A two-day Conference Ceremony of HIVe aMysuru ART (Anti-Retroviral Therapy) Update 2017 was inaugurated at SDM-IMD auditorium in Mysuru yesterday. The Conference is being organised by Asha Kirana Trust, which is working for the cause of HIV/AIDS patients and people living with AIDS since decades. In this article, Sujata Rajpal traces the roots of Asha…
Glory Thy Name is Mysuru
February 25, 2017By A.V. Narasimha Murthy, former Head, Department of Ancient History & Archaeology, University of Mysore Mysuru, which the Britishers pro-nounced as My-sore, is the gift of Goddess Mahishasuramardini. According to mythology, the demon Mahishasura was tormenting the good people and was spoiling the Vedic way of life. The tormented people prayed to the Goddess and she…
Last hymn of the Rig Veda
February 23, 2017By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Rig Veda has over a thousand hymns (sukta) that are arranged in ten chapters (mandala). The first and the tenth mandalas have precisely 191 hymns, indicating that the arrangement of hymns is not random, but deliberate. This organisation of hymns is attributed to Vyasa. Internal…
Mysuru Warrior spins his way into Mumbai Indians
February 23, 2017Krishnappa Gowtham (K. Gowtham) is known to Mysureans as a Mysuru Warrior as he plays for the Mysuru Warriors, city’s team in the Karnataka Premier League (KPL). This Karnataka cricketer, who made his first-class debut against Uttar Pradesh in Meerut during November 2012, had to wait another three years before returning to the State team…
The typical Indian solution- Jugaad
February 23, 2017By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A typical solution for all problems “Jugaad,” a colloquial Hindi and Punjabi word. Universally accepted. Funnily the interpretation or the meaning of the word jugaad means different to different people. For some it is an innovative fix, for some it is creativity with meagre resources, for some it…
Allergy and Asthma
February 22, 2017Allergy is an abnormal exaggerated Immunological reaction to substances that are generally considered ‘harmless’ to most of us. The main reason of being allergic is due to the genetic tendency and environmental interaction. Around 20% of the population has this tendency. Allergy can start at any age: even from birth till old age. Generally, allergies…
As Rahul Gandhi drives S. M. Krishna out of Congress, issues of morality, bankruptcy & dilemmas surface
February 21, 2017By T.J.S. George There is a tragic inevitability about the doom of the Congress Party. It’s a Greek tragedy where the hero’s powerful wish to achieve a goal is defeated by a flaw in his character complicated by fate and the will of the gods. Why the will of the gods should go against the…
Mysuru’s nonagenarian unravels Mudra way to health
February 21, 2017Title : The Science of Mudras & Your Health Author : Prof. D.V.S. Iyer Pages : 68 Price : Rs. 50 Publisher : Vaidyavartha Prakashana Mysuru Mysuru-based well-known promoter of wellness, industrialist Dr. B.R. Pai, in the course of his presentation of simplified insight into healthy living on many platforms proclaims his conviction that…
Fr. Denis Noronha Celebrating 60 Years of Priesthood
February 21, 2017Though he has grown weak and his legs not as steady as before, Rev. Fr. Denis Noronha, the man behind establishing many educational institutions in Mysuru, believes he still can serve the Lord in his own little ways. “It is not easy to be 85 with five major surgeries and one minor surgery. With years…
Harmony and balance
February 20, 2017By S.B. Surendran, Accredited Master Feng Shui Consultant In Feng Shui, the symbolism of what we see is very important, hence orienting and placing the right décor and symbols is quite important especially for bedrooms. The bedroom space is the ultimate inner sanctum where the person is most vulnerable during sleep to recharge the chi….
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