The 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana has a rather special event where interested participants are taken to Mysuru’s literary destinations. Titled Kaviraja Marga, the tour, organised by the Department of Tourism, will take visitors to the house of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, novelist R.K. Narayan’s house, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies and finally to Rangayana. This…
[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: Chettiars have always been wealthy for generations. How do you connect with the vast poor of the country? A.C. Muthiah: (Laughs) Chettiars is a very small and an enterprising community, mostly in Burma, Saigon, South Vietnam and Malaysia. Why we went to Burma and Malaysia? It was…
[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: Oh, was your fertiliser manufacturing unit the world’s largest? A.C. Muthiah: Yes, at that time it was. From there we went into other chemical industries. My father had a great liking for developing agriculture-based industry. The input for the fertiliser was fuel oil that was not the…
There are people who are rich and there are ones who are wealthy. There is a big difference between the two as wealth is accumulated over generations, unlike many of the present day leaders who are nouveau riche. To the wealthy belongs one of the leading industrialist families in the country Dr. A.C. Muthiah, 77,…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A few months ago, there was a war going on in Kerala about whether Onam has to be celebrated as the annual return during harvest of Maha-bali, the asura-king, from Pa-tala, his subterranean realm or as Vaman Jayanti, the triumph of Vishnu’s dwarf avatar, Vaman over…
By R. Chandra Prakash, Mysore Grahakara Parishat Bengaluru Way — It is oft-repeated statement that Mysuru is going the Bengaluru way. But what does “Bengaluru way” mean? This statement summarises the phenomenal transformation that Bengaluru has undergone. Before the integration of the State, Mysuru was the capital city whereas Bengaluru was a cantonment city. Makkaji…
Senior citizens are making a beeline to Employees’ Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO) office at Gayathripuram, Mysuru, to submit their Digital Life Certificates. A visit to the PF Office shows several pensioners — almost on a daily basis except holidays — patiently sitting, waiting for their turn to submit their credentials for Digital Life Certificates. While…
Prosperity and abundance circulates through the universe and through all our life. It is a never ending flow of giving and receiving. Many associate prosperity with financial wealth but true riches are of many kinds. Along with material wealth there is also love, friendships, family, health, knowledge and spiritual wealth which is essential in our…
What is that we are opposing? By Dr. K.S. Kumar, Consultant Paediatric Surgeon, Mysuru Lakhs of patients are facing untold misery by the ongoing tussle between doctors and the Karnataka Government. They are caught in the crossfire for no fault of theirs. Doctors want them to understand their plight and why they are forced to…
Church houses a stained glass painting of St. Bartholomew donated by Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV St. Bartholomew’s Church, city’s oldest Church was today re-dedicated after being renovated. The Church was re-dedicated this morning by Rev. Sr. Sujatha, Vice-President of Church of South India- Karnataka Southern Diocese (CSI-KSD) in the presence of previous Presbyters of the…
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