Monthly Archives: August 2014

Nagaraj is ‘Mr. MCICIT 2014’

August 27, 2014Sportsadmin

Mysore:

Nagaraj of GFGC, Siddartha Layout, Mysore, hogged the limelight by winning the ‘Mr. MCICIT 2014’ title, in the Mysore City Inter-Collegiate Best Physique competition 2014, conducted by the Department of Physical Education, University of Mysore at the University Gymnasium hall here on Thursday.

Nagaraj had earlier won the first place in the 60kg category and later in the title round excelled with his display of triceps and biceps to bag the title. Government First Grade College, Siddarthnagar, Mysore won the team championship title with 15 points.

Results

Category 60 Kg.:1.Nagaraj (GFGC Siddartha Layout); 2. S. Suchitha (VVK FGC, Mysore); 3. M.R. Shreyas (ATME College, Mysore ).

Category 65 Kg: 1. S. Harish (D Banumaiah College); 2. Y.K. Nuthan Kumar (NIE College, Mysore); 3. N. Prasanna (SBRR Mahajana’s FGC).

Category 70 Kg: 1.S. Vasanth Kumar (GFGC Kuvempunagar, Mysore); 2. Aditya Pandith (Amrita School of Arts & Science, Mysore); 3. G. Akshay Kumar (NIE College, Mysore).

Category 75Kg:1.Girisha (GFGC Siddarthanagar, Mysore); 2. K. Buvaneeth (NIE IT, Mysore); 3. S.S. Vimal (Vidya Vikas FG. C, Mysore).

Category 85 Kg: 1.Wasim Akram (GFGC, Siddartha Layout, Mysore); 2. Shaik Wajahath (VVFGCollege, Mysore).

Mr. Mysore City Inter Collegiate 2014-15: Nagaraj, GFGC, Siddartha Layout, Mysore.

Team Championship: Government First Grade College, Siddarthanagar, Mysore-15 points.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 22nd, 2014

Every mile was a memory

August 26, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainmentadmin

It did not take much to get a picnic going during the ‘60s and ‘70s. A few cycle trips to friends’ homes and the word was passed around as telephones were rare then.

Someone would arrange a bus or truck if we were going beyond 20 km, else we would cycle to nearer destinations. Later, we rode our own scooters.

Each would bring mother’s specially-made goodies to be shared around, that had to last us through the day. This required loads of water and juice, sandwiches and cake to say the least! There were no fast foods on offer those times beyond perhaps potato chips and peanut chikki, and maybe a roadside coffee or tea, biscuits, vadais etc rather suspect for cleanliness.

Our destinations could vary from Hesaraghatta to Nandi, or Pearl Valley or Thippegondenahalli; the latter boasting Bangalore’s Water Supply Works!

At times, we would hop into a train at Banaswadi Station and spend a day under the fruit trees near Whitefield Station, which short of the main road, was mostly just a wilderness then!

Departing around 8 am, as soon as we reached our destination, we’d settle ourselves under some trees offering a shady private space; then break into various age groups each in search of particular pursuits. Young boys would take off with their catapults to shoot at anything from bloodsuckers to squirrels to birds and fruit.

They would climb trees, fall off them, bully one another, come back for a break and tuck into whatever was on offer, devouring sandwiches and chips like they’d never seen food before! The energetic would play games like seven tiles, holly colly and dog ‘n’ the bone. If there happened to be a lake nearby (and those days they were clean!) we’d dip our feet in, while some swam.

After lunch we would relax, exchanging yarns or play some more ‘sit down games’ like dumb charades and coffee potting.

A ‘singsong’ accompanied by a guitar was an absolute must. Flirtations would flourish and many of these couples are celebrating golden decades of married bliss today! Before dark, we would head for home, tired and happy singing ‘Show Me The Way To Go Home’!

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> Supplements> Metrolife / by Jacqueline Colaco / DHNS – August 25th, 2014

World Konkani Centre institutes two awards after Vishwa Konkani Sardar

August 25, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, World Opinionadmin

Mangalore :

World Konkani Centre, Shakti Nagar here has announced two annual awards in name of ‘Vishwa Konkani Sardar’ Basti Vaman Shenoy who completed 80 years recently. The awards are constituted to recognize outstanding contributions by Konkani-speaking individuals or organizations managed by Konkanis in fields such as education, governance, social service, health care, science, journalism, literature (Non Konkani), performing arts, industry, and so on.

