By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Five hundred years ago, when the Mughals ruled north India, there was an explosion of Bhakti poetry across India. From north to south, people expressed their devotion to different forms of god using emotionally charged language. One of these forms of God was that of Krishna….
Magical Montreal
July 18, 2023By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Recently I had an opportunity to visit Montreal for a second time after twenty-one years and it has changed a lot in the past two decades. Montreal is a vibrant and cosmopolitan city with a rich history and culture. It is the second-largest city in Canada and the largest city…
Human-elephant conflict in Kodagu: Thermal drone pinpoints elephant presence at night
July 18, 2023Helps Forest Officers effectively plan operations and drive pachyderms back into jungle Amid the rise in the human-elephant conflict in some forested pockets of Kodagu along the Nagarahole Tiger Reserve, the Forest Department has deployed a hi-tech thermal drone to keep track of daytime and nocturnal movements of wild elephants inside forest ranges and human…
Glass bridge in Kodagu offers thrilling encounter with nature
July 17, 2023Among the multiple famed tourist attractions in the hill station of Kodagu — a captivating destination for travellers from far and wide throughout the year — is a new must-visit place, a brand-new glass skywalk bridge. It is made of tempered glass panels or flooring that provide visitors with a thrilling experience of walking above…
The Young Spaniard ‘LAMB’ Carlos Alcaraz tames the invincible ‘GOAT’ Novak Djokovic
July 17, 2023The ‘Unseeded’ Vondrousova creates ‘World Record’ breezing past Jabeur By V.N. Prasad Heartiest congratulations to the young Carlos Alcaraz and Marketa Vondrousova; both marketing themselves on the world stage of ‘Grand Slams’ in grand manner. The world watches them going forward. Being fair to ‘Fair Sex’, it augurs well for me to cover Ladies event…
The Ashes – Contests at Headingley
July 16, 2023“Show class, have pride and display character. If you do, winning takes care of itself.” —Bear Bryant By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Bravo! It looked as if the folks in the English church on a Sunday morning were bestowed with a boon for their knelt down prayers, when Chris Woakes savagely dispatched a pitched up delivery…
A Memory of Music at the Mysore Court
July 13, 2023By Girija Madhavan Mysore has always been home to the arts; classical music, dance, painting, sculpture and more. Music was a prized accomplishment for girls in Karnataka. Lessons were started for quite young children. When at seventeen, I fell under the spell of music in 1955, it was considered a late start. But to my…
Face your fears before they finish you
July 12, 2023By Suchita Sanjay, Clinical Hypnotherapist (RTT) and Mindset Coach Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision Fears normally arise out of the subconscious conditioning we give ourselves. It is a known fact that our subconscious wiring runs our conscious actions. It can also arise out of imagination or considering someone else’s fear as the…
Kangaroos Dance from ‘Perth to Brisbane’ as OZs take 2-1 lead at The Lords
July 5, 2023By V.N. Prasad Amidst a ‘Barrage’ of ‘Body Line Bowling,’ the pendulum swung from one extreme to the other at The Lords in the 2nd Test of the Ashes Series. It created all the moods that a ‘Test Match’ can provide to the Spectators, TV viewers etc; ugly & painful at times, absorbing at times,…
Come December, read ORI’s age-old palm leaf manuscripts on web portal
July 4, 202360 percent conservation and digitisation complete Over 60 percent of conserving rare and priceless palm leaf scripts and paper manuscripts of many centuries stored at Oriental Research Institute (ORI), governed by the University of Mysore (UoM), has been completed along with digitisation of over 3,000 manuscripts. ORI houses over 70,000 manuscripts that date back over…
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