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Four Seasons Resort Lnai, a Five-Diamond oceanfront retreat, is now offering fun for the whole family with seven kid friendly activities and experiences.

Explore the land and the sea with these activities and then return to the tranquil oasis of the Resort for a perfect end to a day in paradise, according to the announcement.

The Resort is offering: new childrensyogaclasses; tennis at theTennis Garden; golf at Four SeasonsMnele Golf Course; ziplining atLnai Adventure Park; take aim at the Lnai Archery and Shooting Range; explore the ocean with snorkel or sunset sails on the resorts 65 foot catamaran; or saddle upfor a horseback ride into the hills surrounding Kele.

In addition, Four Seasons Resort Lanai is committed to preserving and teaching the culture and history of the island and theLove Lnaicultural advisors daily program teaches children Hawaiian traditions fromhula and ukulele, to lei making and net weaving.

With a 90,000-acre (365 hectare) island to explore, families can enjoy a variety of activities, from land and ocean excursions to cultural activities and events just for kids.

Say Om

A new offering just launched at the Resort is Kids For All Seasons Yoga. Children aged 5-12 can learn how to focus and centre themselves with various breathing and visualization techniques, as well as improve coordination,strengthen their bodies and increase flexibility through more yoga poses in thisyogaclass.

For the Older Set Teens and parents can check out additional classes including aerial yoga, reiki, beach yoga and restorative sound healing.*

Lnai by Sea

Families have a chance to sail on the Resorts 65 foot (20 metre) catamaran and enjoy morning snorkel sails and evening sunset sails. From December through April, the experience turns into a whale watching expedition as Lnai, home to one of Hawaiis largest schools of spinner dolphins, also offers a haven to north Pacific humpback whales.All excursions include a selection of food, snacks and beverages.

For the Younger Set Kids can challenge their balance and hang five on snorkel sails as they paddle out on an SUP board in between searching for colorful fish underwater.

Aerial Adventures

TheLnai Adventure Parkoffers canopy ziplines and adventure towers that are kid friendly and a whole lot of fun. Children and parents can soar seated or in a Superman position on the zipline course, while getting amazing views of the Kaiholena Gulch. Or test balance and flexibility with the Adventure Tower, which offers more than 70 obstacles in a two-tiered elevated structure. Take a seat at the Picnic Table, balance on the Surfboard or Teeter-Totter or try the Slackline, Climbing Wall Traverse, Wood Cookies or Fire Cracker Logs.

For the Younger Set For the little ones, ages 4 and up, the ground-level Kids Course allows self-guided exploration through a series of different obstacles, and kids get to gear up just like the older adventurers with their own harness and lanyards set.

Take Aim

At the Lnai Archery and Shooting Range guests can challenge their hand and eye coordination. The 14-station course in the wooded uplandsoffers sporting clays launched to simulate flight patterns of duck,quail, dove, pheasant and even running rabbit patterns. Families can set their sight on 3D animal targetssuch as turkey, deer, T-rex or boar or take aim at traditionalarchery targets, from 5 to 25 yards (4.5-23 metres) away at the archery course. Combining archery and clay shooting, Sporting Arrows uses flu flu arrows to hit moving targets. The arrows heft allows for a powerful acceleration with a short flight to find the mark.

For the Younger Set Children as young as nine can enjoy these activities, with appropriate supervision child-sized equipment and special rates are available.

Saddle Up

Gather the gang for a horseback ride into the hills surrounding Koele, once the centre of ranching operations on the island, and explore the wooded valleys and trails of Lanais upland terrain. The wranglers can accommodate riders of all experience levels, including lessons. For the littlerkeiki,pony rides and cart rides with the minis are available. Pack a picnic and enjoy lunch in the pasture for a relaxing afternoon.

For the Younger Set Families can head up to the Lnai Ranch via resort shuttle or jeep and spend time with miniature horses, donkeys and goats while the wranglers talk story about Koele and thepaniolo(cowboy) culture on Lnai.

Learn Hawaiian Culture

Learn more about the rich variety of Hawaiian crafts and culture with Hooluana, a daily program of demonstrations and hands-on activities by theLove LnaiCultural Advisors, such askapala(stamps), hula and oli, ukulele playing, lei making, net weaving demonstrations and more.

