This picture is indeed worth a thousand words…: Inspired by the old saying, ‘A picture is worth a thousand words’ — meaning multiple ideas can be conveyed more effectively by a single still image than a mere verbal description — the South Western Railway (SWR) is sensitising rail-users about the importance of wearing face masks…
A quiet flyover…
April 29, 2021Has time stopped in the city? Suddenly the bumper-to-bumper, surging and at times disorderly traffic on the busy Hunsur Road seems to have evaporated, thanks to the two-week COVID Curfew. Without traffic, this particular flyover that is choked by unending streams of vehicles from early morning till late night is somewhat unimaginable. This is how…
Egg brings luck to Mysuru Brothers
March 5, 2021Duo prepares 30 varieties of lip-smacking dishes By M.T. Yogesh Kumar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] Egg has transformed lives of two youths. Their hard work, perseverance and love for experiments have made people to come and taste over 30 varieties of snacks made from eggs. Girish and Manish, sons of late Appanna and residents…
Hoof Care: The saga behind bare hands
February 23, 2021By Rajkumar Bhavasar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] A few members of the once famed horseshoe maker generation work in cramped spaces on Pulikeshi Road in Tilaknagar, Mysuru. Like the many old structures dotting the area’s landscape that stand amidst high-rises, refusing to change with time’s swift change, these professionals have the unyielding spirit of…
Band House again…
February 21, 2021By S.T. Ravikumar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] The Band House that once housed the Mysore Police Band will be brought back to its past glory and restored to its original place — Old Mysore City Police Commissioner’s Office at Nazarbad. It will be weaned away from the present Mounted Police Company on Lalitha Mahal…
Master of fish-hunting
February 17, 2021The Pied Kingfisher – Ceryle rudis, as it is called in Ornithology, is a Real King of all the Kingfishers. As the name suggests, Kingfishers are masters at hunting fish. There are in all about 90 species of Kingfishers, out of which 12 are found in India and 8 are found in South India and…
Till we meet again…
October 28, 2020Howdah elephant Abhimanyu bidding adieu to Mysureans while leaving Mysore Palace to Mathigod Elephant Camp this morning after successfully carrying the Golden Howdah for the first time during ‘Jumboo Savari.’ Photo by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav
Flowers to enhance beauty of illuminated Circles this Dasara
September 18, 2020Mysore Palace gears up for Navarathri with flower pot arrangements and rose garden By M.T. Yogesh Kumar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] This Dasara, colourful flowers will add additional glitter to the illuminated streets, Circles and prominent structures within the city boundaries. Though it will be a low-key Dasara as decided by the State Government…
Traditional ‘Gaana’ oil makes a comeback at Nelamane
September 6, 2020M.Tech graduate quits job, delves deep into trade and creates local employment By B.C. Thimmaiah [Photos and inputs by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] For thousands of years, fats and oils have been important in food preparation and many natural oleaginous materials such as sesame, mustard seeds and coconut were known sources of oil. Juices and oils…
Shikra… The Leopard of Birds
September 2, 2020By Ragoo Rao, Ethologist Shikras — Accipiter badius, in Taxonomical terms, the urban raptor, a bird of prey, a small but fierce predator, is likened to the Leopards of the Cat family, owing to their fierce and brutal hunting techniques, blended with intelligence and strategy, exactly like the Leopards. The urban treetops, specially the leafy…
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