By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Joint Director, Information & Publicity Title: Lords Of The Deccan —Southern India From The Chalukyas To The Cholas Author: Anirudh Kanisetti Year: 2022 Pages: 480 Price: Rs. 799 Publisher: Juggernaut Books It is, indeed, a pleasure to review a book which is described as a critically acclaimed debut one….
Remembering a Kodava Scholar Couple Dr. Nanjamma & Dr. Chinnappa
February 16, 2025By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity Mysuru city has been known not only as a Royal City because of the Mysore Palace where the Rulers of Mysore Kingdom, the Wadiyar Dynasty, live but also known as ‘Pensioners Paradise.’ Naturally, it has attracted a large number of pensioners to lead peaceful…
Karnataka through T.S. Satyan’s Wonder Eye
December 28, 2023By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity My very dear elderly friend Padma Shri T.S. Satyan was an all-time great Photo-journalist of India with international credentials. He has mesmerised people with his photographs and this maestro’s birth centenary celebrations were organised in a deserving manner with his Photo Exhibitions in Bangalore…
Memorable days of working with Yashodhara Dasappa
February 16, 2021By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The firebrand Gandhian who brought women into Satyagraha Movement The recently held function on Yashodharamma Dasappa — Ondu Nenapu took my memory back over 60 years to remember this Gandhian and social reformer which Mysore cannot forget. It was in 1968-69 when I was…
Pejawar Seer’s blessings for Small Family Norms
January 5, 2020By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This happened during the second tenure of Paryaya of late Pejawar Swamiji in Udupi in 1968-70. A little interesting background to the occasion. I was serving as District Publicity Officer of South Canara since mid-1964. That was the time when Indira Gandhi as Prime…
Durga Das: Journalist Par Excellence
February 16, 2019A Legendary Personality who has carved a niche in his Profession By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity He is beyond description. Reporter, Editor, Feature Writer, Political Analyst and more — his close contact with British Heads in India and National leaders from Gandhiji to his close associates. In fact, he…
World’s wonder Niagara Falls and Great Playwright Bernard Shaw
November 13, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The first desire of any visitor to Canada is to see the World’s wonder Niagara Falls which we also did. No description satisfies its glory. Twenty minutes away from the great booming of Niagara Falls nestled here a historic and heritage tiny town called…
CANADA Calling: Promoting tourism with a unique and thrilling flying experience
October 24, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity VANCOUVER — A bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities and a popular filming location. Here, they have established Canada Place, an iconic landmark and venue located in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown harbour front. The…
CANADA Calling: Canadian Parliament welcomes visitors, but our Parliament ?
October 1, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This was our sixth visit to Canada, the last one being exactly in Sept.2009, to our son and family who lives in Burlington close on the way to the world famous Niagara Falls. We were not able to visit places across this vast country…
More on Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
April 9, 2018After reading the article by N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC, on the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel run by ITDC, now being handed over to the State Government which in turn has given it to the State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd., which in turn is likely to call a global tender to take over…
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