By D. Lalitha Rao A few weeks ago I had written about how we were waiting for a certain happy event, now it’s in the next stage. It has finally happened after months of anticipation. We have become grandparents to a fine baby boy and he is all of two-months-old as of now. He is…
The Wu Lou (bottle gourd) originates from a vegetable. When dried, it is very durable and its shape renders it useful as a receptacle for medicine. Most often the Wu Lou is carried by aged people as a charm of longevity and a charm to dissipate or ward off pernicious influences. The Wu Lou is…
By V. Shourabh Sculptors are creative visual artists who, with their imagination, take various materials, which they then carve, chisel and model to make a finished sculptural work of art. A Sculptors’ Camp with the theme “Ancient Indian Sculptural Art” was organised from Nov. 8 to Nov. 23 at Manasagangothri campus. This Weekend Star Supplement…
Vaachana-Vyaakhyaana and Vastupradarshana from Nov. 25 to Dec. 9 PARAMPARE, known for arranging lectures and presenting vaachana-vyaakhyaana of classical works in Kannada and Samskruta is now presenting Aadikavi Pampa’s Aadipurana from Nov. 25 to Dec. 9 at Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha on JLB Road under the able guidance of well-known Kannada scholar Dr. T. V. Venkatachala…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief On reading about the new controversy over mocking Prime Minister Narendra Modi by showing him as mispronouncing the internet vocabulary meme, I decided to know more about it. I went to the internet: An Internet meme, pronounced MEEM, is an activity, catchphrase or piece of media which spreads, often as mimicry…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Events in India hardly get reported in global media. But what found space in many of the world’s newspapers and televisions were images of smog-filled Delhi and streets clogged with thousands of vehicles. And as usual, we saw the blame game enacted by our politicians, schools closed down, the National Green…
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),…
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