By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Let me tell you something brutally honest — because that’s my thing and also my curse — being authentic in today’s world is like showing up to a masquerade ball with your actual face. Everyone else is gliding around with their glittering masks, smiling sweetly while mentally calculating how much social…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana An undated group photograph shot at an unidentified location. Seated on the left is Col. Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur (1872-1949) of Kapurthala who was the last ruling Maharaja (r. 1877 to 1949) of the princely State. He was an elegant globe-trotting aesthete and an ardent Francophile….
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said, “The other is hell.” He said many stupid things all his life, but this was one devastating statement he made. Unless you are in yoga — yoga means everything has become one in you — unless you are like that, suffering is…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One of the unique features of Hindu temple traditions is the stories of the resident god quarrelling with the resident goddess. These take the form of a domestic spat and through the storytelling and rituals that enact this quarrel, audiences are drawn into the lives of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I drove a reasonably sensible car. I followed lane discipline, stopped at red lights and always used indicators at turns. This made me a minority community on Mysuru roads. Not a protected one, unfortunately. Every morning, I navigated the seven kilometres from home to office. It took between thirty minutes and…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana The upanayana (thread ceremony) of Prince Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was performed on Friday, 23 May 1930 at Kalyana Mantapa of the Palace. In this photograph, the young Prince is seated at the centre holding a twig of palasha tree, facing the square homa-kunda. Notice the kankana tied on his…
Dr. B.S. Shylaja, former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, says Mysuru Planetarium will make astronomy more accessible Dr. B.S. Shylaja, a distinguished astronomer, Visiting Scientist and former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, was in Mysuru recently to deliver special lectures titled ‘Spectroscopy — A Tool to Understand the Inaccessible’ at the Physics Department…
Sadhguru tells the story of the boy Vemana who became a great saint through his single-pointed persistence By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru tells the story of a young boy called Vemana who became a great saint through his single-pointed persistence, illustrating the meaning of Adi Shankara’s words: “Nishchalatattve jeevanmukti.” Sadhguru: There was a…
By R. Raja Chandra This refers to a series of articles in Star of Mysore by your popular columnist Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem (Over A Cup of Evening Tea) on statues dotting our heritage city. Initially, I wanted to write a riposte to his illuminating story titled “A Mysore Queen’s Magic Touch!” in SOM dated…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Gauri is Mrs. Shiva. Lakshmi is Mrs. Vishnu. Sita is Mrs. Ram. But Radha is not Mrs. Krishna. Everyone knows that. We just do not openly talk about it. Thus, Hindu mythology makes us realise that relationships cannot be standardised. Life is complicated and we are…
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