“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…
Mysuru ‘Ninada Griha Sangeet’ series held
July 4, 2023By Shrimathi Devi Passion, love, devotion, hardwork and penchant for pursuing art form, surely yield opulent fruits you desire for. It is heartening to note that the present young generation in spite of the over loaded distractions of social media they are able to carry out their passions in the way traditional sadhakas need to…
MCC prepping up to fully tackle monsoon woes
July 1, 2023Rs. 1 lakh allotted to each of 65 wards for desilting works, cleaning Raja Kaluves and drains Mysore/Mysuru: With monsoon nearing, works on cleaning Raja Kaluves, big drains and storm water drains have been taken up on a precautionary note. Though majority of the works are completed, the authorities concerned should expedite the works with…
MG Road Traffic Chaos
June 30, 2023Motorists are finding it difficult to traverse on the stretch of M.G. Road after Radisson Blu Plaza Hotel till the under-bridge as goods vehicles bringing vegetables, fruits and greens from various places park the vehicles on the road haphazardly. Every day in the morning from 6 to 11, office goers, autos carrying school children and…
Booker Prize-winning author Shehan Karunatilaka
June 28, 2023Sri Lankan author Shehan Karunatilaka made his mark on the international literary scene with his first novel ‘Chinaman: The Legend of Pradeep Mathew’ way back in 2011, winning the DSC Prize, the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize and a host of other accolades. Last year he won the Booker Prize for ‘The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida,’…
A pleasing Rangapravesha
June 27, 2023Abhivyakthi’, a Centre for Art and Culture, presented a Rangapravesha of Sannutha Jayaram at RamaGovinda Rangamandira on the 27th of May for a crowded audience. Young Sannutha is a disciple of Guru Suhasini Koulagi. This young Civil Engineer whose heart is in Dance and Yoga has dedicated herself for the cause of art and culture….
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