Political pundits define politics as an art of possibilities. Some call it an act of bravado. The ultimate goal is to capture political power that overrides all other powers that one can possess — wealth, education, professional success and social status. Birbal might be an intelligent, wise man, but Akbar was the supreme, political authority,…
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev is the new-age Hindu Saint with his sprawling Ashram near Coimbatore at the foothills of the Velliangiri Mountains, sanctified with a temple for Yoga Guru Patanjali, the originator of Yoga for those living in Bharat following Sanatana Vedic Dharma. Tomorrow is International Day of Yoga (IDY). There are also temples for Shiva…
A journalist is a grumbler, a giver of advice, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.” —Napoleon Bonaparte Last Sunday, 12.6.2022, when I read veteran journalist TJS George, who wrote in his weekly column Point of View that it was his last column under #Point of…
Mysore/Mysuru: Marking the 138th birth anniversary of Nalwadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar, the city’s Sri Krishna Ganasabha had organised a music concert at Alwar Kala Bhavan, Sri Krishna Temple Complex, in Gokulam 3rd Stage last evening. Star of Mysore Founder-Editor K.B. Ganapathy inaugurated the concert by lighting the lamp and offering floral tributes to the portrait of…
Keep dreams alive, says well-known author Chetan Bhagat in Mysuru Mysore/Mysuru: A fine balance between career, health and relationship is what leads to one’s success and not being able to manage any one of them, disturbs this balance and success becomes elusive, opined well-known author Chetan Bhagat. Delivering a motivational talk on “Definition of Success”…
Mysore/Mysuru: A free infertility screening camp for childless couples where reputed obstetricians and gynaecologists from the city are screening the couples till June 4 was inaugurated at Santasa Fertility Centre in Lakshmipuram this morning. The camp has been organised by the Mysore Obstetric and Gynaecological Society (MOGS) in association with fertility specialists of Mysuru as…
This morning I saw in one Kannada newspaper, a news originating from New Delhi, about the election of India’s President and Vice-President as the term of incumbents will soon come to an end and the election to these two offices must be held before July 24th. The BJP Central Government is now engaged in a…
Musings on pada puja, a role-model of a government officer and Bhagavadgita A few days back I visited a friend’s place in city on learning that a revered Swamiji would be visiting his house for pada puja. A family devotion but I was invited. I had seen a couple of pada puja (ritual worshipping of…
The Mysuru District Heritage Committee presided over by its Chairman Dr. Bagadi Gautham, who is also the Deputy Commissioner (DC) of Mysuru, took a very special and important decision in its meeting held on 14th of this month. The decision was to demolish over a hundred-year-old Devaraja Market building and the Lansdowne building, considered heritage…
A few days back, I read what is generally known in journalistic parlance as ‘human interest’ story in News Trail, titled ‘Orissa High Court orders reinstatement of physically challenged teacher’ or what we call ‘differently-abled’ teacher. The name of the teacher is Santosh Kumar Padhi. He had earlier served at a school (Kokodaguda) for three…
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