By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you travel to Lucknow, it is possible that you will pass a forest known by the name of Naimish-aranya, the forest of King Nimi, on the banks of the river Gomti. This forest is where the stories of the eighteen Mahapuranas, and the epics Mahabharata…
Accelerating Development of IT As one of the quickest growing sectors of the economy, Information Technology leads the ranking of the most popular industries with a rapidly increasing number of employees. This sphere touches upon nearly all areas of our life, so the demand for such specialists is getting bigger. In today’s hyper-connected world, if…
One of the things that draws many people to the nursing profession is its universal nature. Nurses are needed the world over and always will be, making nursing a recession-proof industry. However, it also means that nurses are able to take a degree and one country and use it to apply for work in a…
Given the complex mix of identity that the currently estimated population of 140 crore people come under their social, economic, ethnic, linguistic and so on, the term diversity to portray that mix in families, communities and the nation as an entity would amount to oversimplification of the contemporary scenario, even grossly inadequate to know the…
Is Prof. CDN in Town? Australian High Commissioner !! Sir, The article titled CDN’s Dhvanyaloka is 40 (Star of Mysore dated Dec. 7) carried my memory back to over 40 years with the above query which is still registered in my mind. The then Australian High Commissioner in India was on a visit to Mysore…
The University of Mysore (UoM) men’s football team which is taking part in the South Zone Inter-University Football Tournament at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) Vellore, Tamil Nadu, from Dec. 12 to 15. Standing from left: Joshua Rohan Philips, Stanes Israels, P. Karan, Ratnasila Dewan, Nebai Nelson, M.S. Suman, Shaik Arbaz, S.K. Akshay, M.D. Nandan,…
C.S. Ravishankar presenting “The C. Dasharatharama Shetty Memorial Trophy” to Anil Viswanatha Poduval, owner of ‘Bakhtawar’ which won the event in the Mysore Races held yesterday. The winning horse, trained by Prashanth Pawar, was ridden by Jockey Neeraj Rawal. Others seen are Dr. Sanjay Sreenivas Chandragiri, Shantha Sreenivasa, Dr. c.d. Sreenivasa Murthy, Arathi Ravishankar, Dr….
Veteran TT player Prasanna Kumar of Harsha Table Tennis Academy, Mysuru, has won the men’s 70 plus singles title in the Karnataka State Veteran’s Table Tennis tournament held on Dec.7 and 8 at Malleswaram Association, Bengaluru. In the finals, Prasanna Kumar beat M.R. Shivram (Bng) 11-5, 11-9, 11-5 to clinch the title. The results Men…
Mysuru lad Mustafa M. Raja won two Casely International 12 and Under Boys tournament in Miami, Florida, USA, recently. Mustafa, representing India, won back to back Casely’s U-12 tournament which is held in Miami every year before the Orange Bowl. In the second Casely finals, Mustafa defeated Roger Koike of Japan 6,1 and 6,3 to…
Secretary’s XI gained the vital first innings lead in the drawn two-day Group ‘B’ league encounter against Mysore Zone in the KSCA Inter-Zonal U-14 cricket tournament match played at Kini Sports Grounds in Bengaluru on Monday and Tuesday respectively. Batting first, Mysore Zone helped by useful knocks by captain M. Kanishk (91, 121b, 17×4), H….
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