For the Younger Set Favorite activities include coconut frond weaving, where kids can make fun pieces such as fish or another animal or private hula lessons where they practice fundamental steps and possibly learn choreography to a simple song.

Racquets and Clubs

Take advantage of complimentary demo racquets, balls and court shoes and book court time or join the pro for a class at theTennis Garden. Or, play a round onMnele Golf Coursewith Junior Golf after noon, one child plays free per paid adult. Complimentary rentals included for juniors (ages 17- under) as well as adults.

For the Family Kids of all ages will enjoy pickleball, a racquet sport gaining in popularity that combines elements of badminton, tennis and table tennis. Or enjoy Mini-Mnele, a six-hole, par-three course right on the practice facility for a complimentary and fun afternoon event.

The complimentaryKids For All Seasonsprogram encourages children to appreciate Lanais unique environment. They learn about petroglyphs, the spirit ofalohaand how the Hawaiian Islands formed. Reservations required.

*Complimentary and fee-based classes available.

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Let me start by saying I have never been one for lifting, or even HIIT. Yoga is my true love, and until I had the TRX bands, my mat was essentially the only workout gear I had. The beauty of the TRX bands is, whether you're a heavy-lifter, a yogi, or both, there are so many options when it comes to this equipment.

The setup is also a breeze. The HOME2 set comes with a simple door frame strap that allows you to hook the bands behind any closed door in a matter of seconds. And there's also a separate suspension strap that allows you to take your bands on the go. (Think wrapping them around a tree for a workout in the park!)

I keep mine on the back of my bedroom door, visually reminding me to use them anytime I wantwhich is great, considering I work from home. Not to mention they take up hardly any space at all, making them great for apartment-dwellers and home-owners alike.

Over the years of having my bands, I've figured out a quick routine that works from me using some of my favorite moves. (Planks and mountain climbers to work my core, squats and lunges for the lower body, and so, so many different arm workouts!)

Nowadays, I don't really need to watch videos for inspiration, but when you're getting started, TRX has a bunch of workout videos to learn from, plus videos from real TRX users are also a-plenty on YouTube, TikTok, etc.

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1. MUSIC, BEER

5th Annual DAStoberfest,

Abacoa Amphitheater

DAS Beer Garden welcomesSister Hazel, the Spin Doctors and hometown indie band Surfer Blood to this festival combininggreat music with fun Oktoberfest traditions includingstein-holding contests, German-style pub food and, of course, excellent beers.

The event is 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday.1260 University Blvd., Jupiter. Tickets start at $30. Information:dastoberfest.com

2. LISTEN, RELAX

Music at St. Paul's: Clarinet Quintet-athon,

St. Paul's Episcopal Church

This show will feature the incredibly talented Con Brio Quartet with Stojo Miserlioski on clarinet.

The performance is 3 p.m. Sunday. 188 S. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach. $20. Information:musicstpauls.org

3. HISPANIC HERITAGE MONTH KICK OFF

Art After Dark/Nuestra Cultura kickoff,

Norton Museum of Art

This edition of Art After Dark will feature a Spanish-language docent tour, an open studio inspired by Venezuelan artist Arturo Herrara and a concert with Cuban music group Cortadito.

The event kicks off at 5 p.m.Friday. 1450 S. Dixie Highway, West Palm Beach. Information:norton.org

4. Twilight Yoga at the Light,

Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum

Experience the serenity of Yoga with Mary Veal on the Lighthouse Deck at sunset every Monday. Stay fit and calm your mind in this all levels class. Beginners are welcomed and encouraged.

The session is 7 to 8 p.m. Monday. 500 Captain Armour's Way, Jupiter. $10. Information:.jupiterlighthouse.org

5. LISTEN UP

Panic! At the Disco "Viva Las Vengeance Tour 2022,"

FLA Live Arena

Get an earful of great songs including "Victorious," "High Hopes," "Don't Let the Light Go Out," and more. With special guests MARINAand Jake Wesley Rogers.

The show is 7 p.m. Tuesday. One Panther Way, Sunrise. See website for ticket prices. Information:flalivearena.com/events

6. GET ROCKIN'

Alice in Chains & Breaking Benjamin "American Tour 2022,"

iTHINK Financial Amphitheatre

Turn October into Rocktober with a heaping helpingof grunge with Alice in Chainsand post-grunge, hard-rocking alternative from Breaking Benjamin. Also featuring Bush.

