To donate Rs.400 for every 4s, 6s hit and wickets taken by the team to Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe Foundation
This campaign encourages cricket fans to share smiling selfies of themselves on the Facebook page of Mysore Warriors (https://www.facebook.com/MysoreWarriors). For each photo received, Cycle Pure Agarbathies and Mysore Warriors will donate generously towards the cause.
Bangalore / Mysore :
Strengthening Cycle Pure Agarbathies’ commitment towards the holistic empowerment of the underprivileged, Mysore Warriors, the KPL team owned by Mysore-based Cycle Pure Agarbathies recently annou- nced their association with Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe Foundation.
Deutsche Cleft Kinderhilfe is an international Non-Government Organisation that provides comprehensive treatment to children with cleft lip and palate across the world. Cleft lip is one of the most neglected body conditions. According to researchers every tenth cleft child in India dies before his or her first birthday calling for immediate attention.
Mysore Warriors will donate Rs. 400 for every 4s, 6s scored and wickets taken by the team through the KPL matches. Further, Mysore Warriors has initiated a campaign to create awareness on the condition and need for active participation.
The campaign encourages cricket fans to share smiling selfies of themselves on the Facebook page of Mysore Warriors (https://www.facebook.com/MysoreWarriors). For each photo received, Cycle Pure Agarbathies and Mysore Warriors will donate generously towards the cause.
Speaking about the initiative, Arjun Ranga, Managing Director, Cycle Pure Agarbathies said, “We at Cycle Pure Agarbathies have always had a legacy of working towards the upliftment of the society.
In fact, a significant part of the gains have been spent generously on socially relevant causes. Through this association, we are further extending our commitment towards bringing smile on the faces of people who are suffering from cleft and donating them a new lease of life.”
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 08th, 2014
Eighteen-year-old Bangalorean, violinist Apoorva Krishna has bagged the Naad Bhed Yuva Puraskar (Carnatic music-Instrumental) at the Naad Bhed National Music Competitions conducted by Spic-Macay and Doordarshan. Currently being aired on DD-National every weekend, Apoorva is excited that she made it despite the tough rounds at the district, regional, zonal levels to reach the nationals, while the four-month long competition had 36 finalists only in the Carnatic stream.
“Looking back I feel it is a dream,” says Ms. Krishna, a student of business administration.
Recently she also got the Kalavanta Award in the National Youth Festival held at Bangalore,, and for Naad-Bhed’s Sheik Chinna Moulana Yuva Puraskar Award, her deft hands were at their creative best.
“The reward was more in the accolades I received from judges as music stalwarts Hariprasad Chourasia, Parveen Sultana, Shivkumar Sharma, T.N. Krishnan, R. Vedavalli, Prabha Atre and R.K. Srikantan were the evaluators,” she says.
Trained in the renowned Lalgudi school by violinists Anuradha Sridhar (in the U.S.) and Srimati Brahmanandam, Ms. Krishna sounding precocious, yet well-groomed, says the Lalgudi schooling is “complete” as one is wedded to the song and the lyrics, helping one aesthetically express the inherent emotion in the kriti. “With every sangati framed so well to ascertain its growth, my lessons are sung and perfected initially and then transferred onto the violin to “sing” perfectly on the strings.”
source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> News> Cities> Bangalore / by Ranjani Govind / Bangalore – September 11th, 2014
Mysore District Journalists Association (MDJA) has condoled the death of Rangaswamy (52), Nanjangud reporter of Praja Vani and Deccan Herald who passed away at Nanjangud on Sept. 6 , according to a press release issued by MDJA President K. Deepak.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> In Brief / September 07th, 2014
Sitting from left: Siddaraju, P. Shilpa, Jeevan (late Rangaswamy’s son), N. Guruswamy, Nanjundaswamy, M. Lakshiminarayan Yadav, H.S. Sachith and Ravi Pandavapura, who were felicitated during Press Day celebrations in city this morning, are seen MDJA VP Ravi Kumar, President K. Deepak, Journalist Sugata Srinivasaraju, Mysore University VC Prof. K.S. Rangappa, Film Director T.S. Nagabharana and MDJA office-bearers K.G. Lokesh Babu, Gajendra and Madhusudan.