There are separate awards for men and women and are constituted as part of ‘Vision TVM’ which dreams of one strong Konkani community by 2020. Both awards carry a purse of Rs1 lakh apart from a citation. The nominee can be an individual/individuals/institution. Mother tongue of nominee should be Konkani and age of awardee should be more than 18 years. Self nominations are allowed by individuals and institutions.

In case of Institutions, the same should be managed by Konkani people and founders should be Konkani speaking. In case of an institution it should be in service for a minimum period of five years at the time of considering its nomination for the award. For nominations forms, log on to www.vishwakonkani.org and send it to the chairman, BVS Vishwa Konkani Seva Puraskar Selection Committee, Vishwa Konkani Kendra, Konkani Gaon, Shakti Nagar, Mangalore – 575016 before September 15, a communique from WKC states.

source: http://www.timesofindia.indiatimes.com / The Times of India / Home> City> Mangalore / by Jaideep Shenoy, TNN / August 23rd, 2014

Voices from the grassroots : Measuring development …..

August 25, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Inspiration/ Positive News and Features, Nature, Science & Technologyadmin

by Dr. R. Balasubramaniam

Being in the development sector, I have been fascinated by the evolving obsession of practitioners, donors, academia, and the community in measuring and evaluating. The tools, methodologies and the people involved in this activity are getting better and better. Everyone seems to be so preoccupied and engaged that many consider a programme a failure or bad, if some acceptable form of measurement is not undertaken. I have written numerous proposals and implemented many projects in different sectors of health, education, and community development that I have found myself questioning not just the validity but also some of the metrics and the fundamental premise that drives these measurements. I am not saying that measurements by themselves are wrong; all that I am trying to point out is that we need to understand the programme being measured, the competence of the people measuring, the tools deployed and the metrics of measurement and more importantly the context — before one indulges in this activity.

I would like to explain this a little more clearly with a personal example. I first came to the tribal area in the forests of Heggadadevanakote in Mysore district of South India in 1987 and began running a small dispensary. Obstetrics being one of my favourite subjects, it was only natural that my focus was on maternal health and mortality. Being concerned by the high maternal mortality in the area, I started exploring how one could bring it down. Public health knowledge and practice has established maternal mortality to be an important indicator of health of a community and one always believed that this indicator could measure health outcomes.

It was also the time when everyone including the WHO and the Government of India focused heavily on maternal health and safe motherhood initiatives. The whole health sector was being pushed towards Institutional deliveries and we also got caught up in this excitement. Over the next many years we campaigned for Institutional deliveries and ensured that we created adequate facilities for safe childbirth at our hospitals. We even had a World Bank funded project in 2001-02 to ensure improved maternal and child health outcomes amongst the tribals in the area.

Sometime ago, my wife Bindu, an obstetrician who has been long associated with the programme, was remarking how she was seeing a huge positive change amongst the health seeking behaviours of the tribal women. She told how challenging it was 20 years ago to motivate the tribal women to have Institutional deliveries but now the women sought the hospital on their own. Institutional deliveries, which were non-existent when I first came to the area, had grown to 40% by the end of the World Bank funded project in 2002.

Today, virtually every tribal woman in the area comes to our hospitals to deliver their babies. Our RCH programmes have been written about and studied; World Bank considers the RCH project that they funded us as one of their best; Public Health practitioners and academicians are impressed with the falling maternal mortality and improved health outcomes. It is indeed very reassuring when so many people and institutions with their sophisticated tools and methods call us a public health success.

In 2009-10, I had taken a year away from our projects and this gave me the space, the energy and the willingness to re-look critically at all that we had been doing. I was assessing what it was that I first came to the tribal areas to do and how I had been doing it. Using the metric of improved health outcomes and the falling maternal mortality and morbidity rates; we were definitely an unqualified success. But was this the right metric to measure our work and intent. Can this metric capture everything that exists in this ecosystem? How honest would it be if we did not try and engage ourselves in outcomes that unintentionally emerged because of our programmes, but were not given any attention, as they were not readily visible or worthy of measurement? Or is it that we were ignorant of the metrics that one needed to deploy?

