By M.L. Krishnaswami Nadabramha Sangeetha Sabha had organised a classical music programme on Sunday, the 5th inst by the well-known senior artiste Dr. Vidyabhushana. Any programme by this artiste always attracts a large crowd of listeners and connoisseurs both and hence, the hall was fairly well-crowded, the reason being, the artiste will mix in his…
Mysuru: After making its mark in Bengaluru (at times praised and criticised), it is the chance of Mysuru to get Tender SURE roads. As a pilot project, the D. Devaraja Urs Road at the Central Business District (CBD) will be made a Tender SURE Road. This means, the road will be designed in such a…
In the science of ancient art of Feng Shui, it is said that the flow of energy in a building should be without much obstacles and free flowing. However, this is not always possible due to many factors. The health sector which is the centre of a building does get afflicted when the energy gets…
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha had organised a fine classical vocal concert in memory of Smt. Rukmini Ammal and Sri Ramaswamy Iyengar on Nov.4 at the premises of Sri Vasudevacharya Bhavana. A young vocalist from Madurai, Vid. Sivaganesan, accompanied by Achutha Rao (violin), Nikshit Puttur (mridanga) and Raghunandan Vyasa Rao (ghata),…
The 83rd Akhila Bharatha Kannada Sahitya Sammelana has a rather special event where interested participants are taken to Mysuru’s literary destinations. Titled Kaviraja Marga, the tour, organised by the Department of Tourism, will take visitors to the house of Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, novelist R.K. Narayan’s house, Kuvempu Institute of Kannada Studies and finally to Rangayana. This…
[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: Chettiars have always been wealthy for generations. How do you connect with the vast poor of the country? A.C. Muthiah: (Laughs) Chettiars is a very small and an enterprising community, mostly in Burma, Saigon, South Vietnam and Malaysia. Why we went to Burma and Malaysia? It was…
[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: Oh, was your fertiliser manufacturing unit the world’s largest? A.C. Muthiah: Yes, at that time it was. From there we went into other chemical industries. My father had a great liking for developing agriculture-based industry. The input for the fertiliser was fuel oil that was not the…
There are people who are rich and there are ones who are wealthy. There is a big difference between the two as wealth is accumulated over generations, unlike many of the present day leaders who are nouveau riche. To the wealthy belongs one of the leading industrialist families in the country Dr. A.C. Muthiah, 77,…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist A few months ago, there was a war going on in Kerala about whether Onam has to be celebrated as the annual return during harvest of Maha-bali, the asura-king, from Pa-tala, his subterranean realm or as Vaman Jayanti, the triumph of Vishnu’s dwarf avatar, Vaman over…
By R. Chandra Prakash, Mysore Grahakara Parishat Bengaluru Way — It is oft-repeated statement that Mysuru is going the Bengaluru way. But what does “Bengaluru way” mean? This statement summarises the phenomenal transformation that Bengaluru has undergone. Before the integration of the State, Mysuru was the capital city whereas Bengaluru was a cantonment city. Makkaji…
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