Mysore :
Marking the Press Day, the Mysore District Journalists’ Association (MDJA) had organised a function at Rani Bahadur auditorium in Manasagangori here today where achievers in the field of journalism were felicitated.
The function was inaugurated by Journalist Sujata Srinivasaraju. Mysore University Vice-Chancellor Prof. K.S. Rangappa and film director T.S. Naghabarana were the chief guests. MDJA President K. Deepak presided. General Secretary K.J. Lokesh Babu was present.
Journalists N. Guruswamy and Nanjundaswamy were felicitated on the occasion. Another journalist Rangaswamy, who had been selected for the felicitation passed away yesterday. On his behalf, his son Jeevan received the presentation.
The annual awards were presented to H.S. Sachith (Kannda reporting), P. Shilpa (English reporting), M. Lakshiminarayan Yadav (Photography), Ravi Pandavapura (Electronic Media reporter) and Siddaraju (Photography).
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / September 07th, 2014
Set up in 1961 in collaboration with Citizen Watch; 4 units; HMT Chinar has 2. Posting losses since 2000; net loss in FY13 Rs 242.47 cr. Had 1,105 staff on 31.3.13; sales worth Rs 11.06 cr in FY 13.
HMT Watches, the iconic brand that evokes nostalgia in most Indians, will be shutting shop soon. The government has decided to wind up the company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of HMT Ltd, which has been incurring losses since 2000 and has been unable to generate adequate resources to pay salaries to its employees.
Set up in 1961 in collaboration with Japan’s Citizen Watch, the company’s net loss rose to Rs 242.47 crore in 2012-13 from Rs 224.04 crore in 2011-12. At the end of March 2012, it also had government loan, including budgetary support for salary and statutory dues, amounting to Rs 694.52 crore.
“The government has decided to shut down HMT Watches and HMT Chinar Watches Ltd. The Board for Reconstruction of Public Sector Enterprises (BRPSE) has already recommended it and the board of directors has also given the go-ahead,” a senior official told The Indian Express.
The official said the process of winding up will be set in motion soon.
As on March 31, 2013, the company had 1,105 employees.
In 2000, HMT Watch Business group was restructured as HMT Watches Ltd. However, the company started making losses soon after, following which a revival plan was mooted and approved by the BRPSE in 2006. With the Finance Ministry and Planning Commission not supporting the proposal, the government had asked the company to get the plan vetted by a consultant.
The company appointed ICRA Management Consultancy Services Ltd and prepared a revised proposal based on its report. Later, another consultant was roped in to study the HMT group of companies, including HMT Watches Ltd, following which another plan was mooted envisaging cash infusion of Rs 252.70 crore and non-cash assistance of Rs 1,247 crore.
According to the Directors’ Report of HMT Ltd, as on March 31, 2013, the watch company could not show significant improvement in performance in 2012-13 due to factors like paucity of working capital, erosion of trade channel and high cost of borrowings. It had sales worth Rs 11.06 crore and production of Rs 14.03 crore during the year.
As regards HMT Chinar Watches, the report said it could not be sustained at optimum levels due to working capital constraints and the situation prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir. Most of the employees have been given VRS, leaving about 54 employees at the Srinagar and Jammu units. It had negligible sale of Rs 0.36 crore in 2012-13 with zero production, taking net losses to Rs 51.16 crore compared to Rs 44.04 crore in 2011-12.
HMT Watches has four units, including those in Bangalore and Tumkur in Karnataka, and Ranibagh in Uttarakhand, while HMT Chinar Watches has two units at Jammu and Srinagar.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> India> India-Other / by Shruti Srivastav, New Delhi / September 11th, 2014
Last year when he found himself in the news again for a crucial incident that occurred in his life in 1987, former foreign secretary A P Venkateswaran, ever the gentleman, refused to go back in time and dwell on his sacking as foreign secretary by Rajiv Gandhi.
“I believe that grave digging is not at all a pleasant task,’’ he said when his 1987 sacking through a press conference by Rajiv Gandhi was compared last year with Congress leader Rahul Gandhi’s tearing up of an ordinance cleared by the UPA cabinet at a press conference in New Delhi.
The 85-year-old former foreign secretary who carried himself with great dignity died at a private hospital in Bangalore on Tuesday and was cremated in the city on Wednesday.
