The Karnataka Tulu Sahitya Academy on Monday released the Unicode version of Tulu script, bringing the language spoken in coastal districts of Udupi, Dakshina Kannada and Kasaragod on the world-language platform.
The academy termed it a major milestone towards getting the language included in the 8th Schedule of the Constitution.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by Special Correspondent / Mangalore – September 16th, 2014
The State Archaeology Department has taken up the restoration and renovation of 69 protected monuments in the State at an estimated cost of Rs. 15.63 crore.
This includes the restoration of mantapas around the kalyani at Melkote at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh, the renovation and restoration of Parsvanath Basdi at Kanakagiri in Chamarajanagar district at a cost of Rs. 30 lakh, the Srikanteshwara temple at KM Halli on the outskirts of Mysore at a cost of Rs. 50 lakh, among others.
But the icing on the cake is the conversion of Dewan Purnaiah’s bungalow at Yellandur into a full-fledged museum for which the property is being acquired on a lease for 33 years.
Disclosing this, Mr. R. Gopal, Director, Department of Archaeology and Museums, told The Hindu that the descendants of Dewan Purnaiah have agreed to lease out the bungalow to the Archaeology Department for 33 years at a cost of Rs. 1,000 per annum. The lease deed was being finalised and has gone to the legal cell for approval, he added.
Once acquired on lease, the bungalow would be restored befitting its heritage status. The work is expected to be ready by the end of the current financial year while the Dewan Purnaiah Memorial Government Museum would take some time for development. However, it is likely to be thrown open to the public by 2011-12, according to Mr. Gopal.
He said plans are to display all the records pertaining to Dewan Purnaiah in the historical context while a gallery exclusively devoted to the art and architecture of Karnataka would be developed. Also on the anvil is an epigraphy gallery, an inscription gallery which will showcase copies of important inscriptions of the State apart from a sculpture gallery.
History
Dewan Purnaiah was a Minister under Tipu Sultan and after the death of Tipu in the Fourth Mysore War in May, 1799, the Mysore kingdom was restored to the Wadiyars and Purnaiah, who was reckoned to be an able administrator was made the Dewan of the Mysore kingdom. Among the notable achievements of Purnaiah included suppression of the palegars of the region, administrative division of the kingdom for better efficiency, initiatives for public works like the Sagarkatte Dam across the Cauvery at K.R. Nagar.
The Mysore Gazetteer notes that the vaccination against small pox was introduced in Mysore by Dewan Purnaiah in 1806, for the first time in India. Historians say the region was so prosperous under his Dewanship that people migrated from Nizam’s dominion during the 1804 famine. In recognition of his services, the British granted him Yellandur as a jagir in 1807.
Mr. Gopal said a wax museum showcasing life-style statue of important historical personalities of the region including some of the prominent rulers of the Wadiyar dynasty, Tipu Sultan and Hyder Ali was also in the offing. The museum would be an attraction to tourists visiting B.R. Hills as they would have to pass through Yellandur and hence was expected to be popular.
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> National> Karnataka / by R Krishna Kumar / Mysore – December 24th, 2010
At Saad Bin Jung’s luxury eco-tourism lodge in Kabini, Karnataka, villagers and tribals work together to conserve the forest and the big cats that inhabit it
As the last rays of sunlight filter through the leaves, a shadow slinks out of the thick foliage with an unmistakable feline elegance. “There,” whispers 27-year-old Shaaz Jung from his perch atop a jeep. Immediately, seven pairs of eyes turn to the clearing ahead. Under the rapt gaze of the tourists, a male leopard emerges from the foliage. A flurry of clicks from SLR cameras breaks the silence of the waning dusk. But the leopard makes an indifferent model. He was aware of the jeep the moment the vehicle entered his territory, deep in the jungles of Karnataka. For the tourists, however, this sighting is a privilege. The shy animal deigned to make an appearance on the last of the five game drives organised by Bison Wildlife Resort near Kabini Lake, Karnataka. The resort, started by Shaaz’s father, 53-year-old Saad Bin Jung, lies between two national parks, Nagarhole and Bandipur, and is a two-hour drive from Mysore. It is also a labour of love, one in which villagers and tribals work with the Jungs to conserve and preserve this ecologically vibrant zone.
Though the eco-resort opened five years ago, it took over a decade to come to fruition. Consider its back story.
