Museum for Mysore-style Painting opens tomorrow In 1966, D. Ram Singh (DRS) began manufacturing handicrafts in a small scale unit — Brilliant Industries. In 1970, he opened a handicrafts retail outlet in front of Mysuru Zoo, thus was born ‘Handicrafts Sales Emporium’. The year 1995 marked the silver jubilee of Handicrafts Sales Emporium. On the…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Thespian Dr. Rajkumar once described P.B. Sreenivas (PBS) as his shaareera (voice) while he himself was a mere shareera (body), summing up how some of the best-known films of the matinee idol are unthinkable without the legendary singer lending his voice. PBS ruled the Kannada film industry for over two decades…
There are phases in our lives when we go through hard times with friends and relationships too. All of a sudden if you face a situation where in the best friends are not the same with you anymore and your relationship with your loved ones has gone bad, it’s time to look around your place…
Mysore Airport at Mandakalli is well-known for the speedy pace of developmental activities. Even passengers showed interest and enthusiasm to travel from this tourist city to various destinations — Hyderabad, Chennai, Bengaluru, Goa, Cochin and Belagavi. Passenger flow ensured over 80 percent to 85 percent average flight occupancy all through on season and off season,…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Tyagaraja Aradhana is held every year on the anniversary of the day the great saint achieved Samadhi in 1847, that is, on the Pushya Bahula Panchami day. Bangalore Nagarathnamma, an ardent devotee of Tyagaraja, considering that she owed her considerable wealth to the grace of Tyagaraja, dedicated her life’s earnings to…
By Nandini Srinivasan For the men seated in the Bhoomigeeta theatre at Rangayana on Sunday evening, at the ‘Sangeet Bari’ show, held as part of Bahuroopi-2020 National Theatre Festival, it was a delectable evening indeed! While the young whistled and hooted, the old twitched, turned, blushed, smiled and gasped as the warm memories of their…
By S.B.S. Surendran Understanding the metaphysical science of Feng shui is quite simple and implementing some of the basic recommendations are logical and practical too. The metaphysical science can be adapted for all aspects of daily life and human aspirations. Feng shui principles can aid ion improving determination, confidence and this in turn helps in…
Technology has cast a spell over everything under the sun and beyond. Music is no exception. From monophony to polyphony, it has spread its wings wider with intervention of technology. Meet Mysuru’s M.G. Ravishankar, who was a guitar student before the advent of mobile phones, a Recording Artiste when Madras was the only Centre for…
By B. C. Thimmaiah Not many Government Officers holding high positions are ready to swap his or her work at the desk for muddy boots. But Mysuru has a Deputy Commissioner Abhiram G. Sankar, who dons many roles apart from being the head of the District. He is a nature-lover, an avid birder, photographer and…
By Gouri Satya, Sr.Journalist As a few other subjects drew my attention, I could not continue to write about the past history of Mysore for the last few weeks. My earlier articles on the old city of Mysore published in these columns, in particular on Agraharas and Keris, received overwhelming response. Readers posted hundreds of…
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