From working odd jobs and begging to creating a mural for Facebook’s headquarters in California, Chandra Hosur’s journey has been filled with many bumps.
But now, Chandri — as she is fondly referred to by everyone she knows – is leading a life she loves, thanks to finding kinship and community with fellow members of Aravani Art Project, an art collective that creates safe spaces for the transgender community.
Karnataka’s push for global recognition of millets got a big boost with the United Nations General Assembly adopting a resolution earlier this week — initiated by India and other countries — to declare 2023 as the International Year of Millets.
This could give an impetus to Agriculture Minister B C Patil’s suggestion to the state government to include millets in the mid-day meal for schools, and to distribute them in anganwadis to combat malnutrition.
Staff at the helpline set up by the National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences in Bengaluru have provided psychosocial support to over four lakh people since it was set up in March last year.
Dr Anuradha H K, a neurologist with a passion for running and who has run several marathons over the past three years, was diagnosed with Covid a few months ago.
Naduve Suliva Hennu, an autobiography of transgender folk artist and Padma Shri award winner B. Manjamma Jogati has been selected as the basic Kannada textbook for B.Sc. 4th semester of Gulbarga University.
In a bid to help farmers set up cost effective processing units, the Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (KVGB) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Our Food Pvt. Ltd., Visakhapatnam.
On International Women’s Day, Chief Minister B.S. Yediyurappa on Monday announced a few initiatives to promote and encourage working women and women entrepreneurs
An all-woman crew was in charge of the Gol Gumbaz Express which was flagged off from the city station on Monday.
This was part of the International Women’s Day celebrations by the South Western Railways which also formed a women power chain to mark the occasion.
More than 100 pairs of buffaloes took part in the fourth edition of Rama-Lakshman Jodukare Kambala at the Goldfinch City grounds in Bangra Kulur on Saturday.
The buffaloes, accompanied by their jockeys, took part in the competition held under six categories namely Negilu (kiriya), Hagga (kiriya), Negilu (hiriya), Hagga (hiriya), Kane Halage, and Adda Halage.
Atijeevan Foundation is founded by Pragya Prasun, an acid attack survivor, who has helped other survivors get back to normal lives.
She is a recipient of the Nari Shakti award.
Atijeevan Foundation works to empower and rehabilitate acid attack survivors.
The five-minute music video will feature several women associated with the NGO, says Sunil Koshy, the founder of From Mug to Mik