By V. Shourabh Mysuru: Studies and surveys have revealed that India’s current per capita water consumption is at 150 litres a day. The country is expected to suffer persistent water shortage by 2020 with the per capita accessibility of water coming down to less than 1,000 cubic meters. One source of water wastage is vehicle…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you walk around a traditionally-built Hindu temple, it is likely that you will see images of the guardians of the directions (diggapala): Kubera in the north, Yama in the south, Indra in the east and Varuna in the west, with Vayu, Chandra (or Ishana), Agni…
A Feng Shui is all about energy, and the basic laws of energy are universal and work the same way, no matter where you are geographically located. A piece of land without any structure on it allows unhindered energy to flow through and over the plot. When a structure is put up on a plot…
By Girija Madhavan To some of us “Russia” evokes the memory of its great writers: Tolstoy, Pushkin, Dostoyevsky, Gogol, Turgenev, Chekov and others. Even in translation from the original Russian, they have an impact on their readers including some Indian thinkers. Later writers like Vladimir Nabokov and Boris Pasternak lived in the twentieth century. When…
Climbers are an integral part of any garden. Perching on trees, resting on low roofs, high buildings, twining on arches, pergolas and trellises, they display dazzling beauty with decorative foliage and colourful blooms often with sweet fragrance. One of the prettiest climbers, which grows luxuriantly in Mysuru’s salubrious climate is “The Bengal Clock Vine.” The…
He is considered the operations man of the BJP. The driving force behind the steady rise of the party across the country. Considered a political Chanakya, he was in Mysuru recently on his last leg of campaigning. My interview with Amit Shah, the President of the BJP, was scheduled for 8.30 pm at Hotel Radisson…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Buddha and his followers used to always eat one meal in the house of a layman. King Pasenadi of Kosala asked the Buddha how a monk chose a house to eat at. The Buddha replied that it will be a house that one trusts. The…
By N. Niranjan Nikam Mine is not a hotel that I can give statistics as to how many patients come, as some people come here without telling their wives for tests. And I also have such a bad memory, unlike my father, Dr. N. Kannan, who even today at 82 has a sharp memory, that…
A good Feng Shui enhance prosperity and wealth energy can be achieved by primarily having the home and business free of clutter. Further empowering the place can be done by displaying auspicious symbols that speak of wealth and using specific aroma, crystals, essential oils and water features that raise the Feng Shui energy. Feng Shui…
By U.B. Acharya In December 1971, at the height of India-Pakistan war, I was stuck in Mumbai on a prolonged project for my oil company in Assam. As the work had to be carried out on a computer located in Tata Institute of Fundamental Research (TIFR) at Colaba, the company had very kindly provided me…
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