By Bhamy V. Shenoy Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP) The news item titled “Stalled Development atop Chamundi Hill begins: Green Tribunal gives green signal,” published in Star of Mysore dated May 11, was shocking for the reasons given in this article. The SOM story clearly shows how the authorities concerned are clearly in the dark about…
By Sujata Rajpal Secure your own mask first before helping others. Two decades ago, when for the first time I heard this safety instruction live in the airplane, I was a newly married girl travelling to Alps with my brand new husband. How ridiculous! Be selfish. Think about yourself first. Is this what they want…
There are moments of a relationship nothing seems to go well. May be it’s time for a change not in relationship but with the Feng Shui of your space to reunite the occupants. The place of dwelling swell with different types of energies which can attract prosperity, health and money but the most important would…
Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav After a devastating drought for two years, Bandipur National Park is now springing back to life with lush greenery, thanks to copious rains and effective measures taken by the Forest Department. The park is opening its arms to welcome tourists flocking the forest area, spread across 1,027 sq kms, to…
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…
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