By Dr. Mahabaleshwar Mamadapur, Consultant Rheumatologist JSS Hospital, Mysuru Rheumatoid Arthritis (RA) Awareness Day is held every year on Feb. 2. The day was created in 2013 by Rheumatoid Patient Foundation to help create awareness among those suffering with RA and to clear their misconceptions about this chronic disease. According to Indian COPCORD survey, RA…
Book Talk: A narration of eccentricities and idiosyncrasies of Native Princes
January 29, 2023Title : The Maharajahs Author : John Lord Year : 1971 Pages : 244+XI Price : Rs. 500 Publisher : Random House, New York, USA While the first book on the Indian rulers I read in the US was titled ‘The Maharaja & the Princely States of India,’ the second one that I concluded reading…
S.M. Krishna among 8 get Padma Awards in Karnataka
January 27, 2023Other awardees are Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa, Sudha Murty, S. Subbaraman, Khadar Valli Dudekula, Imudiyanda Rani Machaiah, P. Munivenkatappa, Shah Rasheed Ahmed Qadri Former Karnataka Chief Minister S.M. Krishna, who announced retirement from active politics earlier this month, was chosen for the second highest civilian award Padma Vibhushan, philanthropist and Infosys founder N.R. Narayana Murthy’s wife…
Niranthara Ranga Utsava from Jan. 25
January 24, 2023Mysuru: Niranthara Ranga Utsava 2022-23, a five-day Theatre Festival, has been organised at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises on Hunsur Road in city from Jan. 25 to 29 under the aegis of Niranthara Foundation, Mysuru. Jan. 25 (6.15 pm): The Festival will be inaugurated in the presence of poet and thinker Kotiganahalli Ramaiah, Kannada &…
Fourth Mysuru Literary Fest in city tomorrow
January 21, 2023Capt. G.R. Gopinath, soldier, farmer, columnist, author and entrepreneur, will inaugurate the 4th Mysuru Literary Fest-2023 organised by Mysore Literary Association (MLA) at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall in city on Jan. 22 at 10 am. Association President Prof. K.C. Belliappa, who is also the former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, will…
Capt. G.R. Gopinath to inaugurate Mysuru Literary Fest on Jan. 22
January 20, 2023Capt. G.R. Gopinath, soldier, farmer, columnist, author and entrepreneur, will inaugurate the 4th Mysuru Literary Fest-2023 organised by Mysore Literary Association (MLA) at Maharaja’s College Centenary Hall in city on Sunday (Jan. 22) at 10 am. Association President Prof. K.C. Belliappa, who is also the former Vice-Chancellor of Rajiv Gandhi University in Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh,…
Five-day Abhiyenthararu National Theatre Fest in city from Jan. 18
January 16, 2023Abhiyenthararu – A Theatre for Engineers is celebrating 30th anniversary during 2023. To mark the celebration, Abhiyenthararu, in association with the Ministry of Culture, New Delhi, has organised National Theatre Festival from Jan. 18 to 22 at Mini Theatre in Kalamandira premises here, according to Abhiyenthararu President H.S. Suresh Babu. The Theatre Fest will be…
Book Talk: Looking Back on Independence Saga
January 13, 2023Title : “Partitioned Freedom” Author : Ram Madhav Year : 2022 Pages : 246 Price : Rs. 500 Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi Independence struggle has been substantially dissected, deliberated and detailed during the past 75 years. However, the dogmatic distortions in its narration have only increased the hunger for unravelling the…
Royal Power of the Symbolic Lion
January 12, 2023Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Kings across East Asia, whether it’s China, Japan, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia consider the lion as the symbol of kings. In front of Chinese Palaces, there is the male and female lion, the male holding under his paw a globe representing the world while the female holds a…
A Dewan too built an Agrahara
January 9, 2023Mysuru: A Look at its Past… By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Not only the Maharajas and the benevolent ones, but even a Dewan also built an Agrahara in Mysore during the days of the Wadiyars. We have streets and roads built by the Dewans or named after them. But no Dewan has built an Agrahara…















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