Capt. G.R. Gopinath, soldier, farmer, columnist, author and entrepreneur, will inaugurate the 4th Mysuru Literary Fest-2023 organised by Mysore Literary Association (MLA) at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall in city on Sunday (Jan. 22) at 10 am. Association President Prof. K.C. Belliappa, who is also the former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh,…
Abhiyenthararu – A Theatre for Engineers is celebrating 30th anniversary during 2023. To mark the celebration, Abhiyenthararu, in association with the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, has organised National Theatre Festival from Jan. 18 to 22 at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises here, according to Abhiyenthararu President H.S. Suresh Babu. The Theatre Fest will be…
Title : “Partitioned Freedom” Author : Ram Madhav Year : 2022 Pages : 246 Price : Rs. 500 Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Independence struggle has been substantially dissected, deliberated and detailed during the past 75 years. However, the dogmatic distortions in its narration have only increased the hunger for unravelling the…
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Kings across East Asia, whether it’s China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia consider the lion as the symbol of kings. In front of Chinese Palaces, there is the male and female lion, the male holding under his paw a globe representing the world while the female holds a…
Mysuru: A Look at its Past… By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Not only the Maharajas and the benevolent ones, but even a Dewan also built an Agrahara in Mysore during the days of the Wadiyars. We have streets and roads built by the Dewans or named after them. But no Dewan has built an Agrahara…
Carbohydrates, the essential macronutrients, are part of our daily diet. All forms, whether simple or complex break down into glucose (aka blood sugar) before being assimilated in to our body. As is well-known their excessive presence in the blood is the cause for many ailments. More often than not it is a challenging task to…
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Today, anyone can go to a school or an institute, where a set of subjects are taught by experts who follow a fixed time-table, an approved curriculum, a standardised method of teaching and evaluation. That was not the case before. In the old Indian model, your caste…
Title: Raja Kalavida Ravivarma Author: Dr. Geetha Seetharam Price: Rs. 200 Publisher: Panchajanya Publications, Bengaluru For any average Hindu household, Ravi Varma paintings were not anything unusual. One would have grown up with the paintings of Lakshmi, Saraswati, Yashoda Krishna, Muruga and visualised these Gods just as seen in the photos bedecking the high walls….
LOOKING BACK…By Girija Madhavan Story-telling is a treasured bond, knitting the family together; familiarity and repetition being the key to success here. A friend’s grandson often asks her to tell him the Kannada story of Punyakoti, the cow that kept her word to the tiger and went back ready to be killed. Small children love…
The story of Rishyasringa Muni is found in the Ramayana. Dashratha had three wives, but no children. So, he called a sage to perform the ritual that would get him children. The rishi selected was Rishyasringa Muni. In Odia miniature paintings, Rishyasringa is depicted as having two horns. His father Vibhandaka was a rishi. Vibhandaka…
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