The show is 5:30 p.m. Saturday. 601-7 Sansbury Way, West Palm Beach. See website for ticket prices. Information:westpalmbeachamphitheatre.com

7. MORE TO HEAR

"Legend at Arts" featuring 311 and Cypress Hill,

ArtsPark at Young Circle

Multi-platinum rock group 311 will join forces with legendary multi-platinum hip hop group Cypress Hill to kick off thisbrand-new music series at ArtsPark.

The show is 5 p.m. Oct. 7. One North Young Circle, Hollywood. Tickets start at $50. Information:legendsatarts.com

8. GO GREEN

Boca Raton Garden Club-General Meeting,

Boca Raton Community Center

This meet and greet will be for members and prospective members to learnabout the clubs many instructional, social and charitable activities planned for this year.

The event is 1 p.m. Tuesday.150 NW Crawford Blvd., Boca Raton. Free. Information:www.bocaratongardenclub.org; 561-395-9376.

Eddie Ritz is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Florida Network. You can reach him at eritz@pbpost.com. Help support our journalism. Subscribe today.

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Its time to celebrate, party, and gorge on delicious food and a lot of sweets as the Indian festive season is almost here. Navratri is right around the corner and will be followed by Dussehra, and finally Diwali. Festivals in India are full of excitement as they also mean new clothes, holidays, visiting friends and families, and mouth-watering delicacies to feast upon. But once the festive mood is over, the after-effects of all the sweets and savouries you happily indulged in, show up in the form of extra kilos. But what to do? The answer is Yoga. Practice yoga- asanas, pranayama, and meditation to keep yourself fit while trying every delicacy during the festivals. Here are a few Yoga asanas you could try

Suryanamaskar

Suryanamaskar or Sun Salutations has 8 asanas that are woven into a 12-step sequence. It helps in weight loss, strengthens muscles and joints, and improves the functioning of the digestive system. This asana will also help in improving your sleep.

Phalakasana

In Phalakasana, the body is held in a way that looks like a plank thin and long. The plank pose boosts metabolism and strengthens the core. You can cut down your festive weight gain with this pose as it reduces belly fat.

Naukasana

Naukasana or the boat pose is an excellent exercise to strengthen your core muscles. It also promotes fat burn. It helps in increasing blood flow and maintaining overall blood sugar levels.

Vajrasana

As you dig into high-calorie food, it is important to ensure that you are able to digest the food as well. Good digestion is crucial for weight control. After you have had a heavy meal, you can sit in Vajrasana (kneeling pose) to help with digestion.

Meditation

The high excitement of the festival can make you feel drained out or stressed. Take a breather by closing your eyes and meditating for a few minutes. Meditation will help you calm down and bring back your focus.

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Nietzsche exalted Russia as a dark, patient, durable power that promised a lot more than what he saw as the weak and decaying Europe. The ideas driving Putins war against Ukraine are a lot more Nietzschean, and European, than many like to admit, argues John Milbank.

In one of his last works, The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche declares Russia to be the only power that has durability in it, which can wait, which can still produce somethingthe antithesis of that pitiable European petty-state politics and nervousness, with which the foundation of the German Reich has entered its crucial phase. Earlier, in Beyond Good and Evil, Nietzsche had already made the same claim that only Russia possessed a real collective and institution-building will, whereas liberalism and democracy, which allow and celebrate passive weakness, were causing European institutions to disintegrate. These and other comments now seem prescient, demonstrating the Nietzschean roots of Putins ideology.

One of the things Nietzsche draws attention to is Russias different timescale, its patience that derives from a power to will that has been stored and accumulated for ages. He then suggests that a weakening of this power, which ultimately threatens Western Europe, would require more than just a defeat of Russia in India and complications in Asia. It would also need an atomisation of the [Russian] empire into many small bodies and above all the introduction of parliamentarian nonsense, including the compulsion for everyone to read his newspaper while eating his breakfast.

