H.D. Kote: A 40-year-old rider was killed on the spot when the bike he was riding collided head-on with another two-wheeler near Malali on H.D. Kote –Malali Road this morning. Puttaswamy (40), of Malali and an employee of Jungle Lodges and Resorts is the deceased. Puttaswamy was travelling for work at 8.30 am when his…
Raaga Taranga’s anniversary
January 25, 2019Mysuru: Raaga Taranga, a music organisation founded by the well-known musician of Mysuru S.K. Vasumathi, has organised a vocal concert by Vid. Manasanayana, a disciple of Sangeetha Kalanidhi R.K. Srikantan and S.K. Vasumathi, on Jan. 27 (Sunday) at Jaganmohan Palace auditorium at 6 pm as part of its anniversary celebrations. He will be accompanied by…
Strange desire to seek power by our politicians may lead to people losing liberty
January 25, 2019Declaration of 1975 Emergency by Indira Gandhi is an example It is a strange desire, to seek power, and to lose liberty; or to seek power over others, and to lose power over a man’s self. Francis Bacon said this famously and the truth of what he said is seen in Indian Democracy since 1975…
My childhood fascination for Chittor
January 25, 2019By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Last Friday I wrote about my recent visit to the fortress town of Chittorgarh at Rajasthan and my very disappointing experience with the guide there who instead of guiding my family and me around the historically important sites was only hell-bent on narrating the storyline of the recently released…
“There is shortage of teachers not only in India but all over the world”
January 25, 2019Says Educationist Dr. K.P. Gopalkrishna, Chairman & Founder-Principal, NPS Group of Institutions By N. Niranjan Nikam [Continued from yesterday] SOM: You are running nine schools including the one in Mysuru, Chennai and Singapore. What is the mantra? K.P. Gopalkrishna: At present we have stopped all the expansions even though many entrepreneurs are approaching us to…
Rangayaana Trust and Department of Kannada & Culture
January 25, 2019Bharata Ranga – 2, Folk and Theatre songs by students of Folklore Research Centre, KIKS, 5.30 pm; retd. IPS Officer Kempaiah inaugurates, Shaktidhama President Geetha Shivarajkumar chief guest, Women and Child Welfare Deputy Director K. Radha, Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Chennappa, KIKS Folklore Department’s Dr. Nanjaiah Honganuru, Shaktidhama Secretary Jayadev, Rajeshwari Vasthralankara’s B.M….
Rotary Mysore School and Rotary Mysore Thulir School, Dattagalli
January 25, 2019Hasya Sanje by Sudha Baraguru, PDG Rtn. M. Lakshminarayan chief guest, GM Thejkumar guest of honour, Rotary Mysore School premises, 6 pm.
Athri Natya Kala Kendra Trust
January 25, 2019Rasarishi Nrithya Namana – presentation of dance to the compositions of poet Kuvempu, Direction – Vidu. Nayana Shivaram, former Mysore Varsity VC Prof. J. Shashidhara Prasad, chief guest, Ganabharathi, Kuvempunagar, 6.30 pm.
Sri Ganapati Mithra Mandali
January 25, 2019Staging of historical play Sangolli Rayanna, Saptharshi Souharda Co-op. Society Director N. Nagachandra inaugurates, Kannada Kriya Samithi Secretary S.K. Sudarshan presides, Kannada and Culture Assistant Director H. Chennappa and Mysuru Nagara Kalavidara Sangha Working President N. Basavegowda, chief guests, Bendre Open Air Theatre, Nrupatunga Kannada School, E&F Block, Ramakrishnanagar, 6 pm.
Toilet Talk
January 25, 2019Whoever made the statement that the country hosts more temples than toilets, during the initial days following the call from the top brass in the government on October 2, 2014, for people to give up the time–honoured, read time-endured, open defecation in the land seems to have taken both the sublime (worshipping) and the mundane…











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