By Sujata Rajpal Dr. Jyoti Dhar, an HIV Physician and GUM (Genitourinary Medicine) Consultant for over 24 years at Leicester, UK, was in Mysuru recently to deliver Dr. Suniti Solomon Lecture on AIDS in Women at HIVeMysore – ART Update 2018, an international conference on HIV organised by Asha Kirana Hospital. Dr. Dhar is a…
By Sujata Rajpal Hemchand Jain, an 83-year-old businessman in Mysuru, believes in living life by the above principle. In 1953, he migrated to Mysuru from Kalandi, a small village in Rajasthan. Inspired by the teachings at his village school, the seeds of service were already sprouting in the young heart when he made Mysuru his…
Mysuru: GSSS Institute of Engineering and Technology for Women (GSSIETW), Mysuru had organized a talk on ‘Women in Professionalism’ by Sujata Rajpal, Author of the Book titled “The Other End of the Corridor” on Feb.10. The objective of the talk was to inspire and motivate graduates to build their personal and professional life. Talk started…
By Sujata Rajpal The mothers dragging their little children from one hobby class to another are often scoffed at for being too pushy. Free play is important for holistic development of a child. Isn’t it? Why thrust your own ambitions on your kids? Let them decide their own course of life — is the modern…
By Sujata Rajpal Did you know that the broad waist band that the pilgrims of Sabarimala Temple tie is manufactured at a small unit in Mysuru? Did you also know that a woman is the Managing Partner of this ‘small’ unit called Premier Polymers? Ironical isn’t it that an essential part of the devotees’ attire…
To mark the 20th anniversary of Asha Kirana Charitable Trust which has been providing counselling services, care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS since 1997, here we publish a special write-up by Sujata Rajpal on one of the AIDS patients of Asha Kirana Charitable Hospital in Mysuru, to show how people can lead a…
Lions West to host two-day fund-raiser event to aid subsidised dialysis for the poor and needy By Sujata Rajpal Joy through Service, states the tagline of Lions Club of Mysore West (LCMW). True to its motto, the city’s premier service organisation has been spreading joy through its service activities since 1981 when forty like-minded individuals…
By Sujata Rajpal 94%, 96%, 99%, 99.2%… it’s raining marks. Anyone getting below 92%? Go hide yourself somewhere. Don’t show your face, the least of all on Facebook. Being a mother of two ‘Suns,’ I know, it is every parent’s wish that their child excels in Boards. His whole career depends on that bloody marks…
By Sujata Rajpal Secure your own mask first before helping others. Two decades ago, when for the first time I heard this safety instruction live in the airplane, I was a newly married girl travelling to Alps with my brand new husband. How ridiculous! Be selfish. Think about yourself first. Is this what they want…
Sujata Rajpal, the author of ‘The Other End of the Corridor’ looks at the raging plagiarism controversy where Anvita Bajpai has accused bestselling author Chetan Bhagat of stealing content from her story ‘Drawing Parallels,’ from her book ‘Life, Odds & Ends’ to write his latest book ‘One Indian Girl.’ By Sujata Rajpal Ever since the…
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