Today these observations immediately strike us as all too pertinent. We can no longer assume that the sovereign, independent and democratic nation-state is the end of history, or that empires of various sorts are bound to decline. If Russia looks like a lumbering and wounded monster, then, equally, the West seems to be facing acute cultural division and a decline in the effectiveness of its public sphere. Which is the more fatal decadence?

SUGGESTED READINGThe philosophers behind PutinBy PaulRobinson

As a European himself, Nietzsche certainly did not face the prospect of an ultimate Russian triumph with equanimity. But he thought that it could only be resisted if Europe itself moved from competing nation-state politics to become equally threatening by fusing into a single will which one has to mean an imperial will. It is in this sense that Nietzsche was indeed not a proto-Nazi, even if his prejudices operated at a more European level and demanded the emergence of something like a more spiritual, armed, and authoritarian European Union.

On the other hand, Nietzsche also viewed the rise of Russia with a certain exaltation and glee. From the beginning to the end of his philosophy, he argued that the real high-points of the European past -- Greece of the Tragic era, Imperial Rome, the Renaissance -- had involved a certain tempered infusion of what he regarded as the barbaric, orgiastic, and unremittingly stern and forceful elements of the Asiatic. From that perspective, Russia is not just a menace to Europe but offers it something that it needs if it is to revive. This something can be found in what Nietzsche found valuable in the novels of Dostoevsky and that was certainly not their Christian dimension.

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One of the things Nietzsche draws attention to is Russias different timescale, its patience that derives from a power to will that has been stored and accumulated for ages

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One can question, at least in part, the Orientalism involved here and the dark romantic tendency to fantasise about an East which would be the opposite of the Platonic and Christian: indifferent to good and evil, to historical time, particularity and personality. To a considerable degree, this is indeed a caricature. Yet the striking thing is the way in which the East itself has sometimes appropriated this image of itself: witness the popularity of Arthur Schopenhauer and Martin Heidegger in the East. But also of Nietzsche. In the case of Russia, he has enjoyed continuous popularity ever since the late 19th century. And surely his philosophy is a crucial ingredient in the Eurasianism of Lev Gumilyov and Alexander Dugin some of the thinkers said to represent Putins ideology. Not only did Nietzsche suggest an irreducible plurality of national values, such that their violent clash is inevitable, he also rooted those values in a natural linkage of race, soil, diet, and climate. And despite this materialism, he fused an anti-humanism from below with a post-humanism from above, hinting allegorically and inconsistently (especially in Thus Spake Zarathustra) at the work of ineffably local spiritual forces as incubating the emergent over-man.

SUGGESTED READINGNietzsche: your conscience is no saintBy ChristopherJanaway

These three things: a pluralist relativism of values, a supposedly materialist insistence on the determinism of race and geography, and an obscure invocation of transcendent ethnic spirit are precisely what tends to define the Eurasianist ideology. The Russian imperial fusion of diverse ethnicities is supposed to mediate between a European universalism and an Asiatic particularism.

Their continuity with Nietzsche is therefore clear. Above all they share with him a denial that our vital, erotic and domineering energies can be sublimated and re-directed towards the shaping of social harmony at a level that transcends our ethnic and national differences.

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As a European himself, Nietzsche certainly did not face the prospect of an ultimate Russian triumph with equanimity. But he thought that it could only be resisted if Europe itself moved from competing nation-state politics to become equally threatening

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From this perspective, the struggle against Putin and his ideological enablers is a struggle against the Eastern export of European fantasies and our most dangerously irresponsible refusal of our central legacy of faith in and partial, if fragile, achievement of a civilised status quo of harmony and peace. The ideas driving Russias war against Ukraine are more European than many would like to admit.

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Successive chief ministers of Kerala Pennirayi Vijayan, Ommenn Chandy, V S Acchuthanandan and

Saquib Salim

German philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche once wrote, All things are subject to interpretation. Whichever interpretation prevails at a given time is a function of power and not truth.

The popular perception around the recent crackdown on the Popular Front of India (PFI) by the National Investigation Agency (NIA,) and the subsequent ban on it again illustrates this philosophical position.

People given to an overload of social media narratives tend to believe that the NIA has acted under the influence of the ruling political party and the opposition including the left do not endorse are opposed the crackdown and ban. Nothing could be far from the truth than this one. The left parties, especially CPI(M), have been the first and the most vocal votaries of banning the PFI. Congress has also raised similar demands.

