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Deccan Herald
8 hours ago
- Health
- Deccan Herald
Visually impaired children perform yoga in Mysuru
Mysuru: Special and visually impaired children performed at the 11th International Yoga day event at Mysuru Palace premises on Saturday morning and inspired people. Visual impairment was no hurdle for 8-year-old Chetan of class 1 nor 10-year-old Shankar who performed yoga at the event. As many as 29 others like them from Government Blind School for Boys of Mysuru from class 1 to 10, joined them. They were accompanied and helped by members of an NGO - Payal Sharma, Anil Kumar led by their CEO Anantha Lakshmi. The NGO has been training them with yoga and other skills like swimming, spoken English, computer courses, various sports. Also, three teachers Shivakumar, Ravi and Uday accompanied the children. Down syndrome too didn't deter the spirit of 9-year-old Shaheeb from Pukkoottu, Mallapura district of Kerala. He was one among 15 other special children from four to 10 years of age from different parts of the country who are in Mysuru for a two year pre-school training at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing. .They were accompanied by AIISH Director M Puspavathi, yoga instructor, Hemali Rudrappa and special educator C C Leena. Wearing saree did not come in way for neither 55-year-old Rajamma nor her daughter Jaya Ravi Kumar and several women among the 70 people from Kempisiddanahundi of Mysuru who performed yoga by sporting a white t-shirt at the event. They are learning yoga at Ayush Arogya Mandira from Dr K Sujatha at the village. Rajamma shared, "I have been learning yoga for four years. I wake up at 5 pm and practice yoga with fellow villagers from 6 am to 7 am and later get along with routine chores and don't get tired till evening. Earlier I suffered from gastritis, asthma and knee joint pain, now I am not taking medicine for any of it and I am healthy due to yoga," she said.
New Indian Express
05-05-2025
- New Indian Express
Elderly couple found dead in Hyderabad home; cash, jewellery missing
HYDERABAD: An elderly couple was bludgeoned to death at their house in Alwal and gold and silver jewellery and Rs 1 lakh in cash were found missing. The couple, Kanakiah (70) and his wife Rajamma (65), was found dead with grievous injuries on their heads on Sunday morning. Police, who rushed to the crime scene with the clues team and a dog squad, said they were natives of Manikyaram village of Bhadradri Kothagudem district. Kanakaiah came to the city three years ago along with his wife and worked as a watchman. They were planning to visit their village. The murder reportedly took place on Saturday night. 'We have found some evidence and will soon nab the accused,' said Balanagar DCP Suresh Kumar, adding that the police were informed about the murder by a milkwoman in the morning.
