Mysuru: An organised efforts were on to make the media toe the line of the rulers or else to gag them either by hook or crook, said NDTV Managing Editor Sreenivasan Jain. He was speaking on the topic ‘Is the Fourth Pillar of Democracy still strong?’ at the session organised as part of the third…
Mysuru: The third edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival began here on Saturday with author Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik delivering his key-note address on “Ramayana Vs Mahabharata”. Pramoda Devi Wadiyar from the erstwhile Mysuru Royal family inaugurated the two-day fest, organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and Mysuru book clubs at Hotel Southern…
Mysuru: “Press freedom though hyped about over the years remains a misnomer even today as censorship still exists,” opined Writer Shobhaa De. She was replying to a question posed by Writer Mahesh Rao during a panel discussion on ‘Shobhaa at 70 — Selective memory’ on the second and concluding day of the third edition of…
Mysuru: Delivering the keynote address during the inauguration of the two-day Mysuru Literature Festival, Mythologist, Writer and Star of Mysore columnist Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik said that both the two greatest epics-Ramayana and Mahabharata, are selling people the idea of Dhamastastra. Speaking on his book ‘Ramayana versus Mahabharata,’ he said that the authors of the epics-Valmiki…
• To feature retrospective on Jnanpith Awardee Girish Karnad • Ex-CEC Navin Chawla, journalist Shoba De, NDTV’s Sreenivasan Jain, Filmmaker T.S. Nagabharana, former Ambassador Nirupama Rao to participate Mysuru: The third edition of the Mysuru Literature Festival (MLF),organised by the Mysuru Literary Forum and Charitable Trust and Mysuru Book Clubs (2015), will be inaugurated by…
This session also was one of the eagerly awaited ones as it was about our own city titled “A class apart – Heritage of the Royal City” in which the panellists included R.G. Singh, Secretary of Ramsons Kala Pratishtana, Eric Sakellaropoulous, an inlay expert with his own factory and Michael Ludgrove, who is curating art…
This year’s Mysuru Literary Fest was held on Aug. 12 and the VIP speaker, who was the cynosure of all eyes, among others, was Pavan K. Varma, former diplomat, Press Secretary to the President of India and, of course, an eminent and prolific writer on subjects as varied as politics and religion. He was a…
Mysuru: Even as writer, diplomat and politician Pavan Varma’s lucid exposition of Adi Shankaracharya ended with very many insights into one of Hinduism’s greatest thinkers and how relevant is his thoughts in today’s world, the next panellist Prof. G. N. Devy, a writer and a critic, bounced a lot of ideas about the current scenario…
Mysuru: The Second Mysuru Literary Fest-2018 hosted by the Mysore Literary Association (MLA) began at the Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri here this morning. Sarod Maestro and Litterateur Nadoja Pandit Rajeev Taranath inaugurated the festival. As the festival began, President of Mysore Literary Association Prof. K.C. Belliappa announced the death of Nobel Laureate V.S. Naipaul. Prof….
The second Mysuru Literary Fest-2018 organised by Mysore Literary Association (MLA) will be held tomorrow (Aug.12) at the Senate Bhavan in Manasagangothri campus. Since Aug. 8, Star of Mysore has been profiling some of the leading names in various fields who are the panellists participating in the day-long session. The two personalities who are being…
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