By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the State of Chhattisgarh, in Khapri village of Durg district, there is a temple dedicated to a dog. It is called Kukur Dev. The story goes that there was once a banjara (gypsy) who had a dog. During a famine, he had no money, so…
Patriotism, an unalloyed virtue of love for one’s country and nationalism, driven by the ideology of a sense of belonging to one’s country seems to be witnessing suffocation in the current dispensation of providing good governance to 135-plus crore people across the nation, identifying themselves with diverse badges of their multitude of lingo, faiths, ethnicity,…
Sir, Every time during my morning walks with Prof. B. Sheik Ali, I walk on the footpath separated by steel fence adjacent to the University of Mysore Guest House and I see a lot of construction materials lying on the lawn. Since it has been lying in this state for many years, grass and other…
MAHAJANA PUBLIC SCHOOL, JAYALAKSHMIPURAM: The Investiture Ceremony was celebrated at the School premises recently. M.R. Dhanusha, International athlete, was the chief guest and Dr. Vijayalakshmi Muralidhar, Secretary, Mahajana Education Society (MES), was the guest of honour. Newly elected Captains and Vice-Captains were conferred the badges and sashes on the day by the chief guest. Seen…
BHARATIYA VIDYA BHAVAN (BVB) SCHOOL, VIJAYANAGAR: The investiture Ceremony of BVB School was held at the School premises recently. The School prefects such as Captains & Vice-Captains were elected through ballot process. Inception of Captains and Vice-Captains was done by pinning their badges followed by oath-taking. Chief guest M.S. Vinayaka spoke on the importance and…
A brilliant hundred by the Kiwi skipper Kane Williamson and a solid 60 by Colin de Grandhomme enabled New Zealand to register a four-wicket win over South Africa in a keenly contested match at Edgbaston, Birmingham, on Wednesday. Needing 8-runs to win in the last over, New Zealand skipper Kane Williamson (106 n.o., 138b, 9×4,…
Aryan Roopa Anand, a promising golfer from city, will be playing his first International Amateur Tournament in Malaysia. The event is 117th Malaysian Amateur Open from June 20 to 23 at Kelab Golf Sarawak (Sarawak Golf Club) in Kuching. The newly upgraded championship course is 6,394 meters long, par 72, designed to test a player’s…
A century by middle-order batsman N. Nirmith (112 n.o., 13×4), enabled RBNCC ‘B’ to register a facile 115-run win over Lucky Boys CC, Nanjangud, in the KSCA Mysuru Zone 2nd Division League match played at the JSS-SJCE Grounds here recently. SCORES 2nd Division RBNCC ‘B’: 277 in 49.5 overs (N. Nirmith 112 n.o., Hrishab Aravind…
A well-compiled century by M. Kanishk (178 n.o., 30×4, 1×6) enabled Vidyaranya CC to register a big 141-run win over Bellur CC in the KSCA Mysuru Zone U-16 Tournament for Clubs at the SDNR Wadiyar Grounds here recently. SCORES Vidyaranya CC: 299 for 7 in 50 overs (M. Kanishk 178 n.o., Yashwanth 33, N. Neel…
Mysuru lad S.D. Prajwal Dev, teaming up with India’s Rishi Reddy, representing India in the ITF World Tennis Tour M15 Harare $15,000 Men’s Tennis Tournament entered the quarter-finals in the Men’s Doubles event on Wednesday. Prajwal Dev and Rishi Reddy combined well to beat Becker Gerhard Marius & Malan Pierre of South Africa 6-2, 6-3…
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