600-700 rooms to be added in the next three years Mysuru: Following the acquisition of Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel in city by the Indian Hotels Company Limited (IHCL), which operates the Taj brand, the city is poised for a significant expansion in its hospitality sector. According to industry sources, Mysuru is expected to add between…
Fleeting Thoughts By Prof. K.C. Belliappa It was April 1965. After my SSLC examination, I went to my uncle’s place for my vacation. He was M.M. Devaiah, working as Manager at Gangegiri Estate, part of Sangameswar Group of Estates in Chikamagalur District. It is here that I heard of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) for…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana This painting (water colour on paper) of the 1905 Dasara Durbar of H.H. Krishnaraja Wadiyar Bahadur IV (KRW) has been brilliantly captured by the celebrated artist Raja Ravi Varma depicting the grandeur of the Mysore court during such ceremonial celebrations. As the main Palace was still under construction,…
India’s officialdom has a curious talent. It never solves problems. It merely fixes symptoms. Every few months, footpaths are cleared, flex boards are removed and illegal vendors are evicted. A few weeks later, everyone is back. Our Governments perform what doctors would call ‘symptomatic treatment.’ They prescribe painkillers instead of curing the disease. Which is…
Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation The human physiology goes through a cycle called a mandala, approximately every 40 to 48 days. In this cycle, three specific days arise when the body does not demand food. The days may be different from person to person and need not come with equal spacing. If…
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The goddess we call Saraswati today begins as Vagdevi, the Goddess of Speech, identified primarily with the Vedic deity Vac. Her earliest stories foreground the immense power and sometimes the deceptive nature, of the spoken word. These are found in ritual Vedic texts known as the Brahmanas….
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There is a peculiar arrangement in my neighbour’s home that everyone there calls dog ownership. They believe they own a dog. The dog, a portly fellow named Bruno, believes something quite different and on the evidence, I would say the dog is the better judge. Bruno arrived as a small bundle…
By Sujata Rajpal My name is Sujata and there is no ‘h’ in my name.” That’s how I introduced myself when, twenty-five years ago, I made Mysuru my home. Landing straight from a pakka Punjabi North Indian household into Mysuru, a city deeply immersed in South Indian ethos, was a cultural shock. I noticed that…
from a Princely State By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana From Left: 1. Unidentified lady, 2. H.H. Yuvarani Kempucheluvajammanni (23.6.1893 to 30.12.1970), wife of H.H. Yuvaraja Kanteerava Narasimharaja Wadiyar, 3. H.H. Maharani Pratapa Kumari (16.4.1888 to 12.3.1956), wife of H.H. Maharaja Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV, 4. Unidentified lady, 5. H.H. Maharani Srimanth Chimna Bai II…
By Ashvini Ranjan Age is just a number’, a phrase I had often heard but understood only much later in life. And funnily, the lesson came to me from two unexpected corners: One, from a former domestic helper named Chenna and the other from the sky, quite literally and no jokes! Back in the 1950s,…
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