By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sangeeta Dileep sang for Nadabrahma Sangeeta Sabha on the 19th of October. She was accompanied by her husband Dileep on the violin, Sachin Prakash on the mridanga and Sharat Kaushik on the ghata. Sangeeta has a good reputation as a musician. Her training under Chitraveena Ravikiran has moulded her into a…
The Articulate festival’s series 43 saw an alliance of Bharatiya Vidya Bhavan, The Artistes and Articulate Trust for Arts with a mission to support classical dance arts and showcase the artistes’ artistry. Mysore B. Nagaraj, Managing Trustee of Articulate Trust for Arts, curates the show. The line-up was one Kathak and three Bharathanatyam artistes sharing…
Title: WAR-The Ugly Mistress Author: Dr. Lata Muthanna Pages: 296 Price: Rs. 299 Publisher: Notion Press Year of Publishing: 2019 Poets, novelists, essayists, playwrights, chroniclers, biographers and scholars write on a multitude of subjects in distinct styles of their own, familiar to their captive readers. Author of this book, a Consulting Physician, has narrated in…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist I was recently trolled by a group of people. This was because I apparently had stated a claim that women are not powerful in India. I tried to figure out from where they had derived this alleged statement of mine and eventually realised that I had…
By Maj. Gen. S.G. Vombatkere Mysuru District in-Charge Minister V. Somanna has proposed construction of a Ropeway at Chamundi Hill. This proposal has already been made three times (2005, 2012, 2015) and dropped because of reasoned objections of the people of Mysuru, with public demonstrations, signature campaigns and letters to Chief Minister (CM) and other…
Mysuru’s heritage properties are victimised by modern expansion, official apathy, lack of concern and a total lack of knowledge about the structures built by the erstwhile Wadiyars. These properties are, however, crucial in helping Mysureans to connect with their past. While the heritage structures that dot the city get some attention, the least attention is…
Feng Shui is an ancient Chinese philosophy that seeks to harmonise the human experience with our surrounding environment. Feng Shui teaches us that everything is energy, and we are in a constant energy exchange with everything around us. Hence it is very important to create a Feng Shui home that has a happy and healthy…
Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy, Scientist Among the innumerable plants used in native system of medicines ‘Aparajita’ stands out as a curative herb to improve memory. In Ayurveda, it is grouped under ‘Medhya’ category forming part of “Shirovirechanopaga” group of herbs associated with detoxification and cleansing of the brain and associated nervous system. A perennial creeper…
Laws to control stray dog and cattle menace do not have teeth By S. Kenneth Shishir [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Domesticated animals depend on humans for their everyday needs — food, water, shelter, veterinary care, love and more. Yet thousands of animals across city have no guardians to care for them, let alone a…
A danseuse who mesmerised rasikas for decades and raring to go By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Established in 1986, Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre (VPAC), Mysuru, has grown from strength to strength in grooming hundreds of students who have become exceptional dancers. The Centre, led by the most charismatic Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy, an epitome of Bharatanatyam, has…
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