Like his uncle Mansur Ali Khan—the late nawab who is remembered by his moniker ‘Tiger’ Pataudi—Saad Jung started his career as a cricketer. A descendant of the royal Pataudi family of Bhopal and the Paigahs of Hyderabad, he acknowledges and accepts the popular portrayal of Indian nobility as hunters. “I now realise the mistakes we made while addressing wildlife conservation within the forests that belonged to our family,” says Jung. “The rulers, to a large extent, permitted community usage of forest produce. Locals were asked to manage forest land, but were banned from hunting. That was the sole prerogative of the royals. There was control, but there was also inclusion.”
Saad began taking an active interest in conservation in 1986. He started with Bush Betta Resort at Bandipur and an angling camp on the Kaveri river soon after. In 1997, he acquired patta (registered) land outside the protected forest area and worked with locals to build a luxury resort, one that doesn’t intrude on or disturb the ecologically sensitive zone. The Bison Resort, made up of African lodge-style stilted, elaborate tents and decks that overlook the forest and Kabini lake, is the result. Most of the building material for it was sourced locally. Rather than alienating tribals and villagers from the land, Saad brokered a symbiotic relationship between resort and village.
The Bison, which opened in 2009, has succeeded because it combines luxury with inclusive growth. Saad and Shaaz, who is the resort manager, create a rustic yet opulent experience. From sunken showers in bathrooms to bars that overlook the lake, the resort delivers a unique kind of grandeur—one that typically costs more than Rs 10,000 a night for Indians and Rs 24,240 ($400) a night for foreign nationals. Most employees are locals and their intimate knowledge of the land heightens a visitor’s experience.
source: http://www.forbesindia.com / Forbes India / Home> Forbes India/Live / by Shravan Bhat / August 16th, 2014
The Heritage City is full of beautiful things and people. Scenic places, attractive buildings, interesting spots, artistic personalities, art connoisseurs and much more. Come, let us today meet one such dexterous personality hailing from this lovely city who is all set to host an expo of her beautiful paintings in Mysore this week. Nanda R. Putty is the skilled daughter of late Lalitha R. Putty and late artist Raghuttama Putty who had carved a niche for himself in Mysore for his dexterity in the field of painting.
Nanda, who followed her footsteps since young, drew inspiration from the works of her artist-father and has been painting since childhood with several works to her credit today.
She loves talking of art and the way she got introduced to it. Plainly ask her to talk about how it all started and she exclaims, “My dad and my grandmother were my greatest inspiration. I have grown up with colours, painting since my childhood, as I felt painting was as important as my studies and exams were to me.”
But her first easel was no paper canvas but the floor on ground upon which she began artistically depicting the traditional rangoli designs. “My grandmother ‘Rangoli’ Kaveramma taught me depicting the Rangoli. I learnt the art with keen interest and later started developing my own designs through my innovative ideas and also took part in several Rangoli competitions and won prizes. Every time my dad held an expo of his paintings, I would display all my rangoli designs at the spot. Etching the design of Mysore Palace through rangoli was something I loved doing. My father refused to send me to CAVA though I had got a seat there, as he always felt that nature is the best Guru and one need not learn painting through formal education,” she recalls.
“I would also do a lot of embroidery works and even won a National Award in 1979 while I was conferred with the title ‘Needle Work Princess’ for one of my works where I had embroidered the portrait of Rabindranath Tagore,” the artist further recalls, adding “today, it feels nice to say I have done all kinds of paintings like the Mysore art, oils, landscape and even fabric and embroidery works. However, no work interests me as much as painting does.”
Yet, Nanda has one interesting confession to make. She believes Mysore city has greatly contributed to her accomplishments and success. “I am born and brought up in Mysore and this is one city that gives me loads of happiness. Mysore has a lot to offer and inspire me, as landscape painting is my field of interest and specialisation. Remarkable places like Kukkarahalli Lake, Karanji Lake and Chamundi Hill in the city are extremely inspirational.” Hence, she had painted and exhibited 45 paintings depicting various heritage buildings in the city in 2010. “Heritage City has been extremely inspirational and helpful as it is host to some of the most beautiful heritage buildings ever. Hence, I painted various heritage buildings present here and held a one-man show a few years back. Now, enthused by nature yet again, I have painted various Indian birds in oil colours, which will be exhibited next week.” The inspiration for these paintings were a photography exhibition by a noted city-based photographer C.S. Kulashekara who had displayed photos of various birds recently. “I visited his expo and loved the pictures so much that I got inspired to paint them. Hence I looked at the same pictures and began painting them about three months before. It was an interesting task.” The lady has spent about three months to complete 36 paintings which will be on display at the three-day expo. So, those of you who wish to witness and admire her artistry can visit Bharani Art Gallery in Vivekananda Nagar starting from Sept. 12. The expo called ‘Drishti-Srishti,’ a tribute to the late artist Raghuttama Putty, will be inaugurated by Rangayana Director H. Janardhan on Sept. 12 at 5 pm. C.S. Kulashekara will be the chief guest. Sr. artist N.B. Kaverappa will preside. The expo will be open to public between 10 am and 8 pm on Sept. 13 and 14.
