Mysuru/Mysore: On the occasion of Swami Vivekananda Jayanti, Vivekananda Kendra Kanyakumari, Mysuru Branch, is organising ‘Viveka Sinchana’ cultural competitions for class 1 to College-level students in different categories and also for interested public at Vivekananda Kendra, 1st Main, Jayanagar on Jan.12 at 4 pm. Competitions will be held in Patriotic song, Folk song, Devaranama, Rangoli,…
Maligning Savarkar to what purpose?
January 6, 2020On 15th of September, 2019, I attended a function arranged by Mysuru Literary Forum Charitable Trust at Hotel Southern Star where author and historian Vikram Sampath’s book on Veer Savarkar titled “Savarkar: Echoes from a Forgotten Past, 1883-1924” was released. After the function, I got an autographed book as a gift from the author with…
Countering Monday Blues
January 6, 2020The place of dwelling and our immediate environment have a strong influence on our mind and body. When our immediate surrounding is not very supportive, it tends to have a negative influence on our energies and consequently our actions, thoughts and response get influenced strongly. Keeping our immediate surroundings in the home vibrant and supportive…
Exercising leadership to create a new Economic Order
January 6, 2020By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There is so much talk today about the GDP and the economy not doing well across the political and business spectrum in the country. Discussions about the falling sales of cars, the sluggish real estate sector and NPAs of banks dominate the headlines. If you look at the narrative around the…
Between the devil and the deep sea
January 6, 2020Internal unrest and external threats of skirmishes across borders of countries in many regions across the globe is the order of the day. India takes the cake as it were among the countries currently witnessing both social disruption within its territory and proxy war at the so-called Line of Control (LoC) by an unfriendly neighbour…
This tower crane posing danger to public
January 6, 2020Sir, I hereby would like to draw the attention of the authorities concerned regarding the lurking danger on an otherwise busy stretch frequented mostly by students. The photo above shows a tower crane hanging its counter-weight on the top of the busy road next to Vidyavardhaka Engineering College, near Vijayanagar Water Tank. Hope someone will…
Outer Ring Road Under Bridges: A suggestion
January 6, 2020Sir, It is more than a decade since the Outer Ring Road (ORR) of Mysuru was built and thrown open to public. At that stage, there were many Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) wherein it provided only one single opening for the vehicles to pass from both directions. Now, with the density of increased traffic on…
Mallakamba, Yoga and Rope Walk
January 6, 2020The students of Jnanasindhu Residential School for the Visually Challenged, Hole-Alur, Ron taluk, Gadag district, gave a breathtaking display of Mallakamba, Yoga and Rope Walk, which earned a huge applause from the audience.
Silver Jubilee Reunion of ‘elITe-94’ batch at SJCE
January 6, 2020The Silver Jubilee Reunion of Instrumentation Technology batch of SJCE titled “elITe-94” was held at sjce in city recently in the presence of Prof. Mudduveerappa, Head of the Department during 1994. Professors Maheshappa, Bhanuprakash, Nagaraj, Dwarakanath, Shivakumar, Udayashankar, sjce Principal T.N. Nagabhushan, Professors and Heads of Departments Dr. Umarani, Dr. Shylaja, Dr. Nanda and others…
Mysore Medical College Alumni Assn. new team members
January 6, 2020The following have been elected as the new office-bearers of Mysore Medical College Alumni Association (MAA) at the Annual General Body Meeting (2019-20) held during MAA Utsav organised on Dec.14 in city. Sitting from left: Dr. Nataraj (Treasurer), Dr. S. Chandrashekar (Secretary), Dr. M.M. Shekar, Dr. M. Srinivas, Dr. Prasanna Shankar (President), Dr. C.P. Nanjaraj…















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