By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD Good things are said to be happening when things move from bad to good, which is very good. But when the reverse happens, to what was once a beautiful and well-groomed city, one cannot help feeling sad over the sorry transformation. This is exactly the way things are going…
Congress Opens a…
September 19, 2026Linguistic Pandora’s Box? IN BLACK AND WHITE BY VIKRAM MUTHANNA The Karnataka Cabinet’s decision to recognise Tulu as the State’s second additional administrative language has understandably been welcomed across coastal Karnataka. While celebrations continue in Mangaluru, a quieter conversation has begun in the corridors of Vidhana Soudha, which is: Has the Government inadvertently opened a linguistic…
Kalemane Utsava
September 19, 2026Mysuru: The Kumar Performing Arts Centre (KPAC), Mysuru, has organised the 77th International Nirantara Kalemane Utsava at its Kalemane Sabhaangana in Hebbal on Sept. 20 at 3 pm. Journalist A.R. Raghuram will be the chief guest. The Festival features Bharatanatyam dance presentation by the students of Guru Vidu. Sunitha Sukumaran, Artistic Director, Sri Krishna Kalalaya,…
Dance and lecture programme this evening
September 19, 2026Mysuru: As part of Chaturmasya of Sri Vidyavallabha Teertha Sripadaru, Vidu. Trupti Anish will present a dance programme titled ‘Naatyarpanam’ and orator Ravindra Joshi will deliver a talk on the topic ‘Prachalita Bharata’ at Sri Krishnadhama in Saraswathipuram at 7 pm today (Sept. 19). The programmes have been organised under the aegis of Sri Krishna…
Suttur Seer inaugurates Memorial Concert
September 19, 2026Suttur Seer Sri Shivarathri Deshikendra Swamiji inaugurated the music concert organised by Sri Krishna Gana Sabha and Karnataka Ursu Mahamandali Charitable Trust in memory of Kappadi and Malavalli Mutt Seer late Sirdar M.L. Raje Urs at Alwar Kala Bhavan in Gokulam on Sept. 12. Others seen are Trust Vice-President J.P. Urs, Sabha Secretary Dr. Bharathi…
Vid. T.M. Krishna performs at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal
September 19, 2026Vid. T.M. Krishna presenting a vocal concert at 8th Cross Ganesha Pandal, V.V. Mohalla, last evening as part of the ongoing 65th Heritage Music Festival organised by Sri Prasanna Vidya Ganapathi Mahotsava Charitable Trust (SPVGMC Trust). He is accompanied by Vid. Trivandrum Sampath on violin, Vid. B. Sivaraman on mridanga and Vid. Guruprasad on ghata.
Veena concert at Mysore Vasudevacharya’s house
September 19, 2026Mysuru: Vidu. Shailaja Srinath, a passionate artiste from Bengaluru, will be presenting a veena concert at the residence of Mysore Vasudevacharya in city tomorrow (Sept. 20). She is being accompanied by Vid. M.R. Manjunath on mridanga, Vid. K.S. Prasanna on ghata and Vid. M.J. Kiran Kumar on khanjira. Vid. R. Raveendra will provide the Tambura…
The Hungry Scholar
September 18, 2026Mystic’s Musings By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation The king of Yakshas was Kubera. The word ‘kubera’ literally means ‘richness’ in this country. Though he was slightly deformed in his body, Kubera made up for it by wearing extra jewels and kilos of gold and diamonds all over himself. And he wanted to do something…
Why does Arjuna overshadow Bhima in Epics?
September 17, 2026By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist On television, Arjuna is presented as the true hero of the Mahabharata: masculine, entitled, radiant, unmatched with the bow, chosen to receive the Bhagavad Gita from Krishna himself. He eclipses his elder brother Bhima so completely that few remember it is Bhima, not Arjuna, who kills…
Justice at the Junction
September 15, 2026Fleeting Thoughts By Ashvini Ranjan By definition, the term “gridlock” refers to a severe traffic jam where an entire network of intersecting roads grinds to an absolute standstill. Unlike standard heavy traffic, where vehicles move however slowly, gridlock brings total motionlessness because cars and other vehicles physically block one another’s paths. To this, add a…













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