Being active is one thing she learnt from her dad she says, concluding, “My dad kept painting until his last days and even while he was in the hospital, I would be seated next to his bed, painting, as it gave him a lot of happiness and satisfaction. This inspired me a lot. I too wish to be like him and would love to continue my works forever.”
Married to M.K. Anil Kumar, Nanda Putty is working as a teacher in Vidyavardhaka School, Mysore and is training many budding artists. She can be contacted on Mob: 92410-32032. —AN
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / September 10th, 2014
Mysore :
Narayana Multispeciality Hospital Mysore today announced the launch of Mysore’s first dedicated ‘Heart Valve Clinic’ that will offer advanced care for repair of the diseased valve. The advanced technology along with a team of senior cardiac experts will ensure early accurate diagnosis and treatment to patients suffering from heart related disorders.
The city has witnessed a steady rise in heart valve disease cases and unfortunately there are a high percentage of children also suffering from such conditions. This created a critical need for a specialised clinic that can perform specialised surgeries and procedures to address the growing disease burden and provide accurate screening and treatment planning. Valve diseases can be congenital or could happen due to infections or degenerative at a later stage in life. Rheumatic heart disease with valvular stenosis or leaks in the young and adult age groups, myxomatous valve disease in the adult women with minimal discomfort (asymptomatic MR) and elderly with degenerative valve disease are common in the area.
Speaking about the launch of the clinic, Dr. M.N Ravi – Senior Cardiac Surgeon at Narayana Multispeciality Hospital Mysore said, “According to data, 2 – 4% of school going children in the rural areas of Mysore suffer from rheumatic heart disease. In most cases, patients develop heart valve disease during childhood but often due to poor awareness the disease goes undiagnosed till it reaches advanced stage. With timely and accurate diagnosis and advanced surgical techniques we can effectively perform complex repair on patients who were considered inoperable.”
The clinic will provide outpatient support for all non-emergency patients with free consultation from Cardiac Surgeon and free investigations like ECG, ECHO scan.
Commenting on the launch of the Heart Valve Clinic, K.S. Dattatreya, Director of the hospital said, “Narayana Multispeciality Hospital Mysore is considered as a centre of excellence to treat heart valve disorders. Our goal is to set-up a speciality clinic that offers high quality care to patients suffering from any kind of valve disease to bring down the mortality rate and disease burden in and around Mysore.”
The Department of Cardiac Science specialises in all streams of cardiac treatments and deals with complex heart problems.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 10th, 2014
Mysore :
City’s amazingly gifted brothers — Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath — are scheduled to perform violin concerts starting from the 20th of this month in different parts of the United States of America. They will be accompanied by veteran Srimushnam Raja Rao on mridanga and young Giridhar Udupa on ghata. They will be giving about 22 concerts. Dr. Manjunath, who is now acclaimed as the cultural ambassador by The Mysore University, will be representing India in many reputed venues across USA and Canada during the one-and-a-half month’s tour.
The brothers, who have created an unrivalled record as star violinists in prestigious organisations across the country and abroad, visit the United States on concert tours usually twice a year. They have toured extensively across the concert halls of United States .They are known to have performed at Royal Albert Hall, Sydney Opera House, at the Common Thread Music Festival in USA, The Federation Square in Melbourne, at the Music Festival in Chicago, Esplanade Theatre in Singapore and Santa festival in New Mexico. Talking about Manjunath, The Los Angeles Times wrote, ‘he has crossed over many boundaries to create ‘Music wonder.’
Nagaraj and Dr. Manjunath, who are the pride of Mysore, will be performing at the Prestigious South Asia Program at Cornell University in US on Sept. 20 followed by a series of concerts including the ones at the University of North Texas, Charlotte Arts Council, prestigious MIT – Boston, Arizona State University, Santa Clara Convention Center Theater, IFAA in Texas, and Power theatre.
