By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Have you noticed that Jesus Christ is thin and Santa Claus is fat? Have you noticed that Christmas is increasingly less about the birth of the Christian Saviour, and more about snow, reindeer and coniferous trees, none of which were around when Jesus was born in…
Mysuru: Kukkarahalli Kere Ulisi Samithi has organised a Photo Exhibition on ‘Kukkarahalli Lake Biodiversity’ at Chai Patthe, #46, Vishwamanava Double Road, Saraswathipuram, here from Jan.26 to 28 between 10.30 am and 6 pm. Wildlife photographer duo Krupakar-Senani will inaugurate the expo tomorrow at 10.30 am. The expo has some interesting photographs of common as well…
Nanjangud: A woman staff, working in Dasoha Bhavan at Sri Srikanteshwara Temple, has been suspended yesterday for misappropriating temple money. The woman staff, who has been suspended, has been identified as Geetha. The auditors, who conducted an audit, had submitted a report that Geetha had misused Rs.6.13 lakh during 2012-14, following which, the Additional Deputy…
Gundlupet: Two tigers, a male and a female were found dead in the Bandipur Tiger Reserve near Hangala in Hinikere of Gundlupet taluk. As soon as the news reached the Forest Department in the early hours of today, Conservator of Forest, Bandipur Tiger Reserve, Ambadi Madhav, Veterinary Doctor Dr. Nagaraju, RFO Puttaswamy, Wildlife Warden Chelavaraj,…
Mysuru: The ‘Kanaka Jyoti’ of Kaginele Maha Samsthana will arrive in city tomorrow (Jan. 26). Announcing this at a press meet here yesterday, Karnataka Pradesha Kurubara Sangha Director K.C. Balaram said the Jyoti is part of the Silver Jubilee celebrations of Kaginele Maha Samsthana Kanaka Gurupeetha to take place at Bellodi Shakha Mutt in Harihar…
Mysuru: In a tragic incident, a person from city was run over by a train at Bengaluru Railway Station last evening. The deceased has been identified as L. Nagendraswamy (59), Director of Taluk Agricultural Produce Co-operative Marketing Society (TAPCMS) Limited at Kote. A native of Siddaramaiahnahundi in the taluk, Nagendraswamy was residing at Ramakrishnanagar in…
Mysuru: The two-day 2nd State Convention of BSNL contract employees will be held on Jan.26 and 27 at Regional Telecom Training Centre auditorium in Kuvempunagar here. The convention will urge the Government to regularise the contract employees with minimum wages to come under labour laws. The programme will be inaugurated tomorrow at 11.30 am by…
The term tail, for the sake of this column, is to be understand as the hindmost part of an animal, especially that forming a distinct, flexible appendage to the trunk. The intent is to take up the case of simians (excluding apes which don’t have the appendage) juxtaposed with homosapiens (modern humans) in the context…
Mysuru: In a bid to create awareness about keeping the city clean, Podar International School has organised ‘Swachha Mysuru,’ a Mini Marathon for their students, parents and guardians on Jan. 26 at 7 am. The Mini Marathon will be flagged off by outgoing Mayor M.J. Ravikumar in front of the school on General K.S. Thimayya…
Sir, This has reference to the news report “In-house Conservation Laboratory at Mysore Palace” (Star of Mysore dated Jan. 23). While the idea of setting up an in-house Conservation Laboratory for the care and preservation of the many works of art in the Mysore Palace is laudable, the statement made to the press at the…
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