By S. Kenneth Shishir Circa 1985: A housewife desperately waits in front of her house for a knife sharpener who carries the cycle-wheel-powered machine that has a round and rotating stone slab. She is getting impatient as she has to finish her cooking and her iron knife is not sharp enough to cut vegetables and…
By B.N. Ramya Whatever Kannada theatre has achieved today is the result of the revolution brought about 50 years ago by Padma Shri B.V. Karanth. Say THEATRE and MUSIC, one amongst the foremost names that strikes one’s mind is Babukodi Venkataramana Karanth, who with his innovative use of music made it big in modern Indian…
By V. Shourabh While the fast-paced world has resorted to readily available and packaged consumable products, there is one shop in Mysuru which prepares fresh oil from raw materials. The oil mill which is situated on Narayana Shastry Cross Road (between D.D. Urs Road and More Supermarket) swells with several customers who bring in nuts…
By S. Kenneth Shishir While most people of his age and below prefer to sleep till the sun rises, 70-year-old M. Lalith Kumar Kothari Jain, a resident of Thyagaraja Road in K.R. Mohalla in city, wakes up at 4 am every day and gets ready to feed the poor, the needy and the strays. He…
By Arathi Menon Apple lives the life of a socialite. Her closet is stocked with the latest of grooming devices, perfumes and shampoos. She visits a parlour every two weeks for some oil massage and grooming, meets her buddies at the monthly meet of her social club at a park not far from her home…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One of Vishnu’s forms is Mohini, the enchantress. As Krishna, Vishnu becomes Madan-mohan, he who enchants even Cupid. This winsome lover plays the flute and invites Radha to dance with him on the banks of Yamuna in the bower known as Vrindavana. Their romance is rediscovered….
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Rangapravesha of R. Rakshita was organised at Sri Nadabrahma Sangeetha Sabha, Mysuru, on the 28th of January. Senior art patron K.V. Murthy, musician and music critic Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan, senior dance teacher K. Rama Murty Rao, Vasudeva Vitthal of Vijaya Vittala Educational Institutions and Dr. Vasundhara Doraswamy were the guests for…
The Year 2018 is known as The Year of the Yang Earth Dog — WU XU. Dog is the 11th animal in the 12 Chinese zodiac signs and is part of the Earth cycle in the cycle of the season of five elements in Feng Shui. In the Year 2018, as per the advanced school…
The Glass House at Kuppanna Park, which was to be ready by mid- February, will likely be open to public by the end of February or first week of March. The Glass House has been under construction for almost over a year on the lines of the one at Lalbagh in Bengaluru. The glass fitting…
While all eyes are on the 58.8 feet tall monolithic statue of Lord Bahubali or Gommateshwara in Shravanabelagola for Mahamastakabhisheka held once in 12 years, there are other Bahubalis also in Karnataka and some of them need urgent conservation efforts. This Weekend Star Supplement takes the reader on a spiritual journey of some of the…
‘Dead’ wife found alive!April 3, 2025
Four killed as KSRTC bus hits SUV on HighwayApril 3, 2025
MUDA 50:50 site scam: ED opposes Lokayukta cl...April 3, 2025
CM Siddu meets Gadkari: Seeks nod for Highway...April 3, 2025
Recent Comments