The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), which was formed in Mysuru in the year 1989, has been active in the cause of providing quality civic services to Mysuru’s about 15 lakh citizens. During its 34 years of service to the community as an NGO, there is hardly an area that MGP has not touched and helped…
Kala Kaustubha’, a book on the life and contributions of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore T. Chowdiah, his compositions with notations and photographs, authored by SOM music critic Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan will be released at a programme to be held on Sunday, 26th February at Nityotsava Convention Centre, Krishnamurthypuram, at 11 am. Renowned musician Chitraveena N. Ravikiran…
Title: It All Happened at the Zoo Author: Dr. J.K. Sunder Raj Year: 2022 Pages: 43 Cover Page Art: Anita Murthy A unique kind of a book about Mysore Zoo titled “It All Happened at the Zoo” was published last year by Dr. J.K. Sunder Raj, a family doctor of our city. His claim to…
Title : 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…
Title : “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…
Title: Raja Kalavida Ravivarma Author: Dr. Geetha Seetharam Price: Rs. 200 Publisher: Panchajanya Publications, Bengaluru For any average Hindu household, Ravi Varma paintings were not anything unusual. One would have grown up with the paintings of Lakshmi, Saraswati, Yashoda Krishna, Muruga and visualised these Gods just as seen in the photos bedecking the high walls….
Title : ‘A Call For Progressive Spiritual Hinduism — The Vivekananda Way’ Author : Swami Muktidananda Year : 2022 Pages : 112 Price : Rs.75 Publisher: Advaita Ashrama (Publication House of Ramakrishna Math) Swami Muktidanandaji, President of Sri Ramakrishna Ashram, Mysuru, has written an interesting book, directed at all Hindus titled ‘A Call For Progressive…
Second book of Sai Deepak’s Bharat Trilogy launched HH Sri Srikantadatta Narasimharaja Wadiyar Foundation has organised an insightful talk and interaction session on the book ‘India, Bharat and Pakistan: The Constitutional Journey of a Sandwiched Civilisation’ by its author J. Sai Deepak, who is also a Supreme Court Advocate, at Vijnana Bhavan in Manasagangothri, Mysuru,…
By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Title: ‘The Maharaja & the Princely States of India’ Author: Sharada Dwivedi Year: 2002 Pages: 156 Price: 224 dollars Publisher: The Vendome Press, New Toekm USA Whenever I come to the US, I make it a point to visit the Sunnyvale Library in San Francisco. A beautifully designed coffee-table book…
Title: Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire Author: Caroline Elkins Pages: 896 Price: Rs. 2,564 Publisher: Knopf Year: 2022 (March 29) By Bhamy V. Shenoy First reaction of any Indian seeing the title of the book is likely to be why waste time reading another book on British Empire. We are familiar…
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