By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity My very dear elderly friend Padma Shri T.S. Satyan was an all-time great Photo-journalist of India with international credentials. He has mesmerised people with his photographs and this maestro’s birth centenary celebrations were organised in a deserving manner with his Photo Exhibitions in Bangalore…
Memorable days of working with Yashodhara Dasappa
February 16, 2021By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The firebrand Gandhian who brought women into Satyagraha Movement The recently held function on Yashodharamma Dasappa — Ondu Nenapu took my memory back over 60 years to remember this Gandhian and social reformer which Mysore cannot forget. It was in 1968-69 when I was…
Pejawar Seer’s blessings for Small Family Norms
January 5, 2020By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This happened during the second tenure of Paryaya of late Pejawar Swamiji in Udupi in 1968-70. A little interesting background to the occasion. I was serving as District Publicity Officer of South Canara since mid-1964. That was the time when Indira Gandhi as Prime…
Durga Das: Journalist Par Excellence
February 16, 2019A Legendary Personality who has carved a niche in his Profession By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity He is beyond description. Reporter, Editor, Feature Writer, Political Analyst and more — his close contact with British Heads in India and National leaders from Gandhiji to his close associates. In fact, he…
World’s wonder Niagara Falls and Great Playwright Bernard Shaw
November 13, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The first desire of any visitor to Canada is to see the World’s wonder Niagara Falls which we also did. No description satisfies its glory. Twenty minutes away from the great booming of Niagara Falls nestled here a historic and heritage tiny town called…
CANADA Calling: Promoting tourism with a unique and thrilling flying experience
October 24, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity VANCOUVER — A bustling west coast seaport in British Columbia is among Canada’s densest, most ethnically diverse cities and a popular filming location. Here, they have established Canada Place, an iconic landmark and venue located in the heart of Vancouver’s downtown harbour front. The…
CANADA Calling: Canadian Parliament welcomes visitors, but our Parliament ?
October 1, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity This was our sixth visit to Canada, the last one being exactly in Sept.2009, to our son and family who lives in Burlington close on the way to the world famous Niagara Falls. We were not able to visit places across this vast country…
More on Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel
April 9, 2018After reading the article by N.K.A. Ballal, Retd. Sr. Vice-President, ITDC, on the Lalitha Mahal Palace Hotel run by ITDC, now being handed over to the State Government which in turn has given it to the State-owned Jungle Lodges and Resorts Ltd., which in turn is likely to call a global tender to take over…
Stray Thoughts on Gender Equality: ‘Men-only’ UN meeting on the subject
February 16, 2018By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis recently asked men “to be less macho (aggressively masculine) and listen more to women.” The Minister for Foreign Affairs of Iceland Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson at a men-only UN Meeting in 2014 had said: “We…
D. Devaraj Urs’ wall poster in Sussex University: Reminiscing with Prof. James Manor
October 4, 2017By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity It was a surprising and happy moment for Prof. James Manor of London University, who was in Mysuru to deliver a lecture on D. Devaraj Urs at MYRA School of Business on Aug. 21, under the aegis of Devaraj Urs Centre for Development Studies…
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