Directorate of Epigraphy in Hebbal to digitise 75,000 rare inscriptions under BharatSHRI Inscriptions of various kinds are vital sources for the creation and study of history. The Directorate of Epigraphy of the Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) at Hebbal Second Stage in Mysuru houses a vast repository of estampages — inked impressions of inscriptions —…
Public health needs ecology, not erasure
January 7, 2026By Maneka Sanjay Gandhi There is a tale that too many of us have forgotten, a sombre reminder that cities are not machines, but are living, breathing ecosystems where every species, every action, every choice has a ripple effect. That tale is of what happened in Surat in 1994 — the plague scare, a moment…
Play ‘Two Fathers’ juxtapositions two greats of human history
January 6, 2026A play titled ‘Two Fathers,’ written by Sundar Sarukai and directed by Badri Narayan, was staged by Kalasuruchi as an inaugural play of the first edition of 3-day Mysuru English Theatre Festival, organised by Mysuru English Theatre Forum, at Jagannatha Centre for Art & Culture in Vijayanagar on Jan. 12. The play was based on…
Empowering the Nation
January 2, 2026By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation A nation isn’t its land and buildings — it is its people. If we, as a nation, have to rise and become empowered, the first thing we need to do is to empower the people. Empowerment is not amassing of material wealth or technology. It is an entirely inner…
The two faces of Varuna
January 1, 2026By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Varuna is one of the most ancient gods of the Vedic pantheon. In the Rig Veda, he is majestic, distant and terrifying. He sits above the world, ruler of the sky and the ocean, guardian of the cosmic law called rta. He sees everything. Nothing escapes…
Lions Mysore West to aid kids undergoing cancer treatment
December 31, 2025The Lions Club of Mysore West (LCMW), one of Mysuru’s most respected community service organisations with over 44 years of sustained service, has launched Project CARE, a focused initiative aimed at improving comfort, continuity and dignity in cancer treatment for children. In India, nearly 36,000 children are diagnosed with cancer each year, yet childhood cancer…
The recipe for a happy marriage 5 ingredients
December 26, 2025By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation 1. Take Two “Heartfuls” of Love The English expression, “Falling in love,” is significant because you don’t rise in love, you don’t fly in love, you don’t walk in love, you don’t stand in love. You fall in love, because something of who you are has to go. It…
Virgin Mary in Vailankanni
December 25, 2025By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist She is the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus Christ and she is draped in sari. Thousands of devotees throng her shrine at Vailankanni in Tamil Nadu, deemed basilica by the Roman Catholic Church in 1962. They bow to her, stretch out their hands to her, lie…
Mysuru Bishop’s X-mas Message
December 24, 2025When Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the angels sang: “Glory to God on high, and peace to all on earth.” What is the glory of God that this helpless infant in the poverty and misery of a cowshed reveals? It is the glory that shines through this magical event of God of heaven and earth…
How to turn loneliness into bliss
December 19, 2025By 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…















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