Despite an illustrious career spanning 35 years in the diplomatic service, Venkateswaran’s career was highlighted by his ignominious exit as foreign secretary in January 1987 when Rajiv Gandhi snubbed his foreign secretary for making contradictory statements on a proposed visit to Pakistan.
“You will be talking to a new foreign secretary soon,” Rajiv Gandhi told a Pakistani journalist who raised the question of contradictory statements coming from the Prime Minister and his foreign secretary at a press conference where A P Venkateswaran was also present.
Following the snub at the press conference Venkateswaran quit the Indian Foreign Service. “My resigning was a spontaneous action since I have always believed that life without honour is no living at all. I felt that the statement (by Rajiv Gandhi) was an arrogant attempt to try and humiliate, when all the facts were on my side like his impending visit to Pakistan for a SAARC summit,’’ Venkateswaran said last year when he was dragged into the limelight again.
Venkateswaran was considered among India’s best foreign officials while in service. In a letter he wrote to the diplomatic corps when he took over as foreign secretary to Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi on April 30, 1986 stated that it was necessary for the country to perceive the work of the IFS as being invaluable. “We might flatter ourselves that we are doing something extremely valuable for the country, but unless it is also perceived as such by our countrymen, they might well conclude our contribution is not worthwhile…” he said.
Last September when asked to draw comparisons between his own situation and the one involving Rahul Gandhi, Venkateswaran only commented to say that ‘history repeats itself first as a tragedy and then as a farce.’
After his exit from the IFS, Venkateswaran, who hailed from a Palakkad Iyer family, had settled down in Bangalore and set up the Asia Centre, a think-tank on Asian affairs comprising former diplomats and academics.
source: http://www.indianexpress.com / The Indian Express / Home> Cities> Bangalore / by Johnson Abraham / Bangalore – September 04th, 2014
Upcoming golfer from JWGC, Mysore, Pranavi S. Urs, a sixth standard student at the National Public School, Bangalore, taking part in the South Zone Sub-Junior, Juniors Golf Championships at KGA, Bangalore, returned with a two-day card of 179 (87+92) and finished on top of the leader board in the Category ‘C’ girls section, on Sept. 4 and 5 respectively. Pranavi also finished fourth overall in the Category ‘C’ with a total card of 179 (87+92).
Mysore’s J Mamatha of Income-Tax and Dr. Sainath hogged the limelight by winning the women’s singles and 60plus men’s singles titles respectively in the Gulbarga State Ranking TT Tournament played at Gulbarga recently.
V. Dhananjaya of Govt. First Grade College, Pandavapura hogged the limelight in the Mysore University Inter-Collegiate Weight-lifting championships 2014-15 by emerging as the Best Lifter in the competition on Wednesday.
He lifted a total of 164kgs and secured 235.19 points to bag the coveted title. Government First grade College, Pandavapura won the team championship title with 16 points.
Best Lifter: Y. Dhananjaya GFGC, Pandavapura lifted 164 kg and secured 235.19 points.
Team championship: Government First Grade College, Pandavapura with 16 Points followed by Government First Grade College (Autonomous) Mandya with 12 Points.
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / September 05th, 2014
From left: Ln. S. Arun Kumar, Hon. Secretary, ARDSI, B.S. Jayaraman, Chairman, Prof. C.K.N. Raja, chief guest, Dr. H. Joshi, Vice-Chairman, Dr. Murali Krishna, Advisor and Mehul J. Patel, Patron.
by Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD
Yesterday morning I was one of the handful of people from the city who gathered at the F. K. Irani Hall of the Rotary Club for the inauguration of the World Alzheimer’s Month by the Mysore Chapter of the Alzheimer’s and Related Disorders Society of India (ARDSI). Most of the others present there were Pharm D students from the Sarada Vilas College along with members of a few families which had someone afflicted by the disorder. Noted jurist and scholar, Prof. C. K. N. Raja, well-known not only for his eloquence and the depth of his knowledge but also for his astute sense of humour, was the chief guest and as expected, he did full justice to what was expected of him as the principal speaker.
