By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Historians say that Islam started 1,400 years ago, with the rise of the Prophet Muhammad. However, Muslims will say that Islam started when Allah created the world and gave his laws to the first Prophet, Adam. Prophet Muhammad is the last of the long list of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Towards the end of December 2014, a lot of people asked me if I would be joining Arvind Kejriwal and the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP). Having been a key person in Karnataka in the crusade against corruption that Anna Hazare had led, many had presumed that I would also automatically gravitate…
By M.L. Krishnaswami [Continued from yesterday] On the eleventh, the seventh concert was an instrumental ensemble with artistes Vid. H.K. Venkatram (violin), Vid. Ravikiran (flute), Vid. Ashwin Anand (veena), Vid. Anantha Krishana Sharma (mridanga) and Vid. Sunag (khanjira). There were ten numbers in the whole concert and the main point was the perfect harmony among…
By M.L. Krishnaswami On the ninth of April, the vocal artiste was Vid. Sikkil Gurucharan, a grandchild of one of the famous flautists of yesteryears, Sikkil Sisters. He was accompanied on violin by Vid. Mathur Srinidhi, on mridanga by Vid. Patri Satish Kumar and on khanjira by Vid. Guruprasanna. Vid. Gurucharan is almost an annual…
Sujata Rajpal, the author of ‘The Other End of the Corridor’ looks at the raging plagiarism controversy where Anvita Bajpai has accused bestselling author Chetan Bhagat of stealing content from her story ‘Drawing Parallels,’ from her book ‘Life, Odds & Ends’ to write his latest book ‘One Indian Girl.’ By Sujata Rajpal Ever since the…
After the scorching summer months, monsoon brings the much needed respite and with it a feeling of regeneration as new trees, plants and seeds sprout and germinate through the seasons of winter. The beautiful colours and the soft winds together with overcast skies, bring sudden rain creating feeling of joy The energy of the home…
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief The first day of the two-day State BJP Executive meet in city yesterday did not seem to go well and if the trend continues today also, the concluding day, the future 2018 does not seem to augur well for BJP. This prognosis is in contrast to BJPs rival No. 1 in the…
By B.N. Ramya From minute seeds to magnificent mountains, nature has always been an inspiration to many, especially artists. So inspired by nature was L. Yoganand, a city-based artist, that he has created micro art on wild seeds portraying eight Jnanpith awardees — Rashtrakavi Kuvempu, Da.Ra. Bendre, Shivaram Karanth, Masti Venkatesh Iyengar, Vi.Kru. Gokak, Girish…
By G.M. Anusha Indian Classical Instrumental Music” apart from for its profound musical appeal has no language of its own and no lyrical or poetic peripheral. Such is its comprehensive effect and soothing melodic magnetism that even those who have had no initiation in Indian Classical Instrumental Music are drawn to it and charmed by…
By Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy With decorative foliage and fragrant blooms, ‘Elephant Apple’ tree is highly valued for its medicinal properties. The apple-like yellow-green edible fruits of this tree are relished by elephants. Hence the name. In ‘Kannada,’ it is ‘Bettakanigalu.’ Other common names are Indian catmon, Hondapara tree, Ma-tad (Hindi: Chalta, Karambel; Malayalam: Punna, Vazchpunna;…
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