Mysuru: Sri Avadhoota Datta Peetha has organised Devi Navaratri celebrations at Nada Mantapa of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashrama, Ooty Road here from Oct.10 to 20 in the presence of Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji and Sri Datta Vijayananda Teertha Swamiji. The daily events are as follows: 9.00 am: Devi Utsava, Kumari Puja, Srichakra Puja, Navavarana Puja….
City lecturer bags Global Teacher Award
October 9, 2018Mysuru: Dr. Poornima Umesh, Head, Department of Hindi at St. Philomena’s College, Bannimantap, Mysuru, has been awarded the ‘Global Teacher Award 2018’ by Alert Knowledge Services, New Delhi, for excellence in education. The award was presented at a function organised at a private hotel in New Delhi last month.
Applications invited from Anganwadi workers and assistants
October 9, 2018Mysuru: Applications are invited from the Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme, to fill the vacant posts of one Anganwadi worker and 14 Anganwadi Assistant, to be appointed on honorarium basis in Mysuru (rural). More details can be had from Child Development Programme Officer (CDPO), Mysuru (rural), No.32, near Kamakshi Hospital, T.K. Layout, Mysuru-570009 or…
Short film contest date extended till Oct.12
October 9, 2018Mysuru: The Dasara Film Festival Sub-Committee and Karnataka Chalanachitra Academy has extended the date of short film contest till Oct.12 (before 6 pm). The short films must be in Kannada and should be in the time duration of 5 minutes (300 seconds). Best three films will be awarded with a citation and a memento. Interested…
‘Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award to Pt. Rajeev Taranath
October 9, 2018Internationally acclaimed Sarod Maestro Pt. Rajeev Taranath, now settled in Mysuru, has been chosen for this year’s ‘Sangeetha Vidwan’ Award, according to sources. However, as the octogenarian is away at USA, the award will be conferred on the celebrated artiste after his return to the city. Born on Oct.17, 1932, Pt. Rajeev Taranath is a…
Judges, retirement and justice
October 9, 2018By T.J.S. George Chief Justices come and Chief Justices go, but the going of Chief Justice of India (CJI) Dipak Misra has been somewhat historic. He was, for example, the first CJI to face an impeachment petition. He was the first and only CJI against whom four Senior Judges not only had complaints but publicly…
Controlling energy flow through art
October 9, 2018Feng meaning Wind (pronounced as Fung) and Shui meaning Water (pronounced as Shway) are the two energies, which symbolise all the other energies existing in the universe. Feng Shui is not a religious practice or a belief but in its simplest form is the Art of placing or arranging objects within a space so that…
Bountiful blame-game
October 9, 2018Spoken language has its multitude of characteristics in any tongue ranging from extremely pleasing to unbearably harsh, insulting, humiliating, hurting, shocking, repulsive, irritating, embarrassing and what have you. While blaming somebody is never a pleasing experience for the person at its receiving end, the reaction it generates can be far less pleasing. The question of…
Navaratri Fest at Gujarati Samaj
October 9, 2018Shri Mysore Gujarati Samaj is conducting Gujarati Garba and Dandiya Folk Dance at their Samaj Bhavan in Yadavagiri from Oct.10 to 18 from 8 pm to 10.30 pm. Those interested in taking part in the celebrations, may contact Nitin H. Shah on Mob: 93438- 28307 or Gaurav J. Shah on Mob: 97315 – 10198.
Ph.D Awardee
October 9, 2018M. Veena Urs has been awarded Ph.D in Business Administration by the University of Mysore (UoM) for her thesis ‘Public and Private Sector Micro Finance Institutions: A Comparative Study of Select Companies’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. B. Shivaraj.













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