Mysuru: N. Biligiri has been awarded Ph.D in Kannada by the University of Mysore (UoM) for his thesis ‘Mysuru Samsthanada Swathantraya Chaluvaliyalli Dalitara Patra: Ondu Adhyayana (1920-1947)’ submitted under the guidance of Dr. Puttaiah. K.N. Hemavathi has been awarded Ph.D in Library and Information Science by the UoM for her thesis ‘Information Literacy Competency among…
Giant African land snails invade coffee estates in Kodagu; Coffee Board comes to growers’ rescue By Arathi Menon As monsoon clouds delayed their presence over the verdant hills of Kodagu in June this year, coffee planters of North Kodagu were caught in a bizarre tussle of apprehension and relief. A delayed monsoon is never good…
By Horeyala Doreswamy Manteswamy and ‘Male Mahadeshwara’ are the two major folk epics popular in the old Mysuru region of Karnataka. These two unique oral folk epics have been kept alive by professional singers who sing and narrate story of their deity with snake shaped tanti vadya, a string instrument, along with finger cymbals or…
By Dr. Padmavathi On the 12th day of the Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Saketharaman sang with B.U. Ganesh Prasad on violin, Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on mridanga and Guruprasanna on kanjira. Saketharaman is one of the regular artistes who have been performing for this Heritage Music Festival since many years. He is…
Naming the new-born, naamakarana in Kannada, a practice dating back to antiquity and continuing to this day in different sections of society, has its load of sentiment, sanctity and spirituality that cannot be expressed adequately in words. The Bard is quoted as saying that rose, called by any other name, smells as sweet, but that…
Sir, With Dasara-2019 round the corner, authorities are busy with last minute touch up works to make Mysuru as attractive as possible. The lights on Ring Road have been activated exactly after one year much to the joy and bewilderment of the residents and motorists. Joy, because the road looks beautiful and perplexed because someone…
Sir, I read the news item “Dasara decoration: Cause for delight but a word of caution” in yesterday’s Star of Mysore about a Mantap with a lotus design erected at Kurubarahalli Circle (leading towards Chamundi Hill)on Lalitha Mahal Palace Road. The caption has a remark that the design is masking traffic signals. I travel on…
Mysuru Ramakrishna Ashrama’s Swami Muktidanandaji will release three books at a programme jointly organised by District Kannada Sahitya Parishat and Samvahana Prakashana, at Zilla Sahitya Bhavan, Vijayanagar 1st Stage, at 5.30 pm on Sept.27. The books to be released are — Prof. K.B. Prabhuprasad’s ‘Chennudi-Chilume,’ Dr. C.P. Krishna Kumar’s ‘Vachana Samvedana’ and Prof. Y.S. Gowramma’s…
The coaching camp for all competitive examinations organised by Karnataka Sate Open University (KSOU) will be inaugurated on Sept. 27 at 10 am at Cauvery auditorium in KSOU premises by Commissioner of Handlooms and Textiles Dr. M.R. Ravi. Karnataka Police Academy Deputy Director Sudhir Kumar Reddy and KSOU Registrar Dr. B. Ramesh will be the…
The Horticulture Division of University of Mysore (UoM) has organised the 16th Dasara Flower Show at Kukkarahalli Lake from Sept.30 to Oct.9 daily from 9 am to 7 pm with free entry featuring a variety of ornamental plants and flowers. The show will be formally inaugurated by UoM VC Prof. G. Hemantha Kumar on Sept.30…
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