By Shadan Muneer, Freelance Journalist You can have anything you want in life if you dress for it,” said American fashion icon Edith Head and anything you wish to have in fashion, the ‘go to’ place in Mysuru is Meena Bazaar. Yes, you read it right. Once known only for its blingy outfits and glitzy…
More than 20,000 kgs of Dates sold in Mysuru every Ramzan
June 3, 2018Mysuur: More than 20,000 kgs of dates are sold in Mysuru during the holy month of Ramzan or Ramadan every year. And even if one keeps a conservative price of Rs. 500 per kg, the business runs into crores of rupees. While the normal varieties of dates cost Rs. 100 per kg, exotic varieties cost…
Ramzan fasting begins today
May 17, 2018Mysuru: A meeting of Mysore District Moon Committee was held at the Office of the Mysore District Wakf Advisory Committee on Sayyaji Rao Road at 7 pm yesterday under the Chairmanship of Sir Khazi of Mysore Hazrath Moulana Mohammed Usman Shariff Saheb. Ariff A. Mehkri, who was the convenor of the Moon Committee, collected information…
Thousands of Muslims attend Ramzan prayers in Mysuru
June 27, 2017Sir Khazi Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Usman Sharief called upon the people to maintain peace and communal harmony in a strife-torn world today. Leading the Ramzan Prayers at the sprawling Eidgah Maidan in Tilak Nagar, as thousands of Muslims gathered here this morning, the Sir Khazi said, “The 30-day fast that the Muslims keep is a…
Ramzan prayers held in city
June 26, 2017Mysuru: Sir Khazi Hazrat Maulana Mohammad Usman Sharief called upon the people to maintain peace and communal harmony in a strife-torn world today. Leading the Ramzan Prayers at the sprawling Eidgah Maidan in Tilak Nagar, as thousands of Muslims gathered here this morning, the Sir Khazi said, “The 30-day fast that the Muslims keep is…
CM hosts Iftar for Muslim brethren
June 24, 2017Mysuru: Chief Minister Siddharamaiah had hosted Iftar, on the occasion of Ramzan to the Muslim brethren of Myusru, here last evening. The CM greeted everyone at the get-together organised at the Prestige Convention Hall on Mysuru-Bengaluru Road in which thousands of people participated. The Iftar began with a prayer offered by Sir Khazi Mohammed Usman…
The Joy and Spirit of Ramazan !
June 23, 2017By Dr. K. Javeed Nayeem, MD In the year 2009, in this very same column I had written an article about Ramazan, the ninth and perhaps the most well known month of the Islamic calendar. Thanks to the requests of my numerous non-Muslim friends who want to know more about this very ‘visible’ month, I…
Ramzan shopping moves into top gear at Meena Bazaar
June 22, 2017Every Mysurean seems to be out on a shopping spree and binge eating… By B.C. Thimmaiah Who does not love shopping? Shopping has no reason and if it is in the Holy Month of Ramzan, shopping at the crowded Meena Bazaar in Mysuru has its own significance. It is a place where you get a…
This Ramzan, Enjoy exotic Iftar dishes in Mysuru
June 20, 2017Ramzan, the month of fasting and prayers for Muslim brethren, is also the season for others to enjoy the tasty delicacies. The mouth watering variety include such special items like Haleem from Hyderabad, varieties of samosas (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian), Kashmiri Faluda and, Dry Fruit Sherbet.
On Ramzan Food Trail… Enjoy exotic Iftar dishes in Mysuru
June 10, 2017By S. Kenneth Shishir Ramzan, the month of fasting and prayers for Muslim brethren, is also the season for others to enjoy the tasty delicacies. The mouth watering variety include such special items like Haleem from Hyderabad, varieties of samosas (both vegetarian and non-vegetarian), Kashmiri Faluda and, Dry Fruit Sherbet. The exotic Middle-East delicacies such…
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