On 19 August 2010, M. B. Rajesh of CPI(M), who is a minister in the Kerala government, said in Lok Sabha, The Popular Front of India is an organization having close links with the international terror network. They are receiving huge amounts of money from abroad. They are getting money and coordinating their activities under the cover of NGOs and Human Rights movements. Only Central agencies like NIA or CBI can enquire into their international connections and foreign sources of funding.

The CPI(M) MPs demand didnt raise any eyebrows since it had been the stand of his party. In 2010 July, Kerala Chief Minister VS Achuthanandan (CPM) said: "They (PFI) want to turn Kerala into a Muslim-majority state in 20 years. They are using money and other inducements to convert people to Islam. They even marry women from outside their community to increase the Muslim population." Interestingly, this comment was later defended by the present CM of Kerala, Pinarayi Vijayan.

Back in time, in the CPI(M) led regime, in the Shahan Sha A vs State Of Kerala case of 2009, the Kerala Police told the High Court that activities of PFI were being funded by foreign agencies to forcibly convert people.

Clipping from Lok Sabha records of debate on PFI

The attitude of Congress was no different. In 2012, Oommen Chandy, of Congress-led Kerala Government banned PFIs Freedom Parade in different districts of Kerala. The Freedom Parade had been organized by PFI on 15 August since its inception. The government told the High Court that the decision was based on an intelligence report about the motives of this parade. In April 2013, Congress-led Kerala Government carried out multiple raids in the state on the alleged terrorist arms training center of PFI. At least 21 PFI members were charged with stringent UAPA for their alleged involvement in terrorist activities.

In 2018, the leftist government of Kerala demanded the Union Government of India ban PFI for its alleged terrorist links. In a meeting with PM Narendra Modi and the then HM Rajnath Singh, Kerala Police Chief, Lokanath Behera, gave a detailed presentation on the PFIs growth and activities in the State '', the Outlook reported. The Hindu reported, Kerala has pressed for a ban on the PFI and we are examining the case, said Mr. Rijiju, the Minister of State for Home Affairs.

The alleged terrorist links are being investigated by NIA but the perception that it was a politically motivated action does not seem plausible. In face of demands by almost all the major political players of the country and reports by the local police, NIA has taken years to examine and act upon the case. The courts have yet to decide on the fate of PFI but one thing is sure in the political arena, they are up against the whole universe. Left, Right, and Centre of Indian Politics were demanding action against PFI for a long.

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"There's the church. There's the steeple. Open it up, and look at all the people!"

The time-tested playful teaching tool, necessitating the use of both hands, is still used by people with small children.

Building upon the metaphor, the truth is there are fewer people to see nowadays.

It is to be readily admitted that religious faith and going to worship are different things.

A fair-minded reader will note at least a loose relationship between the two ideas, however.

In the course of my work at the Southeast Missourian, information about the current religious attitudes of people occasionally pops up and intrigues me.

Case in point: according to Australia Bureau of Statistics (ABS), much has changed in 20 years when it comes to publicly identifiable faith professions.

Two English-speaking nations, Australia and our own country, are offered for your examination.

In the Southern Hemispheric nation's 2021 Census, 38.9% of Aussies identified as having "no religion," up from 15.5% in 2001.

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Christianity still claims 43.9% of Australia's citizenry, with Roman Catholics accounting for 20% of that figure and Anglicanism (Episcopalianism in the U.S.) with just under 10%.

By any measure, and this writer makes no claim to the accuracy of ABS' statistics, the drop in identification by two-fifths of the populace with a specific religious group is staggering.

In the U.S., the respected Pew Research Center shows adherence to religious faith -- never mind the private practice of the same -- is following a similar arc, albeit with a stronger representation by self-identified Christians.

The following statement is found in a Sept. 13 article, "Modeling the Future of Religion in America," on Pew's website.

"Since the 1990s, large numbers of Americans have left Christianity to join the growing ranks of U.S. adults who describe their religious identity as atheist, agnostic or 'nothing in particular.' This accelerating trend is reshaping the U.S. religious landscape, leading many people to wonder what the future of religion in America might look like."

This columnist is occasionally asked to preach in the Cape Girardeau area -- not often, though, and what I'm requested to do is plenty enough.

