By M.B. Pavan Murthy At a time when modern bicycles equipped with gears & other facilities are becoming popular, for many reasons including users’ love for non-motorised transport, one can see very few bicycle repairers, who once upon a time dotted every lane and bylanes of Mysuru. Non-polluting and environment-friendly cycles were for decades one…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: At a time when health has become priority for one and all, Primary Health Centres (PHCs) are silently serving the community without publicity. These health units, spread across the city and district, are doing yeomen service by addressing health issues of common people free of cost. Over 25 programmes under…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy COVID is a kill-joy for Ganesha Chaturthi and Sri Krishna Janmashtami celebrations that fall next in the series of festivals after Varamahalakshmi Vrata and Raksha Bandhan. Owing to COVID contagion, it will be private Ganesha celebrations this year and there will be no mass festivals and roadside pendals. Mumbai and Maharashtra…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy “Wash your hands with soap, maintain hygiene, use hand sanitiser and ensure social distancing.” This has been the new mantra amidst the lockdown due to the outbreak of the deadly Coronavirus, which has now marked its presence in 184 countries across the globe. Who are the frontline warriors who are risking…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy The designated COVID-19 Hospital (District Hospital, Mysore) on KRS Road has set up low-cost walk-in kiosks at its premises for safe collection of swabs of symptomatic people by the medical staff without direct exposure and contact with patients. The man behind these walk-in kiosks, known as Swab Testing Cubicles is Ramesh…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Mysore/Mysuru: With all trading and commercial activities coming to a grinding halt due to COVID-19 lockdown, the trading of banana in Boti Bazar (mutton market) area on Aane Sarot road in the heart of the city has come down drastically, much to the despair of banana merchants. The Boti Bazar located…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Digitalisation of the oldest extant copy of Kautilya’s Arthashastra and other manuscripts will be a reality soon at the more-than-a-century-old Oriental Research Institute (ORI) in Mysuru. The institute has taken steps to digitise its vast collection of nearly 70,000 palm leaf and paper manuscripts in Sanskrit and Kannada. Kautilya’s Arthashastra was…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy Thespian Dr. Rajkumar once described P.B. Sreenivas (PBS) as his shaareera (voice) while he himself was a mere shareera (body), summing up how some of the best-known films of the matinee idol are unthinkable without the legendary singer lending his voice. PBS ruled the Kannada film industry for over two decades…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] The popular Mannar’s Market in Shivarampet has paved way for artisans and traders to make extra money as Deepavali draws near. Some traders in the bustling Mannar’s Market sell lamps of various hues and shapes procured from different parts of the country. Besides, clay lamps too…
Mysuru: Dasara is synonymous with illumination featuring elaborate displays of lights. While most cities in the world have their own special illumination event, Mysuru is no exception. The city has turned into a new Light Experience that has turned spaces into atmospheric places filled with light. And these design-driven lighting concepts have been attracting visitors…
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