By Ramesh Kebbehundi Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav The ongoing repair and renovation of the iconic St. Philomena’s Church which has the distinction of being the second largest Church in Asia has almost reached finishing stage and is scheduled to be completed for this Christmas, or maximum by Jan. 15, 2019. The second phase of…
Believe It or Not: Street Dentistry
December 2, 2018By Ramesh Kebbehundi Street services are hardly an anomaly in Mysuru like any other cities and villages in India. Around the corner, you can find a man sitting on the street side repairing bicycle tires with his tool kit in his lap. Move a little further, you will find a puncture shop guy ready with…
Why you shouldn’t miss Khadi Utsav
November 22, 2018By Ramesh Kebbehundi You can trace the journey of a thread — Khadi or the Fabric of Freedom — and at the same time wear clothes made out of it at the ongoing State-level Khadi Utsav, an exhibition-cum-sale organised by Karnataka State Khadi and Village Industries Board at J.K. Grounds in city. The mega display…
Tailor-made for Men in Khaki
November 17, 2018By Ramesh Kebbehundi [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Most people can identify a Police Officer by the official uniform. When citizens on a busy street are in need of help, they scan the crowds of pedestrians looking for the distinctive uniform of a Police Officer. Criminals usually curb their unlawful behaviour when they spot a…
After AIIMS in New Delhi: K.R. Hospital gets ultra modern CT scanner
November 5, 2018Mysuru: The more than a century-old State-run K.R. Hospital, popular as Doddaspathre among rural masses, has got an advanced and hi-tech CT scan machine becoming the only Government Hospital after All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in New Delhi to have such a facility. The machine, Siemens Somatom Definition Dual Source 128 slice CT…
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