Dr. Manjunath, who performed recently at Raye Freedman Arts Center in New Zealand, will present a paper at the International Seminar on ‘World Music’ in New York during this visit.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 10th, 2014
Mysore :
Mysore based Sagar G. Kashyap officiated in the US Open Grand Slam Tennis Championships 2014 held at New York recently.
Sagar officiated from the qualifying rounds to the quarter-finals of the championships. This is his first year of officiating in the US Open and this is his third Grand Slam of the year. Earlier, he officiated in the Australian Open and Wimbledon Championships held this year. Sagar will be heading to Seoul to officiate in the Asian Games to be held Korea shortly.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 09th, 2014
Last month I received two copies of a book titled “The Vanished Raj” from Prism Books Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore, with a request to review it in our newspapers. It is the English translation of “Kelavu Nenapugalu” (Some Reminiscences) in Kannada written by Navaratna Rama Rao, who was an official in the government of the Maharaja of Mysore Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV during the first decade of the last century — 1904 to 1909. The original Kannada book was translated into English by the author’s grand children Navaratna Rajaram and Rajeshwari Rao.
I went through some pages and found both the language and the narration rather heavy for easy reading. For all his academic brilliance and post-graduate degrees, Navaratna Rama Rao could start his career in the Palace from a Junior official’s level — Amildar. Of course, he tells us how he lost a higher position at the entry point. He mentions of that illustrious Kannada litterateur, author of “Chikkaveera Rajendra” Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, who was his colleague and M.A. Srinivasan who too has written a book in English about his days in the service of the Maharaja’s government as a Minister. I had read this book many years ago. It was very readable, both language-wise and content-wise.
Having failed to proceed further with the book which indeed might interest and even benefit Revenue Officers, beginning from the Village Accountants and Gram Panchayat Members, I must credit this book for its singular article by no less a person than C. Rajagoplachari, the freedom fighter and the last Governor General of India, on his life-long friend Navaratna Rama Rao, taken from the magazine ‘Swarajya,’ December 17, 1960. It was a tribute C. Rajagopalachari paid to his friend. It is an ode to friendship of a kind I have never read or heard in my life. It set me thinking about the sense, meaning and purpose of real friendship. It indeed defines who is a real friend.
Immediately after I finished reading the article, “Rajaji on Rama Rao (1877-1960),” I reached out to the Reader’s Digest Dictionary for the meaning of the word friend. It said: A person with whom one has a bond of mutual affection, typically one exclusive of sexual or family relations.
This at individual, person-to-person level.
May be for this very reason the American Novelist John O’ Hara famously said, “You cannot buy friendship from a supermarket.” And, I am sure, as in my case so also in the case of many young persons’ case, friends are of great help in seeking out independent life, in looking out for greener pastures, promotions in jobs or venturing into enterprises. The role played by their friends would be significant and defining. This kind of role of a friend may be extended even to a person deciding to marry or finding a wife.
However, I must say with passing years friendship will wane, because of long years of separation (out of sight is out of mind) or because of the stark difference in the stature of friends; both may be distancing themselves intentionally unable to relate to each other because of the differences in wealth or position. This is understandable. But the worse is when a friend turns a foe or a fiend. A fraud. And there are friends for whom all these above mentioned differences do not matter. Rajagopalachari is one such friend of Navaratna Rama Rao.
Before I reproduce Rajaji’s article which is an ultimate tribute a friend, who was just a minion in Mysore Maharaja’s government, whom the Governor General of India Rajaji did not forget all his life, let me recall a similar friendship that lasted a lifetime between the American Oil tycoon Rockfeller and a school teacher.
Rockfeller had a friend from his school days who became a school teacher. Rockfeller became an oiler and a billionaire. But his friendship continued despite the difference in wealth and social status.
Here is how others try to encash on such friendships. Once the teacher-friend asked Rockfeller to take him to the Stock Exchange where shares of big companies are traded, as he had not visited the Stock Exchange at all in his life. Rockfeller readily agreed and took him to the Stock Exchange and showed him around.
Next day morning to the teacher’s shock and surprise, he could see dozens of people at his door wanting to see him. Can you make a guess why ?