In our intent to reduce the maternal mortality by increasing institutional deliveries, had we not unintentionally taken away the community’s ability to cope and manage this natural phenomenon without any dependence on people or a system outside their community and tradition? We today have a generation of young women who have mostly delivered their babies in our hospitals but who have neither the knowledge, nor the attitude or the skill-sets to ensure that they can continue their century-old tradition of delivering children at home. What if we changed the metric to building the capacity and competence of the community to have cost effective and rational health practices that did not need an expensive health care system that they could neither afford not sustain with their resources.

Isn’t building the capacity and competence of communities to ensure a workable health system that they can run and sustain with their own resources and abilities more important than running a sophisticated health care programme that needs doctors, nurses and managers to come from faraway cities. Well, the metric of measuring what is important for communities is what the development sector needs to focus on rather than what is easily measurable or merely the programmatic and managerial aspects. And the metric needs to be something that attempts to capture what is happening in the whole eco-system rather than just the piece that is the most evident.

[e-mail:drrbalu@gmail.com]

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Feature Articles / August 20th, 2014

Legendary yoga guru B.K.S. Iyengar passes away

August 25, 2014Amazing Feats, Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Business & Economy, Leaders, Records, All, Sports, Travel, World Opinionadmin

Pune :

The world renowned legendary Yoga Guru Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (96), popularly known as B.K.S. Iyengar, passed away at a private hospital here at about 3.15 am today following poor heart functioning and difficulty in breathing.

A recipient of Padma Shri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan awards, the Yoga Guru was ill for three weeks prior to hospitalisation but refused to get himself admitted and was treated at home by his family physician. He was even put on intravenous fluid at home.

His family members finally persuaded him to get admitted after his condition worsened. Though he was admitted to the hospital on Aug. 12, his condition had deteriorated a lot by that time. He was put on non-invasive ventilator for a day but he refused to undergo intensive treatment and hence, he was taken off the ventilator.

Iyengar’s heart muscles had become very weak following which there was less amount of blood being pumped by the heart, according to doctors. Last rites will be held later today.

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Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar (96) was born into a poor Iyengar family at Bellur, Kolar District in Karnataka and was the 11th of 13 children of Krishnamachar, a school teacher and Sheshamma.

His father died when he was only nine-years-old. As a result, he went to live with his brother in Bangalore. His childhood was further marked by serious illnesses including malaria, tuberculosis and typhoid along with malnutrition.

At the age of 15, Iyengar moved to Mysore to live with his eldest sister and her husband T. Krishnamacharya, an accomplished yogi and Sanskrit scholar, who ran a yoga school in the Mysore Palace and introduced Iyengar to some of the basic yoga postures (asanas) as a method to improve his health.

At the beginning, Iyengar struggled from day-to-day which gradually paid off, as he mastered some of the postures and as a result, his health improved.

In 1937, after two years of study, Krishnamacharya asked Iyengar to go to Pune to teach yoga where he arrived nearly penniless, knowing no one and speaking little English. Iyengar’s only way to make a living was by teaching yoga. With limited experience and almost no theoretical knowledge, he decided to practice with determination.

In the beginning, he would train himself as many as 12 hours each day, usually surviving on only stale bread and tea. Sometimes, he would suffer great pain through incorrect technique, often having to place heavy weights on his body to relieve the aches. However, refusing to give up, he gradually developed a deep personal understanding of the techniques of each posture and their effects. More yoga students began to seek him to learn yoga.

In 1943, he married Ramamani, to whom he had been introduced by his brothers and together they raised five daughters and a son. Both his eldest daughter Geeta and his son Prashant have become internationally-known teachers in their own right. The other children of B.K.S. Iyengar are Vanita, Sunita, Suchita and Savita.

Slowly they worked their way out of poverty and gradually Iyengar’s fame as a yoga teacher spread. In 1952, world renowned violinist Yehudi Menuhin became a student of yoga during a visit to India. Menuhin then arranged for Iyengar to teach in many cities in Europe and he made his first visit to the United States in 1956.

