Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation The nature of the divine is such, if your presence is not there, its presence also will not be there. Grace is very sensitive to your presence. It is subtle. Unless you are alert, it won’t come. This is why most people miss it, because they are…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In Hindu thought, Vayu, Marut, Vata and Prana represent different ways in which breeze as well as breath were imagined. Vayu is the oldest and most cosmic of the wind gods. In the Rig Veda, he is a swift-moving deity who rides across the skies, often…
Incident-free Jumboo Savari Mysuru: With preparations for the Mysuru Dasara gaining momentum, the Mahouts and Kavadis accompanying the elephant contingent have turned to their traditional forest deities, seeking blessings for a smooth and trouble-free Jumboo Savari. The prayers come at a time when the Forest Department is carefully preparing for the selection of the next…
By Prof. K.C. Belliappa When we speak of Standard English, the technical phrase that comes to one’s mind is R.P., or Received Pronunciation. This term is credited to Daniel Jones and it refers to the standard accent of Standard English in Great Britain. R.P. is defined in the Concise Oxford Dictionary as the “standard accent…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana The tradition of doll worship is widespread in the old Mysore region, that is, the erstwhile Princely State of Mysore. Several communities continue to proudly display, worship and celebrate the doll festival (Bombe Habba) which is a part of the annual ritual associated with Navaratri (Dasara). The dolls…
By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD As we sometimes do, from time to time, to kickstart lazy weekends, which we both love very much, yesterday morning, my wife Shabana and I, decided to go out for brunch, to Arterra, the newly opened café inside the Jagannatha Centre for Art & Culture (JCAC), located in Vijayanagar…
The recent debate over the ‘creamy layer’ within Scheduled Castes (SC) and Scheduled Tribes (ST), coupled with allegations of caste discrimination at IIT Bombay, has once again thrust caste into the national spotlight. But it has also exposed one of India’s biggest myths that caste is the exclusive burden of Hindu religion. For decades, Left-leaning intellectuals,…
Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Q: Was it correct for Krishna never to look back at the Gopis, after he left Vrindavan? Sadhguru: Oh, the Gopi is concerned? [Laughter] At a certain point, after his experience of the reminder of who he is, his life just flipped over into a completely different…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist On the outer walls of the Chennakeshava temple in Belur, built by the Hoysala kings in the 12th century, stands a woman holding betel leaves. But the tambula or betel appears nowhere in the Vedic Samhitas, the Ramayana or the Mahabharata. It was not part of…
Tribute to an enduring beacon of truth… By Prof. G.L. Shekar Today, September 24, marks the first death anniversary of noted novelist Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa. However, the silence in his study feels heavier than ever. Having spent more than four decades walking in the shadow of this literary giant and serving as the Honorary Secretary…
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