Mysore/Mysuru: The city remembered the Father of the Nation Mahatma Gandhi and Second Prime Minister of Independent India Lal Bahadur Shastri by paying tributes to the two great leaders at programmes held in different venues across the city this morning. Garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi statue at Gandhi Square and an all-religion prayer meeting, marked Gandhi…
City celebrates Gandhi Jayanthi
October 2, 2022Mysore/Mysuru: “We all should imbibe the ideology of Mahatma Gandhi who propagated the message of peace to the entire world and also the simplicity and integrity of Lal Bahadur Shastri. Gandhiji’s simplicity and leadership qualities have been hailed and accepted by the entire world,” said District Minister S.T. Somashekar. The Minister was speaking after garlanding…
A Flashback to 1965…
February 16, 2022By C.P. Belliappa It was the last week of December in 1965. All of us were at home in Gonikoppal during the term break. My grandmother had taken a parike (vow) to perform Satyanarayana puja at the temple in Peggala. On 31st December we had an early start, since Ganapathi homa preceded the Satyanarayana puja….
Gandhiji Remembered
October 2, 2021Mysore/Mysuru: Garlanding of Mahatma Gandhi’s statue and busts and offering of floral tributes to the Mahatma’s portraits marked the 152nd Gandhi Jayanthi celebrations across the city this morning. Today is also the 116th birth anniversary of late Prime Minister Lal Bahadur Shastri. District Minister S.T. Somashekar garlanded the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Gandhi Square…
Novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa launches ‘Tashkent Diary’
July 18, 2020‘Tashkent Diary,’ a rare book in Kannada language on Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, authored by city-based writer S. Umesh and published by Dhatri Publications, Mysuru, was launched yesterday by handing over the maiden copy of the book to well-known novelist and Saraswati Samman awardee Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa at his residence…
Tashkent Diary, book on Lal Bahadur Shastri to be released tomorrow
July 16, 2020Mysore/Mysuru: A rare book in Kannada language on Lal Bahadur Shastri, the second Prime Minister of India, will be launched tomorrow (July 17). The book, titled ‘Tashkent Diary,’ is authored by city-based writer S. Umesh and published by Dhatri Publications, Mysuru. The book will be launched by handing over the maiden copy of the book…
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