In 1975, Iyengar established the Ramamani Iyengar Memorial Yoga Institute in Pune, in memory of his departed wife, where he resided and taught yoga till his end. By that time, his eldest children, Geeta and Prashant, had also started teaching yoga under his guidance. The Institute quickly became an international centre, attracting thousands of people from all over the world.

Iyengar attracted his students by offering them just what they sought — which tended to be physical stamina and flexibility. He conducted demonstrations and later, when a scooter accident dislocated his spine, he began exploring the use of props to help disabled people practice Yoga. He was awarded Padma Shri in 1991, the Padma Bhushan in 2002 and the Padma Vibhushan in 2014. In 2004, Iyengar was named as one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine.

B.K.S. Iyengar condoled

Mysore Zoo Executive Director B.P. Ravi, who spoke to SOM, condoled the death of the Yoga Guru and said that B.K.S. Iyengar was an animal lover and he was an inspiration to many across the globe. He said that whenever Iyengar visited Mysore, he never failed to visit the Zoo. He never used to talk unnecessarily but used to speak with his eyes, he said and added that very recently his family members had come to the Zoo and had adopted two tiger cubs. With his demise, the Zoo lost a great animal lover and the world lost a legendary Yoga exponent.

Sharath Jois, grandson of K. Pattabhi Jois, who is running Shri K. Pattabhi Jois Ashtanga Yoga Institute at Gokulam in city, in his condolence message, said that an era has come to an end. Iyengar’s contribution for yoga was immense and the yoga community across the globe has lost a legend.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> General News / August 20th, 2014

What was it to be a ‘Madrassi’ in Delhi half a century ago

August 25, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Leaders, Records, Alladmin

New Delhi :

I was provoked to write my memories of what was it to be a ‘Madrassi’ which was synonymous of being a South Indian in the late fifties, after being alerted to a Facebook post of a South Indian journalist who recalled his interaction with U. R. Ananthamurthy, who passed away three days ago.

The south Indian journalist narrates that in 2004-5, U. R. Ananthamurthy advised him, “Stay bold, original and South Indian in a Delhi that we may not like. Truth will not get a standing ovation, it will get you harassments, pain and dejection, but one has to stay, put up, unmindful of the push backs.”

The journalist recalls that Ananthamurthy told him to stand up to the patronizing attitude shown towards him by others and uphold the principles of his profession. I admired and respected the late U.R. Ananthamurthy, the Jnanapith and Padma Award winner, who headed the Sahitya Academy, and who was a fellow Kannadiga. He used to invite me to functions at the academy located near Mandi House and had warm interactions with me. I was present when he was awarded the Jnanapith Award by late Prime Minister P. V. Narasimha Rao.

On reading his suggestion to journalist Vinod K Jose, my thoughts also went back to the late fifties when I had first come to Delhi as an escort to my female cousin who was taking part in a classical music competition organized by the All India Radio. My law exam results were due and I was searching for a Bombay newspaper that was to publish the results. My uncle, U. S. Mohan Rao, who was then heading the Publications Division of the Government of India, and with whom I was staying in Delhi, said he would take me to the Press Information Bureau, which used to get the days newspapers from around the country by the evening.

I was escorted to the room of the then Principal Information Officer, T.R.V. Chari. He called for the Times of India of Bombay and asked for my roll number. He saw the results published in the newspaper, and said he did not see the number. As I was dejectedly getting up to leave, he asked for my name. When I gave it, his eyes brightened and said my dear fellow; you have stood first in the state and showed me the paper. They had published my name right at the top with my roll number.

Next, he asked me please go to the adjacent room. “We are recruiting some boys and please appear for the exam and let me see how you fare.” I took the exam and this ‘Madrassi’ boy came to live in Delhi, though his heart was still in Bombay. A law degree and a father’s law practice that I could inherit were not to be my calling.

The time I had arrived in Delhi, South Kanara, the district I belonged to, was a part of the Madras Presidency. The States Reorganization Commission had just submitted its report.

