Scientific studies on sleep by human beings, covering the time taken and quality for its health benefits and other outcomes, have been carried out by research teams in many institutions across the world resulting in publications revealing some interesting features. The Kannada idiom that seniors often quote namely ‘Chinthe illadavanige santheyallu nidde’ (which translates to…

The quote attributed to the country’s renowned Philosopher Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan that “Information is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom” fits to a T in the matter of caring ourselves to be healthy in body and mind. Information relating to care, particularly the illnesses bugging the land’s masses, their underlying causes, measures to prevent their…

Crisis situations emerge unawares in daily life exposing our unpreparedness for salvaging the property or materials suffering damage and destruction. Succumbing to a feeling of shock and helplessness, solely because of lacking in ability to overcome the crisis, only increases the sense of misery. Examples of householders throwing up their hands on such occasions come…

Whether humanity on planet Earth has progressed or regressed during the time span of thousands of years, one can surmise that its human populations in most countries across the world, including India, are still in the get going mode. If some countries among about 200 of them have progressed on various counts more than some…

The air was abuzz for some days, weeks and months during the recent past with India aiming at becoming a five-trillion-dollar economy by the year 2022 and get into the bracket of world’s three or four top economies. Going by media reports, the country’s current economic health has been witnessing a slow down as a…

The ideal of people pursuing their activities without the least perceptible discrimination among them on any count, societal or economic, region or racial, colour or creed, if achieved, there should be no room for disruption and disorder in the life of the masses of the country in particular and the world in general. Not only…

Mysuru, wearing attractively got up looks, is once again witnessing advance action by both functionaries in the State Government and the city’s residents who are known to nurture festival-related customs that have endured for centuries and cherish the celebrations with undying enthusiasm. The once-in-a-year event, Navaratri in the orthodox circles and Dasara in public domain…

The distance between one’s residence and work station in cities, particularly those hosting residents in large numbers, has not only tended to cross walkable mode but also turned tough and expensive to cover in commuting on week days, apart from requiring hours of travel time. The term large numerically has exceeded ten million in Bengaluru…

People at large in the country being guided by society’s mentors, in the august company of social reformers and philosophers, to imbibe virtues through advisory in simple languages in the form of quotable sayings, idioms, proverbs and words of wisdom has a history of several centuries. Later generations owe it to sections of that past…