MCC Commissioner G. Lakshmikantha Reddy loves to watch OTT shows, spend time with family Determination, Dedication, Discipline key to success Work-life balance is very challenging: Reddy G. Lakshmikantha Reddy, the present Commissioner of Mysuru City Corporation (MCC), has been at the helm of affairs from June 2021. A native of Raichur, 35-year-old Reddy completed his…
When Raj Kapoor came to my house in Mysore
February 16, 2022By H.K. Shivananda, IAS (Retd.) In 1980, I was working as an Administrator at Mysore City Municipal Corporation (Elected Council was superseded) holding Additional Charge as Director of Administrative Training Institute (ATI) also. I was staying in the Corporation Guest House, opposite Cheluvamba Park, Mysore, with my family. One morning as I was having breakfast,…
Health at his Fingertips!
February 16, 202296-year-old began Mudra Therapy journey at 80 Nonagenarian finds relief through Mudra Therapy By Nandini Srinivasan The strides in modern medicine is a real boon and has proved beneficial to mankind. But sadly our focus has been so much on modern healing methods that we have lost faith in several alternative healing systems that have…
Life through Lens
February 16, 2022The 82-year-old Rajappan has shot nearly 400 feature films By S. Kenneth Shishir Film-making requires a wide array of professionals to work in harmony as they bring a narrative to life on-screen. A film’s cameraman is responsible for operating the camera and capturing the film’s footage. Cinematography, the art and technology of motion-picture photography involves…
A Flashback to 1965…
February 16, 2022By C.P. Belliappa It was the last week of December in 1965. All of us were at home in Gonikoppal during the term break. My grandmother had taken a parike (vow) to perform Satyanarayana puja at the temple in Peggala. On 31st December we had an early start, since Ganapathi homa preceded the Satyanarayana puja….
Old Mysore… A Fond Memory
February 16, 2022By Girija Madhavan The Past is over, you cannot get back to it. Live each day anew,” was written in the Autograph Books of our school days. In these days of uncertainty and menace, it is a comfort to reach back in memory to the lovely old Mysore of my childhood and briefly revisit the…
A grandson’s tribute to his dearest grandmother: A Silent Sentinel
February 16, 2022My grandfather Dr. S. Srikanta Sastri was an extraordinary scholar in his own right. Yet, he was also a husband, father and a grandfather to us all. Behind this colossus was a sweet, petite, gentle soul who quite literally ran the Sastri household single-handedly, when her husband was engrossed with the rise and fall of…
Shattering Stereotypes
February 16, 2022City’s women auto drivers fight odds to make a living By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Traditional auto-rickshaws have always remained heavily male-dominated. Of late, there are many women who have shattered the stereotypes and have been performing the duties of auto drivers, sometimes even better than their male counterparts. Though they face plenty of gender bias…
Drawing in richness
February 14, 2022By S.B.S. Surendra, Accredited Master Feng Shui Consultant Citrine crystal is long known for attracting wealth, so it is often used in Feng Shui wealth activation; Displaying a citrine gem tree would be a good symbolism Majority of people focus on career and health precedes wealth activation. Activating fortunes is one of special aspects of…
AbhinavaVyasa Prof. A.R. Krishnashastry-2
February 13, 2022By Dr. Bhagirath S. Naganath [Continued from yesterday] A. R. Krishnashastry took his B.A. exam in 1912. Regrettably, he failed in his English paper by a mark! He rewrote his English paper in 1913 and then graduated with a B.A. degree. Following his B.A., he embarked upon completing his M.A. in Kannada and Sanskrit. Shastry…
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