Mysuru: The State-Level Chutuku Kavigoshti, jointly organised by Chutuku Sahitya Parishat and Kannada Sahitya Parishat was held at Kannada Sahitya Bhavan at Vijayanagar in city, this morning. Inaugurating the programme, Littérateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar said that limericks and short poems had importance of their own as it is one of the ways to express friendship…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar The vast ‘Lingambudhi Kere’ (lake), which was considered as the only all-season lake with pristine water in the city decades ago, is now in a poor state as the water body is polluted by drainage and sewerage water. The pollution of the lake is threatening the fragile ecosystem of the surrounding,…
Title: India Before Independence: Memories Editors: Subodh Mathur / Sfoorti Mathur Pages: 292 Year: 2019 Being a collection of true stories related to the lives of people before India became independent in 1947, the publication is unique in many ways. The narratives by 31 writers make the publication multi-authored, itself a strikingly unique feature. The …
By T.J.S. George Come to think of it, everything in our country has a religious dimension to it — food, clothing, Universities, Hospitals, Civil Service, the professions like Law and Journalism, and even this column because its byline has a religion’s brand on it. (I gave up religion long ago. I retain my belief in…
Literacy in the country is reported to be increasing year after year. In one of the States, it is claimed to be 100 per cent, where virtually no one can be found without reading one daily or the other, including all types of periodicals in English language too, not to forget that there is no…
Sir, This is in continuation of betterment of bus services in Mysuru (Proposal for Outer Circular Bus Route in ‘SOM’ dated Nov. 7). The next proposal is for the Middle Circle which connects intermediate localities of Mysuru along with connecting Suburban Bus Stand directly to many localities, especially suburban bus stand and southern localities of…
Sir, Kudos to Star of Mysore for bringing out an excellent Weekend Star Supplement about man’s best friend (SOM dated Nov.16). As you rightly said, only true pet-lovers can understand the eternal bonding among them. May their tribe increase. – Dr. C.S. Arun, Gokulam, 17.11.2019 You can also mail us your views, opinions, and stories…
Gubbi Veeranna Rangapeetha, Fine Arts College, University of Mysore (UoM), Manasagangothri in association with UoM Prasaranga, has organised a lecture series titled ‘Ranga Dhwani’ on well-known actor and director Subbaiah Naidu at the College premises at 10.30 am tomorrow (Nov. 20). Veteran actress Girija Lokesh will speak on the life and achievements of Subbaiah Naidu….
Marking the 150th birth anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi, the Departments of Kannada and Culture, Tourism, Education and Information with the support of Rangayana troupe will be staging ‘Papu Gandhi – Gandhi Bapu,’ a play based on the life of Mahatma Gandhi from Dec. 1. Around 60 theatre artistes, divided into four groups, will be staging…
Deepu Kumar has been awarded Ph.D in Commerce by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis “Workforce Diversity and its Impact on Employees’ Performance in Commercial Banks in Karnataka” submitted under the guidance of Dr. B.H. Suresh.
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