By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Dr. N.M. Srinivas, a very senior doctor and a Radiologist of our city, breathed his last in Mysuru on 13th September. Nandipura Mallegowda Srinivas was born to a wealthy coffee planter Mallegowda and Seethamma in 1938 at Mudigere in Chikmagalur District. His father had a large family of five sons…
By Bharathi Ghanashyam, Sr. Freelance Journalist As a child and a teenager, I often clandestinely tuned in to All India Radio (AIR) when I was supposed to be studying. When the announcer said “Yeh Akashvani hai”, it was so exciting because it meant that my favourite songs would follow. At home, I often overheard family…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Harappan civilisation thrived in the Indus Valley 4,500 years ago, roughly around the time the pyramids were being built in Egypt. It is famous for its grid-like cities. Here, we find a seal of a man sitting in a yogic position, surrounded by wild animals….
By Girija Madhavan Houses have personalities. Repositories of the memories, life experiences, even dreams of those who lived in them, they acquire an aura of their own. The building next to my family home in Yadavagiri, Mysuru, was one such. From a wrought iron gate at road level, steep steps led up to a L-shaped…
One of the most common practices to ensure absorption of bad energy is to place a small glass bowl filled with water and put a drop of fresh green lemon into it. Placing this close to the main door entry will mitigate bad energy entering your main door and home. A space which has complied…
M.Tech graduate quits job, delves deep into trade and creates local employment By B.C. Thimmaiah [Photos and inputs by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] For thousands of years, fats and oils have been important in food preparation and many natural oleaginous materials such as sesame, mustard seeds and coconut were known sources of oil. Juices and oils…
By R. Chandra Prakash In Swachh Survekshan 2020 Indore has been declared as India’s Cleanest City for the fourth consecutive time. Mysuru is now ranked cleanest among the middle category population (3 to 10 lakh) cities. It is matter of great concern for Mysuru. A city which was ranked first among all the big cities…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Some of the oldest and most spectacular images of Shiva are found in Elephanta and Ellora, cave temples built by Chalukyas and Rashtrakutas roughly 1,500 years ago, when a new form of Hinduism, based on Puranas and Hindu trinity began overshadowing the old Vedic and Buddhist…
By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist Shikras — Accipiter badius, in Taxonomical terms, the urban raptor, a bird of prey, a small but fierce predator, is likened to the Leopards of the Cat family, owing to their fierce and brutal hunting techniques, blended with intelligence and strategy, exactly like the Leopards. The urban treetops, specially the leafy…
The National Education Policy (NEP), approved by the Union Cabinet recently, has proposed sweeping changes in school and higher education. Though many issues are addressed in the NEP, this article by Prof. G.L. Shekar emphasises on three interesting propositions — Early childhood care and education, Multidisciplinary approach and Technology-enabled education. — Ed The National Education…
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