By Ramesh Kebbehundi [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Most people can identify a Police Officer by the official uniform. When citizens on a busy street are in need of help, they scan the crowds of pedestrians looking for the distinctive uniform of a Police Officer. Criminals usually curb their unlawful behaviour when they spot a…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Vedas, long before people knew about Gods such as Shiva, Vishnu and Brahma, there was a story of how the God of Heaven committed incest with the Goddess of Dawn, his daughter. Now this is called the problem of primal incest, which is found…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Why go to Himachal Pradesh or Jammu & Kashmir to experience snow fall when you can literally chill and freeze at your backyard? Yes. Mysuru city will soon get a Snow World where one can play, dance, glide, and slide amidst snow and also climb snow-clad heights for ‘that’ adrenaline rush…
By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The first desire of any visitor to Canada is to see the World’s wonder Niagara Falls which we also did. No description satisfies its glory. Twenty minutes away from the great booming of Niagara Falls nestled here a historic and heritage tiny town called…
By Ashvini Ranjan [Continued from yesterday] As we departed on our tour of the city, Akbar reeled off the city’s history of how it changed hands from the Arabs to the Mongols and subsequently ruled by Timur and Shaybandis. It was colonised by Russia in 1917 and Uzbekistan gained independence in 1991. “It was Islam…
By Ashvini Ranjan The air hostess on the Uzbek Airways flight from Tashkent to New Delhi was kind enough to permit me to occupy an empty window seat. For her, it was a routine request from passengers. Little did she realise my burning curiosity to see the rugged landscape below of the famous Silk Road…
By Kavitha Mhatre Jaipur-based designer Kirti Rathore blew minds with her signature style at the 5th edition of Mysore Fashion Week-2018 held at The Windflower Resorts and Spa recently. Men’s wear that infused architectural shapes and idiosyncratic prints on luxurious fabrics made a big splash of vibrant colours. ‘Rich, sophisticated and unique’ is what comes…
A Railway Station is usually known for its beautiful ambience, passenger-friendly amenities or its imposing structures — the City Railway Station, for example. Will a Railway Station ever be famous for its dustbins? Not really. But if there are no dustbins, that it will hit the headlines. Here is a Railway Station in our own…
M.K. Kailash Murthy’s unique experiment in natural farming at Kollegal can act as shield against natural disasters like it happened in Kodagu and Kerala By Prof. B. Sheik Ali At a time when there are talks about how to prevent or at least minimise the damage caused by natural disasters like floods and landslides in…
By N. Niranjan Nikam They were an exuberant lot of ladies, all from the United Kingdom (UK) and a few other countries waiting in the reception area of The Green Hotel on Hunsur Road. Just that morning a few of them had visited the Government Urdu Higher Primary School at Nachanahalli Palya on Manandavadi Road…
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