By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Vedas, one does find references to individual Goddesses like Usha, Vak and Aranyani who represent dawn, speech, and forests, respectively. In the Puranas, there is Lakshmi, Durga and Saraswati, embodiments of wealth, power and knowledge. However, in practice, Hindus often worship Goddesses in groups….
Law-making in the land during ancient times and also in later periods, including present times makes a fascinating study. Both the monarchs of Kingdoms as well as Chieftans of yesteryears enjoying command over their territories wielding weapons and the ruling powers of our times are known to enure order by enacting laws, mostly as a…
Sir, Swami Vivekananda’s famous lesson for life “face the terrible, face it boldly” comes to my mind while reading the well-written letter and the Editor’s Note in Star of Mysore dated Oct.17. Quoting Swamiji’s experience in Varanasi, when being chased by monkeys, it seemed impossible to escape, when a stranger called out to Swamiji, “face…
The Department of Kannada and Culture has organised ‘Janapara Utsava’ tomorrow at 12 noon at Shankarapuram in Nanjangud. District Minister V. Somanna will inaugurate the festival. MLA Harshavardhan will preside. MP V. Sreenivasa Prasad will inaugurate the cultural activities, according to a press release.
‘Kautilya Sadagara,’ first eco-friendly annual day of Kautilya Vidyalaya, will be held at Kalamandira on Oct.25 at 10 am. The celebrations include ‘Shreshta Bharatha’ and ‘Ajjanondige Hejje-Ajjiyondige Gejje’ (Grandparent’s Fest). Former Chief Secretary to the Government of Karnataka K. Ratna Prabha will be the chief guest. Political Secretary to Chief Minister of Karnataka Shankaragouda I….
Infosys Pool Campus Drive is being organised at ATME College of Engineering, Bannur Road, Mysuru, in association with Visvesvaraya Technological University-Centralised Placement Cell (VTU-CPC) Belagavi, for all eligible candidates of Mysuru Zone and surrounding Colleges. Around 1,600 candidates will be participating in the two-day Pool Drive from 9.30 am to 5 pm on Oct. 25…
Election to the Management Committee of Mugur Karnataka Brahmana Sangha, Mysuru, to be held on Oct. 26, has been cancelled as the number of final contestants was less than the number of Directors to be elected. Hence the present committee has been re-elected unopposed.
As part of ‘Meet & Greet,’ the finale to Forum Deepavali events, to take place on Oct.26 and 27 from 4 pm at Forum Mall in city, kids will get a chance to spend a day with their favourite cartoon characters — Chhota Bheem, Raju and Chutki — and take selfies with them. All one…
The Rashtriya Computer Saksharatha Samithi and QDP Technologies have jointly organised ‘Udyog,’ interview process to fill various posts vacant in private organisations. Interview will be held for the posts of Computer Operator, Domestic Data Entry Operator, Account Manager, Network Engineer, Field Executive, Hardware Analyst, System Engineer, Montessori Teacher, Preschool Trainer, NTTC Trainer, Desktop Support Engineer,…
Kittur Rani Chennamma Jayanti will be celebrated by the District Administration on Oct. 28 at Maneyangala in Kalamandira at 11 am. A preliminary meeting of the officials in this regard was held at the Deputy Commissioner’s Office, here on Tuesday. Presiding over the meeting, Additional DC B.R. Poornima said that the Jayanti celebrations would be…
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