This is not the time to hurl allegations against each other. Need of the hour is to work in coordination with officers to defeat COVID-19 pandemic. People will not spare them if the elected representatives indulged in blame game. This is what Chamaraja MLA and Chamaraja Constituency COVID-19 Task Force Committee Chairman L. Nagendra opined…
Positive flow
May 31, 2021By S.B.S. Surendran To activate good health luck, luscious green plants at East symbolising wood element, which also represents the health of the occupants, can be adapted In the metaphysical science of Feng Shui, energy of a space is the basis on which the overall well-being and prosperity of the occupants is assessed. In other…
The Egyptian Pharaohs
May 30, 2021By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist The vultures are hungry; the vultures are waiting; as disgusting as a vulture eating… These are the phrases we use to describe a person as despicable — an obnoxious behaviour, more so at the dining table. In fact comparing a despicable man with a vulture is an insult to the latter…
COVID pours cold water on KRS Dam Sluice Gate works
May 28, 2021By S.T. Ravikumar The ambitious project to replace the 143 sluice gates (crest gates) of Krishna Raja Sagar (KRS) Dam has been delayed inordinately and COVID has only worsened the situation. There are a total of 173 sluice gates of various dimensions and at various levels. The reservoir, constructed across River Cauvery, was conceived and…
Lakshmi’s Purana
May 27, 2021By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist We often assume that a Purana is a Sanskrit text that is known across India. That is not true. Take, for example, the Lakshmi Purana, which Balaram Das wrote in Oriya in the 15th century. It speaks of an event that took place in Puri, where…
‘We are here to save and serve you’: MCC Commissioner Shilpa Nag shares her work experiences with the community
May 25, 2021Please shelve COVID- inappropriate behaviour Get yourself tested as soon as you get symptoms Call Telecare facility for counselling, guidance on Ph:2420112 / 2420113 Follow all Government guidelines Even as images of endless burning pyres are flashed across the country accompanied by desperate social media messages frantically seeking hospital beds, oxygen concentrators and cylinders in…
Blood Supermoon Penumbral Lunar Eclipse tomorrow
May 25, 2021By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Amateur Astronomer COVID, Black Fungus everywhere… People have forgotten everything, instead become restless with maximum fear in them. But on May 26, people can forget everything and witness a spectacular Blood Flower Supermoon Penumbral/ Partial Lunar Eclipse after 6.40 pm. The most effective, amazing, gorgeous, memorable and evident astronomical event…
The tantrik sow-Goddess
May 20, 2021By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist We have heard the story of how Vishnu takes the form of a wild boar, plunges into the waters, defeats an asura and raises the earth-Goddess on his snout and brings her back to the surface of the sea. This is Varaha, whose images adorn many…
A Chinese Memory Revived
May 17, 2021By Girija Madhavan Browsing through the internet, a photo from a bygone era caught my eye: Pandit Nehru with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai, also called Chou Enlai [1898-1976]. His chiselled features and thick, black eyebrows, brought back memories of seeing him long ago, in person in Beijing [known as Peking earlier]. My husband, A. Madhavan…
‘I have ensured that there is no shortage of Oxygen and Remdesivir in the district’
May 14, 2021A week after he was appointed by District In-Charge Minister S.T. Somashekar as In-Charge of Task Force on Medical Oxygen and Remdesivir injection supplies in the District, Mysuru-Kodagu MP Pratap Simha has maintained that there is not even a single complaint on any lapses in the distribution of these two vital medical requirements. In a…
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