Bengaluru: Hugo Mussier is an accomplished athlete from France with two successful marathons in 2019 and 2024. He was recently in India to attend the marriage of Harini and Ajay. Harini is the eldest of two daughters, of Mrs Usha, an IT professional, and Padmanabh Rao, a broadcast journalist. Harini and Ajay are colleagues of Hugo Mussier. During an informal chit-chat, Hugo Mussier (31) focused on his favourite sports. Here are some excerpts of the interaction: I was not much into running: I ran my last marathon two weeks ago. The previous one was in 2019, about five years ago, while the beginning was in 2018. Then I worked for an aerospace company between Bristol and Birmingham in the United Kingdom. I was not much into running but more into sports activities like walking, swimming, and hiking. Shifting to France: In 2019 I changed my workplace to France and found out the big difference in the weather between the UK and France. One could enjoy summer only in July and August and t...
Bengaluru: With the passing away of Somanahalli Mallaiah Krishna, well known as S M Krishna or SMK in the early hours today the country has lost a gentleman to the core in Indian politics. Perhaps there was no position worth mentioning and for which everyone in politics craved, that S M Krishna didn't enjoy. Member of all houses: Only a selected few have the privilege of being elected to all possible houses of people's representatives, and SM Krishna was one of such lucky persons. As a budding politician, he first got elected to the state Assembly from Maddur home constituency in Mandya district in 1962 as an independent candidate. Then he sprung a surprise shock to H K Verannagowda, a Congress stalwart of the times despite the then Prime Minister Jawahar Lal Nehru campaigning. Later he joined the Praja Socialist Party (PSP) only to defect to the Congress and there was no looking back on the horizon of party and power politics. He was also elected to the Legislative Council, ...