Unknown to most of us, even as we step out of our thirties the neurons or nerve cells that make up the most important component of our brain begin to die steadily. We lose about a million such cells every day for the rest of our lives and while a million is indeed a very big number, there is still no cause for alarm as this loss is only a part of the normal aging process. But in Alzheimer’s disease, which is a slowly progressive degenerative process and which is the commonest form of dementia, the neurons begin to die at a more rapid rate than normal, resulting in loss of memory and other cognitive functions. There is no cure for the disease, which worsens as it progresses, and eventually leads to death.
It is estimated that on an average it affects 1 in 85 people globally and so with this alarmingly high rate of prevalence we do not have to look far and wide to find a household which has someone suffering from it. Therefore, this is a malady that now only needs a seeing eye and an understanding mind. It was first described by German Psychiatrist and Neuro-Pathologist Alois Alzheimer in 1906 and was named after him. Forgetting is perhaps one of the greatest gifts of nature to man because it helps us to lose track of our losses and sorrows. Most of the things that we remember are from among what the mind keeps recalling and refreshing in the process of using its vast information bank. The rest of the things that we are exposed to during our passage through this life are like the trees and telegraph poles that fly past outside the window while we are on a train journey. They are never a part of the landscape when we arrive at our final destination.
But there are exceptions to this rule and we can never know what sometimes appeals to our minds to be considered worthy of being remembered permanently. Pierce Harris, American clergyman and writer has rightly said that “Memory is like a child walking along the sea shore. You never can tell what small pebble it will pick up and store away among its treasured things.”
But imagine a situation where a person who should have remembered all the things that are most essential to lead a normal life, like his or her own name and address and the names and faces of his or her relatives is simply unable to do so. What if one is not able to remember everyday things like what one is supposed to do at the dining table or the wash basin or the bathroom? What would be your fate if you are just not able to recognise your children or your spouse with whom you have been living for years under the same roof? What if you are simply unable to fathom who you are and what you are supposed to do with the world around you?
Very early this morning I was faced with a slightly similar situation when I sat down to organise some resource material about the nuances of human memory for this article. From my rather unmanageable and as yet unorganised repository of books, when I pulled out and dusted the November 2007 issue of the National Geographic which had an excellent article on memory; ‘Why we remember and why we forget’, I was aghast to find that someone had simply torn away all the twenty-four pages that I was looking for, perhaps while it had its short stint in my clinic waiting room! Only then did I realise why it seemed much slimmer than it should have been!
Most often, patients of Alzheimer’s who cannot remember who they are or what they are supposed to do in the world around them suffer in silence. Not so much from the insensitivity of their loved ones as from their overwhelming ignorance. As things stand today, most of us do not have the basic knowledge about the disease and what we can do about it. Even among the most educated class of people the gaps or lacunae in the knowledge about Alzheimer’s and how it can be managed are not unlike the lacunae in the minds of the sufferers themselves. This is because there has so far not been sufficient community effort to educate the people about the magnitude of the problem and how it can be managed.
It is here that the role of bodies like the ARDSI becomes important. The Mysore Chapter of this Society, which is managed by a team of eminently qualified and unusually dedicated individuals, plans to hold many public awareness programmes during the course of this month. And, it is by strengthening them and supporting their activities that we can ensure that we remember all those who cannot remember who they are. And, who knows? One day we may be the ones who stand with blank stares where they now stand. To illustrate the sensitivity with which the problem needs to be managed, I would like to narrate a small story which I read as a child and which has thankfully remained imprinted on my mind over the years.
An elderly man’s wife had become completely bedridden due to Alzheimer’s and was admitted to a hospice for terminal care. The husband used to visit her unfailingly every day, with a bunch of flowers or a get-well card. He would place these on the table near her bed and holding her hand he would talk to her softly for hours, telling her how much he loved her and trying to remind her about the happy days they had spent together. The wife who was certainly beyond any help would simply stare at him or the ceiling with no sign of recognising him or understanding what he said.
A friend who sometimes accompanied him once pointed out to him that the whole exercise seemed pointless. He said “I don’t think she knows who you are now. Why do you waste your time trying to talk to her for so long every time you visit her?”
The husband replied, “Yes, you are right. She perhaps does not know who I am, but I still know who she is.”
[To reach the ARDSI please contact Mr. H. Joshi, Vice- Chairman, Mob: 96633-73701 or Mr. Arun Kumar, Secretary on Mob: 98451-16188].
e-mail: kjnmysore@rediffmail.com
source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / September 05th, 2014