I stayed with my uncle near the Old Secretariat and one of my cousins was staying in South Avenue. I used to visit my cousin in South Avenue and for returning home, I used to take DTC Bus No.9 to go to the Old Secretariat and further to the Delhi University campus. One day, as I was waiting at the bus stop in South Avenue, an old man asked me, “Where are you from, young man? I said, “from the Madras Presidency.” He got annoyed, and told me, “You do not have to crack jokes at me, and I expect you to give me a straight forward answer.” I was puzzled and respectfully replied, “Dear sir, I belong to Mangalore in South Kanara of the Madras Presidency, and I gave you a straight forward answer. I do not know you, and have no intention of misleading you.”

His eyes brightened, and he told me, “I now believe you.” And to my surprise, he started dancing and singing at the bus stop-“I married a girl from Mangalore.” He then told me that his name was Harindranath Chattopadhyaya, and he had married Kamaladevi , a Saraswat Brahmin from Mangalore. Youngsters of today would remember him as the adorable grandfather in the film Bawarchi. Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay of course, was the legendary social reformer and freedom fighter.

He patted me on the back and said, I was always welcome to see him at his house and gave me his address. It was a pleasant change for me to see that somebody could tell the difference between a Canarese (Kannada) accent and a Tamil accent.

I moved home once again to stay with my cousin, who moved from South Avenue to Moti Bagh. After a couple of years, the cousin was transferred out of Delhi, and I had to look for a house. I told my colleagues that I was looking for a house to rent. Their reaction was, ” yaar tu toh Madrassi hai, tereko koi bhi ghar de dega.” (You are a Madrassi, anybody will give you a home). A ‘Madrassi’ was considered an ideal tenant those days, generally vegetarian, god fearing, teetotaler and non-smoker. I barely fitted into that stereotype, but had learned not to correct people when it worked to my advantage to be a ‘Madrassi’.

For couple of days , I trudged the streets of Karol Bagh, which was the popular destination of all South Indians wanting to rent cheap accommodation. I visited realtors and accompanied them to several apartments. House owners would willingly meet with me, but when they got to know that I was a bachelor and that my parents would not be living with me, they were skeptical. And then, when I was asked if I drink alcohol, I would truthfully answer yes. Door shut.

My house hunting went on, as this ‘Madrassi’ still hadn’t learned to fib even a bit. One Sunday, I landed up at Pusa Road and was told that there was an outhouse of a large house available for rent. A tough looking lady opened the door. I was almost resigned to a No yet again, so before the questioning began, I laid it out there in the open. I rattled. “I am single, a bachelor who had no intention of marrying soon, my parents don’t live with me, I occasionally drink and I smoke. I am a Madrassi.” I was quite resigned to the fact that the landlady would not even offer me tea, let alone rent out her outhouse.

There was a twinkle in her eye. She said to me, “beta, you are welcome to stay in my outhouse….I want you to be careful, the adjacent outhouse is rented by Punjabi girls. You are a handsome Madrassi, and one of them may like to hitch onto you. Good luck.”

The Madrassi from Mumbai stayed at the Pusa Road house for over a year and the Punjabi girls used to wave at me when they saw me. It stopped there.

Mr. I. Ramamohan Rao is a former Principal Information Officer, Government of India. He can be contacted at raoramamohan@hotmail.com By I. Ramamohan Rao (ANI)

source: http;//www.aninews.in / ANI News / Home> National / by I. Ramamohan Rao / New Delhi – August 25th, 2014

Champion quest

August 25, 2014Records, All, Sports, World Opinionadmin

Bodybuilder Syed Siddiq talks about his journey from a scrawny lad to winning the Mr.Asia title

Mr Asia - Syed Siddique / Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar / The Hindu — Mr Asia – Syed Siddique / Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar / The Hindu

It is hard to miss Syed Siddiq. As he strolls down the road, passersby stop and stare. It would take a brave man, however, to pass a smart-alec comment in his direction, or to antagonise him in any way.

Siddiq is the closest thing to the superhuman comic figure ‘Hulk’ you can hope to see.

Massive muscles seem to rip through every inch of his 105 kilogram body – a truly intimidating sight when he ‘flexes’’ to strike a pose.

