By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: People must decide whether freedom or bondage is the highest value in their life. The problem is that for most people, if they are free, they feel lost. For example, if they were in the empty space of the mountains with no one around them, they wouldn’t feel…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In India, salt is not just a mineral. It is a magical substance that not only enhances the taste of food but also protects the body from ‘nazar’ or evil eye. Indians speak of two types of salt: one from the mountains and the other from…
SaReGaMa… the hum of music emanating from a Kuteera (cottage) nestled amid pristine environs, reminds of Gurukula, that was in vogue during princely days. The setting is back, with Karnataka State Gangubai Hangal Music and Performing Arts University, recreating the ambience, in the outskirts, at Nadanahali near Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel Nagar, on Mysuru- T. Narasipur…
The five-day Niranthara Ranga Utsava, organised by Niranthara Foundation, Mysuru, will be held at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises from Dec. 17 to 21. Dec. 17 (6.15 pm): Poet & Thinker S.G. Siddaramaiah will inaugurate the Fest. Senior theatre person Rameshwari Verma and Prasad Kundur of Niranthara will be present. Dec. 18 (6.15 pm): Poet…
On Dec. 3, which was the second day of the 30th JSS Music Conference held at Navajyoti Sabhangana, Saraswathipuram, Ramakrishnan Murthy from Chennai delivered an evening that balanced tradition with thoughtful invention. His voice, warm, steady and unforced-acted as the thought-line: never showy, always musical. He chose repertoire that showcased both lyrical depth and improvisational…
Mysuru witnessed an extraordinary moment when Karnataka Kalathilaka Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, along with Gayana Gandharva Dr. R.S. Nandakumar, Natyacharya Vid. R. Kannan, Guru K. Sandesh Bhargav and guest of honour Natyacharya Prof. K. Ramamurthy Rao, rose in standing ovation applauding the exceptional mother-daughters trio — Dr. K. Poornima (Mother), Dr. Prarthana Y. Gowda and Vandana…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: You have no first-hand experience of death; you never met a dead person; nor did you at anytime see a dead person, you only saw dead bodies; you never met somebody who died and came back and who told you about their death. So you have not heard…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Vidur-niti is a set of about 600 verses, split into eight chapters, found in the Udyoga Parva of the Hindu epic, Mahabharata. It is counsel of Vidur to King Dhritarashtra, whose sons, the Kauravas are in the midst of negotiations with their cousins the Pandavas to…
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Q: I see it happening all around us that as we grow older, depression becomes a natural emotion within all of us and takes a toll on human beings. How do we adjust to this situation which is inevitable and happening all the time? Sadhguru: Once you declare that…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Sanskrit, the word for human is manava. It comes from manasa, the ability to imagine, that only humans have. From this word comes Manu, a mythological character. Most people assume that Manu is simply the stern lawgiver of the Manusmriti, son of Brahma, entrusted with…
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