The Shishir Kumar Website

May 27, 2011

An 18-year-old girl has set her sights on the Limca Book of Records after training her mind to recollect hundreds of mobile numbers. Akshatha Swaroopa told Bangalore Mirror, “It takes about 10 seconds to grasp a number. I register these numbers in my mind forever. In a span of 3-4 hours, I can memorise as many as 200 numbers. I was able to develop this...

Mar 8, 2011

  In the hope of bringing the once common house sparrow back to Bengaluru, Burhani Foundation (India) distributed 500 bird feeders at the Burhani Masjid in Gottigere, off Bannerghatta Road on 6th March. Across the country, fifty-two thousand bird feeders were distributed as a part of centenary celebrations of the birth of Dr. Syedna Mohammed Burhanuddin,...

Feb 11, 2011

The wait is over! POGO announced today the seven talented and victorious winners of India’s prestigious kids’ television awards – POGO Amazing Kids Awards. A POGO original production, the awards uphold POGO’s seven year-long tradition of discovering and recognising young talent across a multitude of categories that include Music,...

Feb 4, 2011

Its always said that the Best time to experience the tranquility of Nandi Hills is sometime between July & September. Thereof logically thinking, December-January-February will be the worst of the months to visit this place. Having been through the Best & Worst of the months, I can conclude there is nothing such thing as Best & Worst about the Mother...

Nov 30, 2010

Tornadoes – the Motor Cycle Display team of the Army Service Corps (ASC) on Sunday broke two world records by being the only team in the world to achieve a distance of 1,100 metres with 54 persons on a single moving 500 CC Enfield motorcycle by covering a distance of 925 metres. The team smashed the record set by the Corps of Military Police team which...

Dec 26, 2009

Its always said that Best of the Season to visit Skandagiri is between months of July & September. Thereof logically thinking, December-January will be the worst of the months to visit this place. Having been through the Best & Worst of the months, I can conclude there is nothing such thing as Best & Worst about the Mother Nature. Every part on...

Sep 30, 2009

Coorg is proudly located at a distance of about 260Kms from Bangalore in South-West direction ie ahead of Mysore and closer to the Kerala border. Before starting for Coorg, one should be aware of the fact that COORG & MADIKERI are SAME place and names are often interchanged. For people who object this blunt fact, Coorg(Kodagu) is the region/district and...

Skandagiri is a hill, located off Bellary Road (NH-7 Hyderabad-Bangalore Highway), and is very close to Nandi Hills and Chikkaballapura. The peak is every adventurer’s paradise with beautiful night trek, altitude camping, stunning sunrise, and serene and swimming clouds that sometimes limits visibility to just a few meters. The village is called Kandavara...