Now the article by C. Rajagopalchari by way of a tribute to his friend Navaratna Rama Rao:
Navaratna Rama Rao and I met in 1892 when we were both in our early teens in the Central College, Bangalore. I sought him out and left a letter in his room on the top of an eating house, asking for his friendship. Eating houses were of a wretched quality in those days and students who had no home in the city hired wretched rooms to sleep in and ate poor meals in what were called hotels which were as far from the hotels we know now as a twelve anna rush mat is from a Persian Carpet. My letter must have been a very boyish document. But in the romance of adolescence it was a serious adventure. I was attracted by his brains, his brightness, his lovable exterior, and by his being better read than all the rest of us in the college and as fond of great English literature as myself. Rama Rao accepted and we were friends from then on until death parted us on 27 November 1960 after sixty-eight years of unbroken attachment. We read a lot together — Byron, Shakespeare, Scott, Robert Louis Stevenson, Thackeray, Dickens and many other classic authors’ books. He was the greater connoisseur of the two of us and his taste was superb and guided me like a mesmerist. We laughed and enjoyed humour and talked metaphysics and educated each other continuously. Our friendship was an astonishment and mystery to our college mates but they tolerated it and gathered round both of us in admiration.
My boyish instinct was right and I am thankful for it. Our mutual affection made us nobler and better and stronger and happier than either of us would have been without it. We were each the external life of the other as Valmiki puts it in respect of Lakshmana for Sri Rama. All life is a mystery and I realise it more and more everyday and as one after another of my friends and colleagues pass out and I am left with increasing loneliness. Life is a mystery but love is the greatest mystery of all. Dear young men and women who read this, do as we two did, Rama Rao and I. We swore to ourselves each in his own mind that we should be friends for all life. And so we were all these nearly seventy years, one soul in two bodies and two lives in each body. This kind of friendship will keep you from sin, from all kinds of meanness. It will protect you like a guardian angel, against all evil, all unhappiness, all stepping down from the ideals of romantic youth.
Rama Rao’s life and mine ran on different tracks. What if ? We were ever together, though others did not see it. Whatever each of us was doing and wherever we were, we were together in spirit. Pothen Joseph wrote last week “I know he is in deep mourning for a friend in Bangalore who had become a part of his own being.” That put it as briefly and truly as any English words can do it. Those who have not experienced true and full friendship must think it all nonsense. God bless them.
I saw my friend under Death’s black shadow on the ninth of November. The poison had gone to his head. He smiled in recognition but he was above the region of pain and away from normal expression. He was in delirium, uttering high things about the affairs of the world, about truth, and about many other things all incoherently. It was heart-rending to watch his best and most admirable intellect involved in incoherence. I asked a daughter-in-law of his who sat by his bed to sing a Purandaradasa Kirtana. She did it beautifully. My friend’s eyes glistened. He stopped speaking and weakly struggled to bring his palms together in prayer. He looked grateful and sank into worship and silence. Never did I feel so happy.
The doctors gave up all hope and it was only a matter of a couple of days according to them. But he appeared to revive and astonished the medical men for a few days. Exactly a fortnight after I left him on the thirteenth of November to go to Gujarat, Maharashtra and Karnataka, I got a message when I was in Belgaum, that all was over. I made an all-night car journey from Belgaum to Bangalore and reached at dawn. But before that, the previous evening, my friend’s body had been according to ancient custom reduced to ashes and I could only walk round that cruel heap and make three perambulations for a last physical act of love. As the Isa Upanishad rishi sings “the breath has left to join the universal air and the body has turned into Bhasma,” “O mind,” as the rishi continues, “remember that only the works remain, only the works remain.”
Om Krato smara Krtam smara
Krato smara Krtam smara.
And I returned from the cremation ground praying as the rishi did
Agne naya supathaa raaye asmaan
Visvaani, deva, vayunaani vidvaan
O, Fire, thou who knowest all the paths, lead us in the right path, cleanse us and save us from sin, we entreat you over and over.
— By C. Rajagopalachari (1878-1972), in Swarajya, December 17, 1960.
Can you imagine Rajagopalachari himself so old, cutting short his journey at Belgaum, a far away place from Bangalore and travelling all through the night on those bad roads, to Bangalore to see his friend’s body. And what did he see for his efforts ? His friend’s mortal remains — ash.
True friendship indeed transcends all barriers — it is till death do them part. As in the case of friendship between the Governor General of India C. Rajagopalachari and an officer in the government of Mysore Maharaja. What can be nobler than this, nay more divine ?
I am sure by now, you my readers may have made the guess as to why so many people gathered at the door of that teacher-friend of Rockfeller. In case you need confirmation here is the answer: They wanted to know from the teacher which company’s shares Rockfeller bought !
