Shree Nataraja Performing Arts Centre, headed by Vidushi Nagashree Phaneendrakumar, will present “Manjira Mahotsava,” a three-day National-level classical dance festival from Jan. 26 to 28 at Ganabharathi’s Rama Govinda Kala Vedike, Mysuru, starting at 5.45 pm each day. The festival will be inaugurated by Vidwan Dr. Satyanarayana Raju, Director of Sanskriti – The Temple of…
Hindustani vocal recital by Pt. Sanjeev Abhayankar
January 25, 2025City’s reputed music sabha Ragavaibhava is bringing a grand Hindustani vocal concert by Pt. Sanjeev Abhayankar for Republic Day (Jan. 26) at 6 pm at Sri Mysore Vasudevacharya Bhavana, JLB Road, Mysuru. He will be accompanied on the harmonium by Pt. Vyasmurti Katti and on the tabla by Pt.Yogish Bhat. Sanjeev Abhayankar, an artiste of…
Two Captivating Vocal Concerts
January 24, 2025Ganabharathi had organised a vocal recital on Jan. 10 at Veene Seshanna Bhavana. The concert, performed by the young and talented Medha Manjunath, was a truly delightful experience. Medha received her early training from Vid. Sukanya Prabhakar, who laid a strong foundation for her musical journey. Currently, her father-in-law, Vid. Anoor Ananthakrishna Sharma, is guiding…
Drop Bannimantap Bus Stand idea
January 22, 2025City’s future hinges on smart traffic planning If New Bus Stand is shifted to Bannimantap… By V.N. Prasad Over the past couple of weeks, I came across several articles and letters to the editor published in Star of Mysore regarding the shifting of the Sub-Urban Bus Stand to Bannimantap, a proposal passed by the Cabinet…
New bus stand will rob Bannimantap’s past
January 21, 2025By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist It is hard to believe that the famous historic place, Bannimantap, will have a bus stand to be built at Rs. 120 crore on the 16-acre land the Karnataka State Road Transport Corporation (KSRTC) has in its possession. Perhaps, nowhere else, such strange proposals to turn a garden and Parade…
Truth behind hype: ‘Parade of Planets’ on Jan. 25, 2025
January 21, 2025By Dr. S.N. Prasad The popular social media is awash with grotesquely exaggerated and sanitised accounts of something spectacular, popularly described as a rare ‘alignment’ and ‘parade’ of planets, happening in the night sky this month, especially on Jan. 25. In one such video report making the rounds of WhatsApp, I heard with a combination…
What we can learn from Japan
January 19, 2025By Sujata Rajpal From the station turn right, and after two hundred metres your destination will be on your left,” explained a fellow commuter in broken English at Kyoto train station when we asked him the directions of a Japanese restaurant that we couldn’t locate. Outside the station, when we had just turned right, the…
Why We Die
January 17, 2025Why We Die is a highly informative and thought-provoking book that provides a comprehensive overview of the science of aging and death. It is a valuable resource for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of life and the human condition. While the book primarily focuses on the biological aspects of aging, it also raises profound…
The Wave Organ: Sings the song of the Sea
January 11, 2025By Girija Madhavan Before I left San Francisco last year to return to Mysuru, I went for a walk on a promontory in the bay of San Francisco to the jetty that protects the Small Boat harbour in the Marina District. It was a lovely day, pelicans and other water birds were on the wing…
In the Lion’s Royal Shadow
January 9, 2025By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Lions have long been symbols of royalty across the world. In India, kings sat on lion thrones (simha-asana) and Durga, the patron goddess of royal households, is shown riding into battle on a lion. Uniquely, in our country, lions are also linked with ascetics and their…















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