By S.B.S. Surendran Every day hustle bustle and all the happenings have a great influence in our lives, one can experience joy and happiness with the happenings or get stressed and overwhelmed with anxiety. Stress and anxiety have a major influence not only in the behaviour but also inner health of the person. The faster…
Interview with B. Saroja Devi, the Queen of Tamil Cinema – 1
April 22, 2018Nostalgia — World of Cinema There are actors and there are stars in the cinema world. But a combination of both is very rare like the legendary stars M.G. Ramachandran, N.T. Rama Rao and Dr. Rajkumar in the South Indian film industry. To this league belongs a female star, who has straddled the cinema world…
Book Talk: The Last White Hunter – Mysuru & Hollywood connection
April 22, 2018By Gouri Satya, Senior Journalist Title: The Last White Hunter: Reminiscences of a Colonial Shikari, Donald Anderson Author: Joshua Mathew Pages: 265 Price: Rs. 650 Publisher: Indus Source Books The jungles of Mysuru had caught the attention of a number of Britishers during the colonial era, particularly during the period of Krishnaraja Wadiyar IV. The royal…
Book Talk: A journey from boyhood
April 22, 2018By Gouri Satya, Senior Journalist Title: Boyhood In The Valley Author: Nanjappa Parameshwaran Pages: 268 Price: 8.99 GBP [Rs. 838.06] Publisher: Olympia Publishers, London The book “Boyhood In The Valley” authored by Nanjappa Parameshwaran revolves around the story of Kumaran and his elder brother Krishnan, who spend their childhood marvelling over new film posters at…
Book Talk: Star of Mysore – Story of a unique evening english newspaper
April 21, 2018Trials and Tribulations of a Newspaper Editor By M.P. Prabhakaran, New York Title: Star of Mysore, Story of a unique evening english newspaper Author: K. B. Ganapathy Pages: 144+viii Price: Paperback: Rs. 250, Hardbound: Rs. 350 Publisher: Talukina Venkannaiah Smaraka Granthamale, Mysuru K. B. Ganapathy, the author of Star of Mysore: Story of a unique…
Poll-phernalia: Courting the Khadi Kurta
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav This white-coarse Khadi was a political weapon which broke the monopoly of British mills and saw a rise in India’s indigenous cotton. With the use of Charkha, Khadi was hand-spun to mark the start of a manufacturing revolution in India. With its early inception, since the days…
Poll-phernalia: Election Carnival is here…
April 21, 2018By V. Shourabh Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav With Khadi-clad political leaders out on election campaign trail, Khadi outlets in city are doing brisk business as sales have picked up. Almost all the Khadi shops are teeming with politicians and their supporters. Not only Khadi clothes, other election essentials like colourful party flags, caps, shiny…
Gender studies in ancient India
April 19, 2018By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Every woman does not have a vagina. Every man does not have a penis.” This language is familiar to students of gender studies around the world. Here, gender and even sexuality are seen as a social constructs, not biological fact, outcomes of nurture and culture, not…
Benediction to the Cosmic Dancer Nataraja
April 18, 2018By Devanampriya Thirty Second Edition of Natarajothsava-2018, a three-day National level Classical Dance Festival of male and duet dancers was organised by Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre from Mar.24 to 26 at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha. Mysore B. Nagaraj, a Kathak exponent, inaugurated the festival and K.V. Murthy, President of VPAC and art patron, presided over the…
Enhancing Fortunes
April 16, 2018By S.B.S. Surendran Feng Shui coins are popular symbolisms to enhance wealth luck. The most common use of Chinese coins in Feng Shui is for activating money luck. You can either carry three coins in your wallet or you can hang it with a red ribbon or tassel on the wall. Attracting wealth and richness…
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