MYSORE: A Christian cemetery was defiled at Belawatha village on the outskirts of Mysore city and the Cross and a statue of Jesus Christ were desecrated in the early hours of Thursday.  read more »

Benjamin Lewis Rice was born in Bangalore in July 1837 to academically inclined missionary parents. Benjamin Holt Rice, Lewis Rice’s father, came to India in 1837 and took just seven months to master Kannada, going on to even write books in the language.
When the school he was associated with found it difficult to procure good textbooks, Rev. Rice went ahead and wrote them, including books on arithmetic, geography, history and the Bible.  read more »