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Ashok Dalwai's Book 'Pickling In A Residential School': A Reminder of Everyone's Schooldays

Bengaluru: Ashok Mahadev Dalwai's nostalgic book, 'Pickling In A Residential School', with the shoulder heading 'Joys of Being At Home Away From Home', makes an interesting read by multiple parameters, apart from taking the reader to one's good old world of unforgettable childhood memories worth cherishing, enjoying and recollecting. The mind is more powerful than a computer's memory: In the early 1980s, when computers entered the Indian biosphere, enough noise was generated, and more so by vocal trade unions, who termed the new entrants detrimental to the human workforce, stripping all the jobs possible. Interestingly, the versions of computers have changed swiftly over time, paving the way for them to become an inevitable part of everyone's life, by and large. However, the much-haunted blame game of the computer taking over the human brain also proved to be a futile exercise. You may wonder what the connection is with this book. The only idea to recol...

Chandrahas Jalihal's Passion Paves Way For The Anuchandra Visual Arts and Cultural Society Gallery

Bengaluru: Kalaburagi, the divisional headquarters of Kalaburagi (formerly Hyderabad) in Karnataka, has a feather in its cap in the form of the newly established Anuchandra Visual Arts and Cultural Society and Gallery. The newfound art facility is acclaimed to be the first such destination in the whole of North Karnataka. Chandrahas Jalihal, an art teacher by profession and woodcut print artist by passion, is the proud owner of the new cultural centre. He has built a new artistic building catering to the demands of the infrastructure, befitting the requirements. In an informal chat, Chandrahas Jalihal recollects the reasons for undertaking such a magnificent feat, a rare thought these days in that region and elsewhere. Excerpts from the same: Q: Can you brief us about your journey into the art field? Chandrahas Jalihal: I originally belong to Balaganur town, now in Maski Taluk, Raichur district, and was born and brought up there. As part of the rural region, Balaganur boasts a typica...

Padmashri Prof. Pierre Silvain Filliozat's last rites according to Hindu customs

Bengaluru: The world-renowned Sanskrit scholar, Mahamahopadyaya, Padmashri Prof. Pierre Silvain Filliozat, passed away on 28.12.2024 in Paris. Prof. Filliozat, being a devoted Scholar in the Sanskrit language, had great love for India, its culture, tradition and heritage. As per his wishes, his last rites according to Hindu customs are going to be held in his beloved Hampi. These final rites are to be performed under the leadership and directions of renowned Scholar & Kshetra Purohit of Dakshina Kashi and Pampa Kshetra Hampi, Sri Mohan Chikkabhat Joshi and his son, Sri Santhosh Gurunath Joshi, on 26th and 27th of July, 2025, at Sri Vashishtashrama area on the banks of the river Tungabhadra. These are the following dates and times of the rites to be performed at Hampi. On 26th July 2025: Morning at 10:30 am, Performing rituals on the remains of Prof. Filliozat ~ Rituals to the remains and immersing them in the Tungabhadra river as per the Shastras. Later, Dasha Pinda Samaradha...

Maharashtra Opens Doors to Foreign Private Universities

By Krishna V. Itnal* Pune: Maharashtra opens doors to foreign private universities. The other day, two articles on Brain Drain appeared in Sakal, the leading daily from Pune. The government has decided to keep open the field of education to ten leading foreign private universities in Mumbai. On 30th September: The place for the campus selected is near the new airport in New Mumbai, which is likely to be opened on the 30th of September 2025. The reasons for opening the field are very interesting statistically and are on practical lines. 14 lakh students studying abroad: The first reason is to bring qualitative changes in the field. There is a huge competition and craze among aspiring students to go to foreign countries. As of today, it is said that nearly 14 lakh Indian students are abroad. 43 Billion Dollar Fees! In 2019, these students remitted a huge fee of 43 billion dollars. In the year 2025, the figure is going to cross 70 billion dollars. On average, each student sp...

Proper Planning Crucial For Successful Farming: Shivayogi R. Byakod

Bengaluru: Shivayogi Revanasiddappa Byakod of Ranna Belagali village near Mahalingpur town of Mudhol Taluk in Bagalkote district is an unassuming personality. He is a postgraduate in Agricultural Sciences from the University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad(UASD). But these qualifications are for official records or namesake. The numerous lessons he has learnt and the knowledge he has acquired from the University of the World are unimaginable. Likewise, the number of farmers benefited by his Sneha Krishi Agri Clinic & Agro Services Centre in the region is vast enough to list out. He is a testament to a series of experiments, failures, pain, and agony, struggling to make a role model's marvellous success story. Perhaps, it is high time he made himself free to pen his motivating path to the road of success for hundreds and thousands of peasants. In an informal chat sometime back at his down to ground farmhouse surrounded by lush green Sugarcane fields with constant screaming ...

Dr T R Mallikarjuna: The Man Behind Some of South Asia’s Tallest Landmarks

Bengaluru: When Dr Tumakur Rajasekhariah Mallikarjuna walks past the towering silhouette of the Altair building in Colombo, Sri Lanka’s tallest residential skyscraper, he doesn’t see just steel, concrete, or glass. He sees ambition, sleepless nights, a team of hundreds, and a career built brick by brick across four countries over four decades. An alumnus of St. Joseph High School: Dr T R Mallikarjuna is an alumnus of St. Joseph High School, Dharwad, and is passionate about his humble beginnings and takes it as a matter of pride to be associated and closely connected with his school friends. He also rejoices in taking part in the Past Students Association(PSA) meetings in Dharwad. Born and brought up in Dharwad, he remained there until he turned 21 and still retains the ancestral sprawling bungalow, which is a rare sight these days in the hustle and bustle surroundings of the once pensioners' paradise. Son of the English Professor: Dr T R Mallikarjuna belongs to a well-educated fa...