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A justification to be a Vishwa Guru!
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A justification to be a Vishwa Guru!

May 10, 2025

By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Title:  What The West Should     Learn From India Author: Walter J. Lindner  Year:     2024 Pages:  279 Price:     Rs. 799 Publisher: Juggernaut Books The year was 1977. A tall, young, lean man with a backpack arrived in New Delhi from Germany. He loved Indian music, particularly Ravi Shankar’s sitar. He…

A rare book on Ahilyabai Holkar
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A rare book on Ahilyabai Holkar

May 5, 2025

By Dr. Shanthi Narasimhan Title:  ‘Malwa Samrajyada Rajayogini Ahilyabai Holkar Author: Dr. Geetha Seetharam Year: 2024 Pages: 532 Price: Rs. 550 Publisher:  Geethanjali Publications We  see today a lot of past Indian history re-lived with great gusto, lest they continue to be hidden under dominating Mughal or British history and forgotten. Thanks to this move…

RAMA BHIMA SOMA
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RAMA BHIMA SOMA

April 5, 2025

By Ravi Joshi, Joint Secretary (Retd.), Cabinet Secretariat The unusual title of the book hides a fascinating ‘tour de force’ of about 500 years of the cultural history of Karnataka and of Kannada literature. The book ‘Rama Bhima Soma’ is encyclopedic in its scope and includes a brief description of almost all the poets, writers…

Agastya: The Unifier
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Agastya: The Unifier

March 26, 2025

A book on the sage who bridged wisdom, warfare and worlds Agastya: The Unifier, a book co-authored by Dr. M.N. Sudha and O. Shama Bhat will be released at a programme to be held at JSS College of Arts, Science and Commerce on Ooty Road in Mysuru today (Mar. 26)  at  6.15 pm under the…

Development as ‘Swaraj’ In Theory and Practice
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Development as ‘Swaraj’ In Theory and Practice

March 25, 2025

By Ravi Joshi, Former Joint Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Human societies, inspired by the ideas of great philosophers, social and political reformers have often tried out different methods of organising societies with varying paradigms. In so doing, they questioned the organising principles of their society and tried to change its dominant norms and values. Gandhiji, a…

A Kannada book on cricket
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A Kannada book on cricket

March 15, 2025

By Dr. C.G. Narasimhan  Title: ‘Cricket Jagattu Mattu Allina Amogha Ghaligegalu’ Author: E.R. Ramachandran Year:     2025 Pages:  240 Price:     Rs. 300 Publisher:  New Wave Books Cricket in India has become a household name with great excitement and euphoria more so if our boys and girls do well and win a match and tournament. It…

The untold tragedy of Gyanvapi in Kashi now told in Kannada
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The untold tragedy of Gyanvapi in Kashi now told in Kannada

September 23, 2024

By Prof. G.L. Shekar Title: “Shivanigagi Kayutta:  Kashi Gyanavapiya Satyada Anavarana” Author: Vikram Sampath Translators: Prof. G. L. Shekar and  S.S. Narendrakumar Year:      2024 Pages:  352 Price:     Rs. 475 Publisher:  Sahitya Prakashana, Hubli The Kannada version of the recent book of well-known Indian Historian Dr. Vikram Sampath — Waiting for Shiva: Unearthing the Truth…

Novak Djokovic: The man behind the enigma
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Novak Djokovic: The man behind the enigma

August 27, 2024

By U.B. Acharya A book review like a film trailer arouses curiosity to the viewer/reader to watch the full movie or to elicit some interest in reading the entire book. However, in this case, the book is about a tennis player who is unquestionably the most successful tennis player and yet way down in the…

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