Ace bodybuilder

The ripped physique of India’s ace bodybuilder, of course, did not take shape overnight. Siddiq, who recently won the Mr. Asia title at Manila (Philippines), takes out a dusty photo of a scrawny lad. “That was me, eight years ago. I weighed just 48 kilos,” he says with a grin.

That photo is a reminder of his first tryst with the sport. “I was 17 and I enjoyed watching World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) on television. I admired The Rock , and wanted to be like him. That pushed me to the gym, for the first time,” he says.

Around a year later, Siddiq witnessed a State-level bodybuilding competition, which sparked his desire to take up the sport seriously.

“I saw the crowd’s reaction to the competitors, and I decided that I wanted to be on stage one day. I drew inspiration from Arnold Schwarzenegger. He is an icon for all of us.”

In the documentary Pumping Iron, which chronicles Schwarzenegger’s path-breaking route to stardom, the Hollywood star talks about one of the turning points of his career.

The introduction of big quantities of meat in his regimen, after years of ignoring his diet, finally allowed Schwarzenegger to put on much-needed mass. This aspect is not lost on Siddiq.

The 25-year-old states that he consumes 30 egg whites and two kilos of boiled chicken in a day, apart from large servings of fruits and vegetables.

And three months prior to competition, rice, bread, salt and oil are off the table.

“I don’t drink alcohol or smoke cigarettes. Ever. A strict diet overall must be maintained to succeed as a bodybuilder.”

Acting with Vikram

Director Shankar cast Siddiq in his to-be-released flick, Ai. Siddiq will feature in a few fight scenes with lead actor Vikram, and recalls the experience with excitement.

“It was great fun to be on a movie set. I have been approached to act in Bollywood movies as well, but I think I will focus on bodybuilding for now.”

With the Mr. Universe event coming up in Germany later this year, Siddiq clearly has his hands full.

source: http://www.thehindu.com / The Hindu / Home> Features> MetroPlus / by Ashwin Achal / Monday – August 25th, 2014

Farmhouse a testimony to his love for nature, arts

August 24, 2014Arts, Culture & Entertainment, Leadersadmin

Malnad magic in Mysore

A country-tiled house on an elevated spot located in the midst of abundant greenery, replete with coconut trees and plants of different types, with grass spread over every bit of the farm, make ‘Anu Vana,’ the farmhouse of Ananthamurthy, between Dyavalapura and Alanahalli in the city.

Ananthamurthy shifted base to Mysore from Melige village, Thirthahalli taluk in Shimoga district, which is part of the Malnad belt. A visit to ‘Anu Vana’ shows that he had recreated Malnad in Mysore. He did so with perfection on his sprawling 10-acre farm, 24 km from the city.

When he was alive, he took time to be here, away from modern trappings. A board on the gate reads ‘Anu Vana, Ananthamurthy,’ named after his daughter Anuradha. On Saturday, a portrait of Ananthamurthy in the verandah, with flower adorning the same, greeted visitors.

Sulochana Somashekarappa, a family friend who resides in the neighbourhood, told Deccan Herald, “Ananthamurthy was very keen on building the house akin to those in Malnad, allowing air and light in abundance. One look at the house from outside says it all”.

Sulochana knew Ananthamurthy through her husband B Somashekarappa, who retired as a senior assistant director in Fisheries department. When Ananthamurthy was residing on New Kantharaj Urs Road, the Somashekarappa couple lived nearby and they bonded well. They continued to live close by as Somashekarappa shifted back to Alanahalli, his native place. They (Sulochana and Somashekarappa) played a perfect host to Ananthamurthy.

Quoting Esther, Ananthamurthy’s wife, Sulochana said, “Ananthamurthy had expressed his wish to stay in Mysore for some time a few months ago, but his health deteriorated further.” Recently, Esther and their son Sharath visited the farm.Sulochana said, “When we (family members) went to enquire the health of Ananthamurthy at his Dollars Colony residence in Bangalore several months ago, he had expressed his wish to stay for some time at his Mysore farmhouse. But God willed otherwise,” said Sulochana.

