By Girija Madhavan Cherry blossom, “Sakura”, is the national flower of Japan. In spring, the trees begin to bloom. Japan waits for the pink and white tide, starting in the warm tip of Okinawa, to spread over the country and finally reach the heights of cold Hokkaido. Newspapers print the cherry blossom forecasts of various…
Amidst rapid urbanisation, several areas in Mysuru have been relegated to the pages of history but the cultural remnants of those areas are visible even now and one can find the heritage alive and kicking. Sunnadakeri is one such area that was in great demand for limestones when the construction industry was booming. In fact,…
By U.B. Acharya In a dramatic and exciting fashion, the 43-year-old Tiger Woods won his 5th Masters Title and in the process, won his 15th Major on Apr.14, 2019 at the Augusta National Golf Club in USA. It is particularly significant that his last major victory was in 2008 and since then he had a…
By Arup Polash I recently visited Srirangapatna, near Mysuru. On the western most corner of Srirangapatna Fortress lies a War Memorial commemorating the Victory of the British over Tipu Sultan in 1799. It’s not on the usual tourist circuit for Srirangapatna. Nothing very unusual, one might say. However, a close look at the Memorial (now…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist As per scientists, the world began 13 billion years ago with the Big Bang. Earth came into being about 5 billion years ago. And about 4 billion years ago, life emerged on Earth. What we mean by ‘life’ is the appearance of sentience, the appearance of…
By Ragoo Rao Come March, with the summer heat on, the rivers neither in full stream nor dried up, right enough to expose the sand-banks, the enthusiastic bird-watchers from all over our Old Mysuru region, zero in on to a village — Naguvanahalli, close to Mysuru, off Bengaluru-Mysuru Highway, to photograph and observe the Migratory…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Running a Music Sabha for more than a century is not easy. Kudos to Dr. N. Sriram of Sri Ramabhyudaya Sabha, who, keeping with the tradition and carrying the legacy, has completed 128 years of Ramotsava celebrations and is conducting the 129th Ramotsava this year. The Sabha has been organising music…
The Art and Science of Feng Shui is about balancing energies, of animate with inanimate and that of the soul with that of the universe, so that you get the positive energies of the universe flowing through the entire spaces in your house. Keeping in mind the basic principles of Feng Shui as you go…
He is an orator, social activist and a writer. He is known for his activities with the youth and is the founder of ‘Yuva Brigade’ and Head of ‘Team Modi Brigade’ in Karnataka. Apart from conducting rallies, meetings and delivering speeches highlighting the achievements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, he sensitises youth on the need…
Very few people know that Congress- JD(S) coalition candidate from Mysuru-Kodagu Lok Sabha Constituency C.H. Vijayashankar was in the Police Department 30 years ago. He hails from Haveri and was a Police Sub-Inspector, Hunsur Circle. He later plunged into politics and saw success by becoming MLA and two-term MP. Vijayashankar says that he is always…
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