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source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Abracadabra…Abracadabra / by K. B. Ganapathy / September 14th, 2014
In these days of gender-equality, achieved after defying the much loathed gender-discrimination, our city seems to pioneer a new trend beginning this Dasara with an All-Women Team, except for some space for men too, well geared to conduct this year’s Dasara and the District administration as well. Here is how and why.—Ed
Women power will be at the helm of affairs this Dasara as they will share the responsibility of organising and monitoring the Dasara events that begins in city from Sept.25.
The officers in-charge are Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha, who is also the Dasara Special Officer, Mysore In-charge Secretary and Principal Secretary to Government, Department of Women and Child Development and Empowerment of Differently-Abled and Senior Citizens Dr. Amita Prasad, Regional Commissioner Rashmi V. Mahesh, Additional Deputy Commissioner M.S. Archana, Assistant Commissioner Syeda Ayesha, ACP (K.R. Sub-Division) B.T. Kavitha. This apart, ZP President Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath and Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari Somu will also be an integral part of the Dasara celebrations.
DC Shikha, who has the experience of organising Dasara 2013, is expected to conduct this year’s festival with ease. Shikha was also lauded by the general public for successful conduct of 2013 Assembly Elections and 2014 General Elections in Mysore. She previously worked as Managing Director of CESC in Mysore.
Deputy Commissioner Shikha being the Special Officer for the Dasara celebrations will have the responsibility of co-ordinating with various committees and Ministers while planning this year’s festivities.
It is not only her; Shikha will have the guidance of senior IAS officer Dr. Amita Prasad, who is currently the Mysore In-charge Secretary. Having held the post for five years, Amita Prasad has been lending her valuable suggestions to the officials on conducting Dasara activities. Another officer who would be a part of Dasara festivities is Regional Commissioner Rashmi V. Mahesh. A 1996 batch IAS officer, Rashmi passed her IAS examination at the age of 22 years. She has the previous experience of working as Assistant Commissioner in Hassan, Mysore ZP CEO, Bangalore Urban Deputy Commissioner, Joint Commissioner of Excise Department, Secretary, Department of Rural Development and Panchayat Raj and also in Department of Medical Education. She has now replaced M.V. Jayanthi as the Regional Commissioner of Mysore Division.
This apart, Deputy Commissioner C. Shikha will be supported by Additional Deputy Commissioner M.S. Archana and Assistant Commissioner Syeda Ayesha, both native of Mysore. While, the officers take charge of the overall activities, ACP (K.R. Sub-Division) B.T. Kavitha, will be in-charge of monitoring the security while the Dasara events take place at various venues.
Adding to the list of women who will be at the helm of affairs this Dasara will be Mysore Zilla Panchayat President Dr. B. Pushpa Amarnath, who has been given the charge of organising Raitha Dasara and Grameena Dasara. This apart, she will also be leading the green campaign during Dasara festivities. Chief Minister Siddharamaiah considering her suggestion has banned the use of flowers and bouquets to welcome the guests during the 10-day festival. Instead, the guests would be greeted with saplings.
Mayor N.M. Rajeshwari Somu will also play a vital role in Dasara, being a member of the Dasara Reception Sub-Committee. Dasara being the festival that revolves around Goddess Chamundeshwari and women being entrusted the job of organising the 10-day extravaganza, this year’s Dasara is all set to celebrate the women in power.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 09th, 2014
Mysore :
In what is considered as a rare feat, Ronaldo Laishram, 1st year student (Computer Science) of SJCE, Mysore, has discovered an Main Belt Asteroid ‘MAUR 397’ as part of All India Asteroid Search Campaign (AIASC) 2014. The discovery was made along with his team members of Team Salonivia Conquerors.
Provisional discoveries of the asteroids have been confirmed with further observations. Ronaldo used exclusive data to look at specific parts of the sky and by using a complex procedure called ‘Astrometrica’ they tracked objects by looking at the images of the sky provided by telescope-based in the US to see which of the objects moving over time could be a possible asteroid.
The discoveries were made as part of AIASC conducted between April and August this year jointly by Science Popularisation Association of Communicators and Educators (SPACE) and the International Astronomical Search Collaboration (IASC).
SCJE Principal Dr. Syed Shakeeb Ur Rahman and SPACE CEO Amit Verma have congratulated the team for achieving the rare feat.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 09th, 2014