By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist The historic Supreme Court verdict on the Ram Janmabhoomi- Babri Masjid site took me back to the day when I visited Ayodhya nearly 13 years ago. The opportunity of visiting this historic city came to me when I was invited to attend a three-day national seminar on consumer issues at…
Parampare to host lecture series on Indian Constitution from Nov.18
November 17, 2019By P. Krishna Kumar Parampare, the cultural organisation of Mysuru has organised a series of lectures on various aspects of the Constitution of India from Nov.18 to 24 at Mysore K. Vasudevacharya Bhavana (Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha) on JLB Road in city everyday from 6 to 8 pm. Eminent scholars in the field of Law…
D COMPANY: Bonding with Furry Friends
November 16, 2019Pet lovers are themselves a special breed and their entire world revolves around their dogs and vice versa. Dogs are their companions, sharing strong bonds, physical and emotional connect. Both are secure with each other’s company and any external threat will be resisted literally tooth and nail. This Weekend Star Supplement features a couple of…
Strictly adhering to classicism
November 15, 2019By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha has the practice of honouring a senior veena player with the title ‘Vainika Brahma’ every year in memory of Sangeetha Kalanidhi late Veena Doreswamy Iyengar. This year, Dr. Vijayaraghavan from Mysuru was honoured with this title in the presence of Modamani, senior art patron K.V. Murthy and…
Vidushis Archana & Samanvi to perform at RAAGA
November 15, 2019By Veena Arun Kumar RAAGA Music Academy presents a very special music programme, Smt. D. Ramabai Endowment Concert featuring young vocalists Vidu. Archana and Vidu. Samanvi on Nov.16 at Prajna Kuteera Ayurvedic Centre in Kuvempunagar at 5.30 pm. Both of them forayed into the study of music at a very tender age under the tutelage…
Chin Up and Smile… This Children’s Day
November 14, 2019By Team SOM Children have the power to shape the world. And with everything that is going on with the world right now — climate change, pollution, hatred, insensitivity and indifference — it has become all the more important to give children the tools to sculpt a better world. Many countries have their own days…
A savage civilisation
November 14, 2019By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A few years ago, I had a confrontation with a senior newspaper editor, on stage, which quickly became viral and considerably popular. In the video, the editor insisted on equating Hinduism with Hindutva which is something I do not subscribe to. Nor do I subscribe to…
Remembering Gandhiji through snapshots and anecdotes
November 13, 2019On October 2nd, we celebrated Mahatma Gandhi’s 150th birth anniversary and a number of year-long programmes were organised all over the country. Yet, how many of our readers have personally visited this great personality’s birth place? To create a feeling of pride and patriotism in our younger generation, especially, I wish to enable SOM readers…
Informative book on Kashmir
November 13, 2019Title: Kashmir’s Untold Story — Declassified Authors: Iqbal Chand Malhotra & Maroof Raza Pages: 202 Price: Rs. 599 Publisher: Bloomsbury India Publications, New Delhi Kashmir is acclaimed as the Heaven on Earth. However, it is also a political hotspot of the world. With the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A on 5th August 2019, this…
Challenges of a Tropical Forester, near death encounters with wildlife
November 12, 2019Title: “Challenges of a Tropical Forester for Sustainable Development Author: A.C. Lakshmana Pages: 136 Price: Rs. 200 Publisher: A.C. Lakshmana My esteemed friend A.C. Lakshmana IFS, a retired Secretary to the Government of Karnataka, gave this book “Challenges of a Tropical Forester for Sustainable Development” for my perusal. Basically a son of a farmer, he…
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