At 40, your body rings a warning bell. If you don’t pay attention, you’ll be left in a corner. If you miss a call on your mobile phone, don’t you try to call back and find out what it is about? Similarly, when your body gives you a warning bell, pay attention to it without…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana 1st January 1903. Delhi Coronation Durbar was a statement of paramount authority of the colonial power of the time. It was held at Delhi to celebrate the coronation of His Majesty King Edward VII, Emperor of India and Queen Alexandra. A commemorative volume of 250 copies was published…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Most of the tall gopurams we see in South India today were built by Nayaka kings of Telugu origin. Most are three to four centuries old, built during and after the Vijayanagar period. Nayaka rulers reimagined Ram and Krishna as political and theological answers to the…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Let me tell you something brutally honest — because that’s my thing and also my curse — being authentic in today’s world is like showing up to a masquerade ball with your actual face. Everyone else is gliding around with their glittering masks, smiling sweetly while mentally calculating how much social…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana An undated group photograph shot at an unidentified location. Seated on the left is Col. Maharaja Sir Jagatjit Singh Sahib Bahadur (1872-1949) of Kapurthala who was the last ruling Maharaja (r. 1877 to 1949) of the princely State. He was an elegant globe-trotting aesthete and an ardent Francophile….
By Sadhguru – Founder, Isha Foundation Sadhguru: The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre said, “The other is hell.” He said many stupid things all his life, but this was one devastating statement he made. Unless you are in yoga — yoga means everything has become one in you — unless you are like that, suffering is…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One of the unique features of Hindu temple traditions is the stories of the resident god quarrelling with the resident goddess. These take the form of a domestic spat and through the storytelling and rituals that enact this quarrel, audiences are drawn into the lives of…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam I drove a reasonably sensible car. I followed lane discipline, stopped at red lights and always used indicators at turns. This made me a minority community on Mysuru roads. Not a protected one, unfortunately. Every morning, I navigated the seven kilometres from home to office. It took between thirty minutes and…
By R.G. Singh, Secretary, Ramsons Kala Pratishtana The upanayana (thread ceremony) of Prince Jayachamarajendra Wadiyar was performed on Friday, 23 May 1930 at Kalyana Mantapa of the Palace. In this photograph, the young Prince is seated at the centre holding a twig of palasha tree, facing the square homa-kunda. Notice the kankana tied on his…
Dr. B.S. Shylaja, former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, says Mysuru Planetarium will make astronomy more accessible Dr. B.S. Shylaja, a distinguished astronomer, Visiting Scientist and former Director of Jawaharlal Nehru Planetarium, Bengaluru, was in Mysuru recently to deliver special lectures titled ‘Spectroscopy — A Tool to Understand the Inaccessible’ at the Physics Department…
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