I've noticed some things in those churches and yes, things have definitely changed, probably permanently.

The pandemic has driven, out of necessity, churches to stream worship services when it was deemed unhealthy, perhaps even potentially lethal, to gather in groups.

Even as the pandemic eased and people began returning to their houses of worship, some continued to stay home and have watched from the comfort of their homes. It's a permanent change, I reckon.

I know of an area congregation who did return to in-person worship that still does not sing hymns congregationally for fear of spreading of the COVID-19 virus. That's truly an abundance of caution but wise, given the age of its members.

The impact of the twin bombshells of COVID, now considered endemic and "low risk" in Cape Girardeau County, plus the explosion in congregational ability to reach members remotely via Zoom and other methods, has altered what Pew calls "the religious landscape."

I'm not ready to say the sky is falling, nor am I prepared to throw in the towel.

There is a church within walking distance of my home that is without a gainfully employed pastor, and it seems to be doing just fine despite COVID, despite streaming worship, et al.

Others, admittedly, have struggled; some have closed.

In my religious tradition, these words may be found in liturgy: "The church is of God and will be preserved to the end of time."

An oft-told story about philosopher Fredrich Nietzsche, which is probably urban legend, has it that the 19th century German once said, "The church is dead."

Knowing the resilience of church people, witnessed during my long tenure leading congregations, leads me to take an opposing view.

To wit: "Nietzsche is dead."

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If you ever plan to stay at Poonthottam Ayurvedasram in Kerala, be prepared for a unique cannabis experience for the first time in India and Asia!

Poonthottam is a Malayalam word, meaning a flower garden and this Ayurveda ashram is situated amid the green landscape of Kulakkad hill region in Kerala. However, this is not the only reason why the place is gaining popularity. The prime reason people are talking about this ashram is that it has become Asias first cannabis wellness retreat!

What to expect at the ashram?

When here, be ready for some cannabis-infused Ayurvedic treatments and food. There are guided yoga and mindfulness sessions along with tantric psychology and not to forget some cannabis counselling sessions too.

What is AyurCann?

The retreat serves cannabis infused food which is approved by Ayurvedic experts at the resort. The food here is prepared using hemp seeds, oil and powder, such as salad dressing, in vegetable stir-fries, and while steaming idlis. In addition to this, there are hemp toiletries too.

Location

This 28-room Ayurvedic ashram is around a three-hour drive from Kochi airport.

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The Aurangabad Bench of Bombay High Court recently directed the state government to extend the pay scale of watchmen in government Ashram Schools to temporary watchmen in private aided Ashram Schools, relying on the principle of equal pay for equal work.

"Considering the sound exposition of law on principle of equal pay for equal work to temporary employees in Jagjit Singh (supra), we have no hesitation in holding that the petitioners are required to be granted minimum pay in the pay scale admissible for the post of Watchmen/Security Guards/Multi-Tasking Staff engaged in the Government Ashram Schools", the court held.

A division bench of Justices Mangesh S. Patil and Sandeep V. Marne was dealing with a writ petition filed by watchmen of private aided Ashram Schools demanding equal pay as that of watchmen in government Ashram Schools.

Petitioner no. 1 is a union of teaching and non-teaching staff in Ashram Schools of the Tribal Development Department. The rest of the petitioners are security guards in various private aided Ashram Schools. The post of Watchmen/Security Guards for aided private Ashram Schools had a monthly honorarium of 3200/-, which was subsequently increased to 5000/-.

A Government Resolution dated December 12 2019, prescribed a pay band of 15000 47600 Rs for watchmen of government Ashram Schools. The petitioners approached the court demanding equal pay as the watchmen in government Ashram Schools.

Advocate A. D. Pawar for the petitioners invoked the principle of equal pay for equal work and submitted that the petitioners perform the same duties as the security guards posted in the government ashram schools. The eligibility criteria for both posts is also the same.

Assistant Government Pleader A. S. Shinde for the state contended that the petitioners knew and accepted the terms and conditions of the appointments. They cannot now demand regular pay scales. The posts are temporary; hence regular pay scales cannot be given.

