By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD The phrase, ‘From Darkness to Light’ is a very powerful universal metaphor that symbolises the transition from ignorance, despair or sin, into knowledge, hope and truth. It is not just some unknown wise old soul who said it, but it is a concept that has its origins here in…
The Tiffin Effect
September 12, 2026I love three festivals very much: Ramzan, Ganesha Chaturthi and Christmas. No, I’m not attempting an Amar, Akbar, Anthony trick to establish my secular credentials. My affection for these festivals has little to do with religion and a lot more to do with religion’s greatest side effect… food. Ramzan is over; I am now waiting…
Karma: Your Creation
September 11, 2026By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Karma means action. Action means, we are talking about your action. When it comes to action, you perform action in four different ways. You can do action with your body, you can do mental action, emotional action and energy action. In all these four levels, action is constantly happening…
The light at the end of the tunnel
September 10, 2026World Suicide Prevention Day today By Dr. D. Anirudh Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, carried an invisible weight that few could comprehend. A nation torn by Civil War, a personal mission to unite his people and end slavery. These dreams felt impossibly distant. He was drowning in depression, the kind that…
How Ganesha became the God of all things
September 10, 2026By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist To understand why Ganesha is worshipped as the remover of obstacles and invoked before every Hindu ceremony, we must understand — and appreciate — the role elephants have played in Indian history and imagination. Elephants are not merely large animals in India; they have shaped the…
When the App became the Guru
September 9, 2026By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam There was a time, not too long ago, when I woke up in the morning and decided for myself what kind of day it was going to be. These days, I wake up and my phone decides for me. It tells me my sleep score was 62 percent, which is apparently…
Apollo Mysuru doctor’s innovation makes treatment affordable for Rare Liver Disease
September 9, 2026Dr. Aathira Ravindranath, Consultant Paediatric, Gastroenterology, Apollo BGS Hospitals, Mysuru. Progressive Familial Intrahepatic Cholestasis (PFIC) is a genetic condition where the liver undergoes damage due to accumulation of bile acids which are poisonous to the liver. The liver disease is gradually progressive and ends up in liver failure of the patient if timely treatment is…
In a world apart
September 8, 2026Fleeting Thoughts By Ashvini Ranjan The morning air was thick with the sweet scent of freshly made holiges from the Holige Mane on Temple Road. From the quiet comfort of my parked car, as I waited for my wife to finish her errands, I became an unwitting audience to a quiet drama unfolding right outside…
Trees on the move!
September 8, 2026NHAI begins tree translocation for Kempegowda Circle flyover Mysuru: The National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has begun translocation of trees as part of the ongoing flyover project at Kempegowda Circle (Manipal Hospital Junction). The NHAI is executing the Rs. 63.67-crore flyover and underpass (grade separator) project at the junction of the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway (NH-275)…
Vintage Vignettes … from a Princely State
September 7, 2026By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana In this undated intimate group photograph, in a studio setting, the Yuvarani of Mysore H.H. Kempucheluvajammanni (23.06.1893 to 30.12.1970) is seated at the centre on a European style couch surrounded by three of her children. On her lap is Princess Sujayakanthammanni (06.02.1924 to 30.05.1983) who was later in…















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