Swami Vivekananda’s love for Japan is well-known. He had said, “I would wish that everyone of our young men could visit Japan once at least in his lifetime to see how Japanese talk and work more unlike Indians.” To this ilk belongs Dr. Hiroya Fujisaki Professor-Emeritus at the University of Tokyo and a Professor in…
Kalamandira: An Abode of Art
March 25, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Chintana Chavadi, shaped like a well where people can have a 360-degree view of speakers and participants, is a new addition to Kalamandira that has, over the years, grown to be a hub of art and culture. Along with Chintana Chavadi, a beautiful heritage garden is…
“Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by a human bomb was unknown then” – 2
March 15, 2018[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam SOM: You made an interesting observation when talking about LTTE leader Prabhakaran, “He would have got ten times this money by signing an agreement with the Sri Lankan government. Or the Western mediators would have paid him to get the glory of solving the problem since any leader…
“Assassination of Rajiv Gandhi by a human bomb was unknown then”, Says former CBI Chief Dr. D.R. Kaarthikeyan
March 14, 2018The job of the Police usually draws more brickbats than bouquets. Their position is always damned if you do and damned if you don’t. This is truer especially in today’s charged political atmosphere. But there are a few upright officers who irrespective of the pressures and pulls always manage to hold their own and to…
Feeding dogs gives me more peace: Dr. H. Saraswathi
March 10, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam She was looking quite different from a distance. All I could see was a grey-haired lady, who was holding a plastic bag with a purse inside it, walking in the sprawling, beautiful, serene campus of Kalamandira. Curiosity got the better of me, as she went and sat near the steps of…
“Night Tourism in India interpreted as Night Clubs”, Says Union Tourism Minister K.J. Alphons
March 9, 2018Tourism in the country benefits people in three ways; it creates employment, helps infrastructure development and generates revenue in foreign exchange. Mysuru, though has always been touted as a tourist destination, needs more push and the effort of a private enterprise, Mysore Travel Mart, in this direction is quite laudable. Union Minister of State for…
I have practiced Sarangi in graveyards and temples, says Ustad Faiyaz Khan
March 4, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam The world of music has produced some of the finest legends in the country in both Hindustani and Karnatak. Ustad Faiyaz Khan is one among them. He is one of the youngest persons to take over as the Chairman of Karnataka Sangeetha Nritya Academy. The versatile Sarangi player comes from a…
Agony and ecstasy of running a local evening english newspaper
February 16, 2018Editors are unique who are rarely seen but only read. However, when one is not only an editor but also the founder-owner of a newspaper, then the equation changes. And to run a newspaper for 40 long years and create a unique space takes courage and above all, a certain kind of chutzpah. K.B. Ganapathy…
Life in the 90s: A peep into the daily routine of a Nonagenarian Legend
February 16, 2018By N. Niranjan Nikam What is age? Just numbers. How true is this adage, especially as one ages, the bones begin to creak, eyesight becomes weak, ears become hard to hear and healthy life dogged by ailments continue. All these thoughts appear and disappear, as I enter the house of one of the living legends…
“Like any other Indian, I thought AIDS will never come to India” – 2
January 8, 2018[Continued from yesterday] By N. Niranjan Nikam Star of Mysore (SOM): STD has gone down by 90 %? Dr. Gilada: In Skin and STD Department for MD exams these days the students do not get good STD cases for study. They have to call other medical colleges to find out if there are any cases…
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