The court examined various judgements on equal pay for equal work to temporary employees. The Apex Court in State of Punjab v. Jagjit Singh has held that in a welfare state, an employee cannot be paid less than another who performs the same duties.

The court observed that the state government has clearly discriminated watchmen in aided private Ashram Schools compared to those in government Ashram Schools. While it is true that the posts were conditional on payment of monthly consolidated honorarium, the question is whether the state government was justified in doing this in the first place.

The court said that it doesn't matter whether the post is temporary or permanent as the watchmen are performing the same duties. The state government is obliged to extend the same pay scales to temporary employees on par with regular employees.

The principle that teachers in aided private schools cannot be discriminated compared to their counterparts in Government schools applies in case of Watchmen also, the court said.

The Court further observed that in the present case issue is not about equation of pay scales of two different posts. It is about the extension of pay scales to temporary employees being paid honorarium in the light of the law laid down in Jagjit Singh.

The court held that the petitioners are required to be granted minimum pay in the pay scale admissible for the post of Watchmen/security guards/multitasking staff engaged in the government ashram schools.

Case no. Writ Petition No. 4300 of 2021

Case title Swabhimani Shikshak Va Shikshaketar Sanghatana Maharashtra Rajya v. State of Maharashtra and Ors.

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Mysore/Mysuru: Avadhoota Datta Peetham Seer Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Swamiji said that we should remember the contributions made by great personalities of Mysuru such as H.C. Dasappa and Sahukar Chennaiah, as this will help inspire the people to follow their ideals and principles.

He was speaking after releasing journalist -author S. Prakash Babus book titled Mysuru Gandhi H.C. Dasappa and King Maker Sahukar Chennaiah at a programme organised under the joint aegis of District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and H.C. Dasaappa Vichara Samsthe at the Ashram on Nanjangud road here on Thursday.

Noting that it is the responsibility of everyone to remember our elders, Sri Swamiji regretted that our younger generation has been failing to do so citing lack of time in this era of mechanical life. He opined that we should take time to remember our elders. H.C.Dasappa, a well-known freedom fighter and Sahukar Chennaiah were two great personalities who are a source of inspiration for the younger generation, he added.

Recalling his association with Sahukar Chennaiah, Swamiji remembered an instance when his car had broken down near Mandya while he was on way to Bengaluru decades ago. Sahukar Chennaiah happened to pass by on the road and came to his help by getting water for filling the cars radiator.

Sahukar Chennaiah asked me whether I was Ganapathy Swamiji. When I said yes, he offered me a big site at Nazarbad as donation. Though I declined the site, Chennaiah simply transferred the site to my name, saying that I can give it to anyone I wanted. Later, the Ganapathy Ashram was established on Nanjangud road, when the Nazarbad site, which was donated by Chennaiah, was sold for a good price at that time. Since then, Ganapathy Ashram has been hosting programmes under his name. At one point of time, I told Chennaiah that I was leaving for Andhra, when he advised me to stay put in Mysuru and I have done so, the Seer recounted adding that he still remembers seeing the children of freedom fighter H.C. Dasappa once.

Veteran litterateur Dr. C.P. Krishnakumar (CPK), who is also the Asthana Vidwan of Ganapathy Ashram, said that the book author Prakash Babu has explained in detail the life and times of Dasappa and the generosity of Sahukar Chennaiah.

Pointing out that the book highlights Mahatma Gandhi calling Dasappa, whom he knew, as an honest and humble person, he said that the book also sheds light on the lesser known fact that Dasappa was one among the few who got an opportunity to offer Gangajal to Gandhiji during his last moments.

The book also makes a detailed mention of the life of Dasappas wife Yashodhara Dasappa, who was the first woman Cabinet Minister of Karnataka, CPK added.

Former Karnataka Sanskrit University Vice-Chancellor Dr. Padma Shekar too spoke.

Former MLC D. Madegowda, Vidyavardhaka Educational Institutions Secretary and former Mayor P. Vishwanath, H.C. Dasappa Vichara Samsthe Secretary Saroja Tulasidas, District Kannada Sahitya Parishat President Maddikere Gopal, Secretary Latha Mohan, former President M. Chandrashekar, author Prakash Babu, senior theatre personality Rajashekar Kadamba and others were present.

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Inspiration can be drawn by remembering great personalities: Seer - Star of Mysore