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…
67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan Music Concerts in Mysuru Prasar Bharati and Ministry of Culture came together with the Director General, Akashvani, to present 67th Akashvani Sangeet Sammelan at city’s Ganabharathi auditorium on the 23rd of this month. The evening featured two concerts — a mridanga concert ‘Mridanga Taranga’ by city’s well-known mridangist H.L. Shivashankar Swamy…
By K.G. Mathew, Principal, Excel Public School, Mysuru [email protected] We are witnessing a growing number of troubling reports involving children and adolescents across the country, incidents of aggression, addictive behaviours, emotional distress and even self-harm. As parents, educators and members of society, it is natural to ask why these behaviours are rising and where we…
To confer ‘Sangeetha Vidya Nidhi’ on Dr. T.S. Sathyavathi and ‘Sangeetha Seva Nidhi’ on S. Ramaprasad Sangeetha Sabhas play a vital role in nurturing music and musicians, serving as key institutions that uphold the cultural essence of society. Established in 1983 by Jagadguru Dr. Sri Shivarathri Rajendra Mahaswamiji, JSS Sangeetha Sabha stands as a distinguished…
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