The age of a society in which its members not only firmly believed in but also assiduously adhered to the practice of pleasant conduct in both word and deed. The code of conduct, crystallising in the form of proverbs and idioms, apart from lyrical lines attributed to the wise such as Sarvajna of the 16th…
By N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take out another “woman” out to dinner and a movie. The other woman that my wife wanted me to take out was my mother who had been a widow for 19 years. The demands of my work and…
Even as the poll campaign for the prestigious Nanjangud by-poll is getting hotter with each passing day, former Minister S.A. Ramdas hit the campaign trail early this morning by extensively touring various localities in the town, seeking votes for BJP candidate V. Sreenivasa Prasad. Speaking to press persons during the campaign, Ramdas said he saw…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Globally, we are seeing a wave against intellectuals, those whose rationality overthrew the priests of yore, who saw the world through a mathematical prism, and sought to create a fair and just society by redistribution of wealth and power, using logic. In Vedic theory, one can…
Returning Officer G. Jagadeesha has rejected the nomination papers of R. Renuka and Shivappa, the two independent candidates, who had filed their nominations for the Nanjangud by-elections. With this the Election Commission has accepted nominations papers of 12 candidates. Among the candidates whose nominations papers have been accepted include: M. Pradeep Kumar (Karunadu Party –…
Dr. B. Satishchandra Nayak (71), Founder of Sri Maha Maya Nursing Home near Ballal Circle (now defunct) and partner of B. Nirmala Devi & Company (a 47-year-old Mangalore Ganesh Beedies distribution firm in Mysuru), passed away yesterday. A resident of Saraswathipuram in city, Satishchandra leaves behind his wife Geeta S. Nayak, son Industrialist Sandheep Nayak,…
Sir, It was very nice to hear the news about putting an end to the monkey menace around the Kukkarahalli Lake by the Forest Department staff and MCC officials. But is this really an end to this menace ? We could still spot certain stray monkeys around the Saraswathipuram Swimming Pool road area entering the…
Owing to emergency maintenance works, power supply will be disrupted tomorrow (Mar. 24) between10 am and 6 pm in the following areas: Chikkaharadanahalli, Srirampura Naidu Store, Jayanagar, Apollo BGS Hospital surrounding areas, Kuvempunagar ‘K’ Block, Saraswathipuram 1st to 5th Main Road, K.G. Koppal, University Quarters, Saraswathi Theatre and surrounding areas, according to a press release…
Sir, I have been writing in this column about the mobile menace of motorists. It is unfortunate that no concrete steps are taken by the stakeholders to control this menace. Of late, we see every second person on a bike or driving a car with the mobile stuck to his / her ear. Such practice…
Stating that this is one of the many roads that connect the Ring Road in J.P. Nagar which is now closed due to overgrown bushes and weeds, one of SOM readers, who has sent this photograph, questions the authorities concerned as to why, the slum-dwellers, who had occupied the vacant sites near here, were relocated?…
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