Prema, wife of Somashekar, the caretaker of the farm, said, “Whenever they planned to visit the farm, Ammavru (referring to Esther) would inform us over phone one day in advance. Recently, Ammavru had indicated to us about the wish of Appavru (Ananthamurthy) to visit the farm. What came was the news of his death.Ananthamurthy had created a mini-library of sorts at his farmhouse.

A rack in the corner of the house has books in Kannada, English, Tulu Malayalam, Tamil and other languages. The books include the biography of late prime minister V P Singh, ‘Poorvapara’ a collection of critical works of Ananthamurthy in Kannada and several of his plays.

The interiors of the house are decorated with paintings and sculptures, a testimony to his love for art. Also, there is the glorious moment in Ananthamurthy’s life sealed in frame. A photograph of the writer receiving the Jnanpith award from then prime minister P V Narasimha Rao.

source: http://www.deccanherald.com / Deccan Herald / Home> State / by Sreekantswamy B / Mysore, DHNS – August 23rd, 2014

Swimming contest : Thejas, Akshatha bag top honours

August 24, 2014Sportsadmin

Mysore :

A.Thejas of Maharaja’s Govt. PU College, Mysore, (four golds and four silver medals) with 31 points and Akshatha N. Gowda of Sankalpa PU College, Mysore with 24 points bagged the top honours by clinching the individual titles in the men’s and women’s sections respectively in the Mysore City Inter-collegiate swimming Competitions 2014-15, conducted by the DPE, UoM at the University Swimming Pool, Saraswathipuram here on Monday.

National Institute of Engineering, Mysore bagged the Overall Team championship title in the men’s section with 53 points.

The results: Men: 200mts Breast Stroke: 1.R.Karthik -V.V.C.E (3:20.90 ); 2. V.S. Vipul (NIE- 3:22.31); 3. S. Sudarshan (Vijaya Vittala PUC-3:31.01); 100mts Back Stroke: 1.Shreyank P. Swamy ( AIISH – 1:26.05); 2. A. Thejas (Maharaja Govt. PUC-1:27.88); 3.R. Karthik (V.V.C.E- 1:29.52); 400mts Free Style: A.Thejas ( Maharaja Govt. PUC- 6:05.23); 2. S. Sudarshan. (Vijaya Vittala PUC- 6:05.92); 3.V.N. Varun (NIE IT -7:20.31); 100mts Butter Fly: Abhishek R.Das- (SBRR MFGC -1:41.02 ); 2. M.R. Shashanksimha (Maharaja Govt. PUC-1:51.63); 3. K.Vignesh Mallya (Amritha School of A&S- 2:13.32); 200mts Free Style: 1. V.S.Vipul(NIE -2:44.55); 2. A. Thejas( Maharaja Govt. PUC -2:44.56 ); 3.Shreyank P. Swamy (AIISH- 2:51.55); 200mts Individual Med Lay:1. R. Karthik. (VVCE -3:17.91); 2. Shreyank P. Swamy -AIISH- 3:46.70); 3. M.C. Prajwal (Vijaya Vittala PUC – 6:00.82); 50 mts Back Stroke: 1. V.S. Vipul (NIE -0:37.74); 2. A.Thejas (Maharaja Govt. PUC 0:38.85); 3. Shreyank P. Swamy (AIISH- 0:39.13); 100 mts Breast Stroke: 1.R. Karthik (V.V.C.E -1:32.57); 2. V.S. Vipul(N.I.E -1:34.49); 3. R. Sudarshan(Vijaya Vittala PUC -1:37.06 ); 200 mts Back Stroke: 1.Shreyank P Swamy (AIISH -3:29.24); 2. Thejas A (Maharaja Govt. PUC -3:30.35) ;3. Shashank Simha M.R (Maharaja Govt. PUC -4:23.11); 50mts Breast Stroke:1. V.S. Vipul (N.I.E -0:40.22 ); 2. R. Karthik V.V.C.E -0:40.90); 3. Shreyank P Swamy (AIISH -0:42.72); 200mts Butterfly : 1.A. Thejas (Maharaja Govt. PUC -3:39.28); 2. M.R Shashank Simha (Maharaja Govt. PUC -5:11.96 ); 3. Nagendra L (GFGC Siddharthalayout -9:19.20 ); 100mts Free Style :1.V.S. Vipul (N.I.E- 1:13.67); 2. Shreyank P Swamy (AIISH- 1:15.83); 3. R. Karthik (V.V.C.E -1:15.94); 50mts Butterfly: 1. A. Thejas (Maharaja Govt. PUC- 0:34.89 ); 2. M. Prajwal Prasad (NIE -0:37.58); 3. Abhishek R Das (SBRR MFGC -3:38.34); 400mts Individual Medley: 1. S. Sudarshan (Vijaya Vittala PUC -7:40.33) ;2.M.R. Shashank Simha (Maharaja Govt. PUC -9:13.69); 3. M.C. Prajwal (Vijaya Vittala PUC -13:03.63);

