By Shashank Gouri from New York Rahul Gandhi must be ruing the day his party coined the phrase ‘Chowkidar Chor Hai.’ In a bid to counter the ruling BJP’s strategy to transition Prime Minister Narendra Modi from Chaiwala to Chowkidar, the Congress might have finally met its match in Modi-Shah as they are left grappling…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC A beautiful message I saw in my WhatsApp. I thought of sharing it with SOM readers: I was jogging this morning and I noticed a person about half-a-km ahead. I could guess he was running a little slower than me and that made me feel good. I said…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In traditional Hindu society, dogs are considered inauspicious. This is most evident in dharma shastras, which were put together about 2,000 years ago. Dogs were associated with death, as well as with pollution and, therefore, belonged to the periphery of society. Dog-eater was a common way…
Renowned American inventor Thomas Alva Edison (1847-1931), on his visit to the 1,063-ft. tall Eiffel Tower, the gigantic wrought iron structure on the Champ de Mars, the large green space in Paris, France, constructed in 1889 and named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel whose company designed and built the tower, is said to have signed…
Sir, With profound sorrow, I read the obituary of Dr. Frank I. Tovey, former Director of CSI Holdsworth Memorial Mission Hospital, Mysuru (SOM dated May 4, 2019). More than a surgeon, Dr. Tovey was the very personification of sympathy and compassion. My grandfather, who was in his fifties somewhere around 1955-1956, developed intolerable stomach pain…
Joyalukkas Foundation donated an Ambulance to Tejomaya De Addiction Center, Mysuru. Joy Alukkas (Chairman & Managing Director – Joyalukkas Group) handed over the Ambulance Key to Fr. Jinto Thomas (Director – Tejomaya De Addiction Center, Mysuru) in the presence of Jolly Joy Alukkas (Director- Joyalukkas Group) and other dignitaries.
The International Cricket Council (ICC) has welcomed India’s G.S. Lakshmi as the first female to be appointed to the ICC International Panel of Match Referees. Following close on the heels of Claire Polosak, who earlier this month became the first ever woman umpire to stand in a men’s ODI, Lakshmi will be eligible to referee…
Croatia’s Igor Stimac has been appointed the head coach of the Indian football team for a two-year term, the All India Football Federation (AIFF) announced on Wednesday. The national team has been without a coach since the departure of Stephen Constantine in January. The official announcement was made on the Indian Football Team’s official Twitter…
Pakistan opener Imam-ul-Haq broke India’s World Cup-winning captain Kapil Dev’s record as he became the youngest-ever batsman to score a 150-plus knock in ODI cricket in England. Kapil Dev had scored an unbeaten 175 at the age of 24 in a 1983 World Cup match against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells. After 36 years, the 23-year-old…
The Mysore District Wrestling Association will conduct the 2nd Under-15 State-level Wrestling Tournament in Mysuru on May 19. The Tournament will serve as the selection trials to select the wrestlers for the boys and girls Freestyle, Greco Roman style Junior National Championship to be held at Kota in Rajasthan from June 21 to 23. For…
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