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Bengaluru: Thanks to the ongoing war between the United States, Israel against Iran and the after-effects in the way of transporting crude oil and natural gases, a panic-like situation has been prevailing in parts of the country. This has been the predicament, despite government authorities assuring the countrymen from time to time that there are sufficient stocks and no need to raise an alarm! Hotels declare closure: No sooner did reports of the war's impact hit the headlines than they sparked a variety of repercussions on the ground. The hoteliers were the first to make a hullabaloo by issuing statements about the shortage of commercial LPG cylinders, while many other hotel owners were in a hurry to raise the prices of eatables and beverages. Some big hotels even went so far as to declare a closure, citing an inadequate supply of commercial gas cylinders. Hoarding of petrol and diesel: Strangely, the paucity of LPG, CNG gases, domestic and commercial LPG cylinders was felt only ...

Bengaluru: Chennu Mathad, a Delhi-based Kannadiga, has forwarded the following Facebook post: This morning, while I was standing in line at the Chigari bus stand in Vidyanagar, Hubballi, to attend the Dharwad District Kannada Literary Conference being held in Dharwad, I was surprised to see Prof. I. G. Sanadi who had served three terms as a Member of Parliament and also as a member of the Legislative Council with distinction standing right in front of me, buying a ticket like everyone else. Would have travelled in a luxurious car: If it had been any other politician who had held such high positions, they would have travelled in a luxurious car. But he was travelling by bus like an ordinary person, what else could this be if not a symbol of his simplicity? Shared his political journey, experiences...Not only that, since we couldn’t find seats together on the bus, we had to sit separately. However, unable to resist, he requested the person sitting next to me and came to sit beside me. D...

By Prakash Girimallannanavar Above Photo courtesy: K Venkatesh. Belagavi: Prof. C Mahadevappa. Prof. C Mahadevappa, a popular Kannada teacher cum research scholar in ancient literature who turned 100 years in July 2022, has come out with his latest publication, ‘Ekottara Shathasthala’, a rare commentary on the mystic Shiva Sharana-vachanas of olden times by Siddhalinga Swamiji, the head of Kattige Halli Lingayat Matha, a subsidiary of Chitadurga Muruga Matha. Strangely coincidental with his age 101 years completed: Though this was one of his earliest editing efforts in textual criticism based on deciphering various palm leaf manuscripts, (a method/skill of editing old texts popularly known as ‘Grantha Sampadane’), the content of the title is strangely coincidental with his age 101 years completed, with the 101 steps for salvation delineated by 12th century sharanas and their probable predecessors too. Into a family of a schoolteacher turned butter merchant: Born into a family of...

Bengaluru: Sameer Shivayogi Byakod could have easily stayed back in the Indian Silicon city to make a comfortable career and settle down in life. However, he chose to be different from the typical run-of-the-mill attitude and made his own headway to struggle and enjoy life the way it continues to unfold itself. Looking back, he admits to having taken the right decision at the right juncture. A peep into his interesting journey so far: Schooling in Ranna Belagali: Sameer Shivayogi Byakod's family has settled down on their farm near Ranna Belagali village, close to Mahalingapura town of Mudhol Taluk in Bagalkote district., Karnataka. He had his schooling from the Bill Memorial School in Mudhol, which happened to be the only English medium school in the vicinity. Later, he went to Vyasankere, near Sandur for PUC in the Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores Limited (SMIORE) college and completed his mechanical engineering from the Gogate College of Engineering in Belagavi. Later he did hi...