50mts Free Style: 1.Shreyank P Swamy (AIISH -0:29.94); 2. Abhishek R Das (SBRR MFGC -0:31.44); 3. V.S Vipul. (N.I.E -0:32.10);

1500mts Free Style : 1.Thejas. A (Maharaja Govt. PUC – 27:47.28); 2. S. Sudarshan ( Vijaya Vittala PUC -27:48.45); 3. M.R. Shashank Simha (Maharaja Govt. PUC -31:04.04); 4 x 100mts Medley Relay :1.N.I.E – 6:00.87);2.Maharaja’s College-9:09.87;

Individual Championship – A.Thejas -Maharaja Govt. PU College with 31 Points

Overall championship – NIE, Mysore with 53 Points.

WOMEN: 200mts Breast Stroke :1. C. Swetha(Teresian College -4:48.31); 2. Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM -4:53.94); 3.Akshatha N Gowda (Sankalpa PU College – 4:54.88); 100mts Back Stroke: 1. Meenaz Ahamed ( PGSC, MGM -2:16.51); 2. Arpitha N Gowda (Sharadavilas College – 2:33.79); 3. C. Swetha (Teresian College -2:45.37); 200mts Free Style: 1.C. Swetha (Teresian College -4:19.40); 2. Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM -4:31.05); 3. Arpitha N Gowda (Sharadavilas College -5:32.30); 50mts Back Stroke: 1.Akshatha N Gowda (Sankalpa PU College – 0:58.66); 2. Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM -1:02.38); 3. Arpitha N Gowda (Sharadavilas College -1:12.79); 100mts Breast Stroke: 1. C. Swetha (Teresian College -2:18.86); 2. Akshatha N Gowda (Sankalpa PU College -2:21.24); 3. Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM -2:21.82); 50mts Breast Stroke: 1.Akshatha N Gowda (Sankalpa PU College -0:59.49);2.C. Swetha (Teresian College-1:01.32); 3.Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM-1:04.05); 100mts Free Style :1. Akshatha N Gowda ( Sankalpa PU College- 1:50.38);2. C. Swetha (Teresian College -2:04.70); 3. Arpitha N Gowda (Sharadavilas College – 2:15.77); 50mts Free Style: Akshatha N Gowda (Sankalpa PU College -0:42.29); 2. Sanjana Prasad( NIE IT- 0:48.39); 3. Meenaz Ahamed (PGSC, MGM -0:52.93 ).

Individual Championship – Akshatha N Gowda, Sakalpa PU College, Mysore-24 points.

source: http://www.starofmysore.com / Star of Mysore / Home> Sports News / August 19th, 2014

State ranking TT: Spoorthy wins women’s title

August 24, 2014Records, All, Sportsadmin

Belgaum :

M.V. Spoorthy of Mysore won the women’s singles title in the LIC Cup State-Ranking Table Tennis Tournament at the Belgaum Club here on Sunday.

In the women’s singles final, M.V. Spoorthy, student of Learner’s PU College, Mysore, beat V. Kushi of BNM, Bangalore 11-9, 11-8, 11-6, 11-6 and clinched the title.

Mysore lad Vedanth M. Urs of Vidyashram PU College completed a fine double when he won the Youth Boys singles final. (He had won the junior boys singles title earlier). In the Youth Boys singles final, Vedanth beat Shreyas Kulkarni (MSSTTA) 11-5, 11-3, 6-11, 11-5, 8-11, 12-10.