worth his position in the side either as a batsman or as a bowler.” Well said indeed. Generally, a test cricketer, who has scored 1,000 runs and also taken 100 wickets, is considered as an all-rounder. Using…
Ashtanga Yoga Guru Sharath Jois’ latest book is all about ways to remain young physically and mentally By Arathi Menon Title : From the source of Ashtanga Yoga : Ageless – A Yogi’s Secrets to a Long and Healthy Life Author: Sharath Jois (With Isha Singh Sawhney) Pages: 199+XLIII Price: Rs. 299 Publisher: Juggernaut Books…
The six-day Annual Jathra Mahotsava of Adi Jagadguru Sri Shivarathreeshwara Shivayogi Mahaswamiji will be held from Feb.1 to 6 at Suttur Srikshetra in Nanjangud taluk. The Jathra Mahotsava is celebrated every year to commemorate the birth anniversary of the Founder of the institution. Around eight to ten lakh devotees from across the State are expected…
Volvo confirms the launch of the brand new S60 sedan for the Indian market. The new model is expected to be launched in the late months of 2019. Similar to the global release, the S60 sedan which is up for launch in India won’t be offered with a diesel engine. The Volvo S60 sedan is…
By Dr. M. Suresh Babu and Dr. L. Umesh The society watched with horror the prasadam poisoning in the mass food poisoning case in Kichuguth Maramma Temple at Sulwadi village of Hanur taluk recently where over 17 people died and many more were admitted to various hospitals. Sadly, some people lost their lives even before…
Says Educationist Dr. K.P. Gopalkrishna, Chairman & Founder-Principal, NPS Group of Institutions By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] SOM: You are running nine schools including the one in Mysuru, Chennai and Singapore. What is the mantra? K.P. Gopalkrishna: At present we have stopped all the expansions even though many entrepreneurs are approaching us to…
Says Educationist Dr. K.P. Gopalkrishna, Chairman & Founder-Principal, NPS Group of Institutions The word education encompasses many things apart from just acquisition of knowledge, skills, values, beliefs and habits. This is where the importance of school education comes in because all the things learnt at that stage will probably shape one’s life. Hence, the role…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In traditional belief, there is only one heaven. This concept of one heaven comes from monotheistic religions. So, Christianity, Islam, and Judaism speak of one heaven, where souls go after death, if one has been true to the way of God. However, in Hinduism, there is…
Children from government schools studying in Std. III, Std. V and Std. VIII can read a Std. II level text better than their counterparts in private schools. The 13th Annual Status Education Report (ASER-2018) of Karnataka State was released recently in Mysuru by Ashvini Ranjan, Managing Trustee, Pratham Mysore. Facilitated by Pratham, ASER is carried…
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