South Gate of Manasagangothri, injuries, loss of precious lives, damages to vehicles, trauma et al. By V.N. Prasad At the outset, my heartfelt condolences to the bereaved families and sympathies to the injured ones. Don’t worry. No one will be brought to books, much less punished. However, high time a strong ‘engineering jurisprudence’ was put…
‘PM strengthened India with pillars of good governance’
December 27, 2023‘Modi manifest-A decade of development’ Mysore/Mysuru: A conclave was organised in the city last evening to assess the accomplishments of the Centre over the past decade and to examine the impact of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s leadership on India’s progress and standing. The discussion focused on the advancements and achievements that India has witnessed in…
‘Kangaroos’ make their country proud, lift the coveted ICC World Cup 2023
November 23, 2023By V.N. Prasad ‘Men in Blue’ fail yet again on a big stage Heartiest congratulations to the OZs on lifting their 6th World Cup Trophy by 6 wickets with 42 balls to spare, leaving Indians ‘Yellow Faced.’ The cricketing world was shocked beyond belief that our boys could not carry forward the huge momentum, having…
Hats off to our ‘Belligerent Boys’ on their magnificent victory in semi-final
November 17, 2023India will take on Australia in the final of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2023 on Sunday (Nov. 19) at the Narendra Modi Stadium in Ahmedabad. It is going to be a special occasion as Team India will chase their third title in what has been dubbed as the ‘3 ka dream’ while the five-time…
Scintillating journey of ‘Men in Blue’ in 2023 World Cup
November 8, 2023Are we well poised, going forward? By V.N. Prasad At the outset, heartiest congratulations to Virat Kohli on his magnificent century at the Eden Garadens, the best present he could bestow upon himself on his 35th birthday, equalling Sachin Tendulkar’s record of 49 ODI centuries. While acknowledging the feat on the field, Virat hid his…
Beautiful Bharat weather beckons 13th edition of ‘ICC World Cup 2023’
October 4, 2023By V.N. Prasad Bharat and the cricket-lovers across the globe are keenly awaiting the festival — ‘The Festival of Cricket; the ICC World Cup 2023’ — commencing on Oct. 5 (Thursday). While Google, of late, is full of predictions as to the last four on the ladder, the competition looks stiff. Cricket is a ‘Mind…
Proposed Skywalks across Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway: Who will climb 126 steps and come down?
September 4, 2023By V.N. Prasad, Design Engineer and Project Management Consultant; Roads (Retd.) At times I am amused, at times anguished and a lot times amazed at the unending reports of deficiencies and rectifications along the Mysuru-Bengaluru Expressway. ‘First things First’. Last weekend I drove up and down the Expressway. Vehicles were maintaining 100 km per hour…
Ashes Series 2023 concludes
August 2, 2023Tenacious English Tigers maul Kangaroos in the absence of injured Lyon; to square series at 2-2 By V.N. Prasad OZs lost a ‘Golden Opportunity’ to clinch the series at 3-1 at the Kia Oval, by sheer lack of tenacity and application when needed most. The last series that the OZs have won in England was…
The Young Spaniard ‘LAMB’ Carlos Alcaraz tames the invincible ‘GOAT’ Novak Djokovic
July 17, 2023The ‘Unseeded’ Vondrousova creates ‘World Record’ breezing past Jabeur By V.N. Prasad Heartiest congratulations to the young Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova; both marketing themselves on the world stage of ‘Grand Slams’ in grand manner. The world watches them going forward. Being fair to ‘Fair Sex’, it augurs well for me to cover Ladies event…
Kangaroos Dance from ‘Perth to Brisbane’ as OZs take 2-1 lead at The Lords
July 5, 2023By V.N. Prasad Amidst a ‘Barrage’ of ‘Body Line Bowling,’ the pendulum swung from one extreme to the other at The Lords in the 2nd Test of the Ashes Series. It created all the moods that a ‘Test Match’ can provide to the Spectators, TV viewers etc; ugly & painful at times, absorbing at times,…
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