By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Shiva is called the destroyer because he destroys our desire — Kama, and he destroys death itself — Yama. Kama is associated with life, and Yama with death. Shiva destroys both the desire for life and the fear of death and thus he is the God…
Know the Eligibility Criteria for Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme
September 19, 2019Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana is a Central Government initiative to provide affordable housing for the urban and rural poor of India. It was launched in 25th June 2015, with an aim to complete by the end of 2022. The Government of India proposed to build almost 2 Crore houses for the urban poor under the…
Echoing the Mentor’s Style
September 19, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Senior vocalist Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V. Shankaranarayan performed on Sept.9 at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla. He was accompanied on violin by Nagai Sriram, mridanga by Tumkur B. Ravishankar and ghata by Sharat Kaushik. Shankaranarayan’s music is never stale. It is always lively and full of energy, which is transferred to the audience….
Profligate with spublic funds
September 19, 2019Expenditure incurred on advertisements by companies manufacturing products that are sought and bought by citizens as well as services availed by target sections in the land’s population seems to be rising phenomenally, given the tariff charged by television operators with high TRP ratings, calculated in seconds occupied on the small screen. Compared to the earnings…
Lalitha Mahal Road residents complain of water scarcity
September 19, 2019Sir, We the residents of Sankalpmahal on Lalitha Mahal Road wish to bring to the notice of MCC Commissioner regarding irregular and poor supply of water. It is an irony that when both KRS and Mettur Dams are full and thousands of cusecs of precious fresh water is being let off into the sea, we…
Jugalbandi at Moonlight Music Programme
September 19, 2019Vid. R.K. Padmanabha (veena) and Dr. Ravindra Gururaj Katoti (harmonium) presenting a Karnatak-Hindustani Jugalbandi at Sri Suttur Mutt, Mysuru Branch, at the foot of Chamundi Hill on Sept.14, as part of Moonlight Music – 215. They are accompanied by Vid. Anoor Ananta Krishna Sharma on mridanga and Pt. Udayraj Karpur on tabla.
South Africa ‘A’ Vs India ‘A’ Unofficial Test: India ‘A’ takes control
September 19, 2019Inspiring bowling performances by India’ A’ bowlers Shahbaz Nadeem (two for 41), Kuldeep Yadav (two for 51) and Md. Siraj (one for 27), enabled India ‘A’ to take control of the proceedings by restricting South Africa ‘A’ to 159 for five in 46 overs in reply to India-A’s score of 417 in 123 overs, at…
Mysuru veterans strike it rich at State Ranking TT Championship
September 19, 2019K.V. Krishnamurthy (KVK), Dr. Sainath and Sushila Pillay, all veteran Table Tennis (TT) players from Mysuru, hit medals in the B. Narayan Rao Memorial Karnataka Vet TT Ranking Tournament held at Malleswaram Association in Bengaluru recently. In Men’s 75-plus age group final, much fire work was expected. KVK and Dr. Sainath, both had won two…
T20: Kohli, Dhawan steer India to victory
September 19, 2019Playing his strokes flawlessly, Indian captain Virat Kohli steered India to a well-merited seven-wicket victory against South Africa in the second T20 match in the three-match series at the Punjab Cricket Association I.S. Bindra Stadium here yesterday. With this win, India take a 1-0 advantage after the first match at Dharamsala was abandoned due to…
AITA Men’s Ranking Tennis: Suraj enters semi-finals
September 19, 2019Mysuru lad Suraj R. Prabodh, taking part in the Rs.2,50,000 AITA Men’s Ranking Tennis Tournament at the Harvest Tennis Academy, Jassowal, on Wednesday beat former National Champion Dalwinder Singh in straight sets 7-5, 6-3 and entered the semi-finals in the Men’s Singles event. In the semi-finals, Suraj will meet top-seed Kunal Anand. In the earlier…














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