It’s the month of Ramzan and the best time to devour some lip-smacking kebabs, tangy tikkas and aromatic biryanis. Have you started salivating yet? But you don’t need to travel several kilometres to be able to satiate your craving for authentic Mughlai cuisine. Iftar is all about community. About breaking the fast together, and sharing…
Ferntastic: A potato farm blooms into State’s Siri Garden
May 18, 2019If Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting with each other over Cauvery waters, they have come together to establish ‘Karnataka Siri Horticulture Garden’, Fern Hill, the second largest public garden in Ootacamund (Ooty) which is known for its wealth of Gardens and Parks. The Park, a gift of the Wadiyars of Mysore, has come…
Mango Mania: Mysureans go gaga over Mangoes
May 11, 2019Summer is soaring and the ‘King of Fruits’ has occupied its throne in Mysuru. Luscious mangoes have piled up in make-shift shops, carts, street corners and stalls at various junctions and prominent places. It is that time of the year when other fruits are sidelined and mango is placed on top of the fruit ladder….
Road to Hell
May 4, 2019Accident is the most unwanted thing to happen to a road user, though it happens quite often. The most unfortunate thing is that we do not learn from our mistakes on the road. Most of the road users are quite well aware of the general rules and safety measures while driving or walking but it…
Fitness for Free
April 27, 2019Open air gyms in several parks across city are a big hit. The Mysuru City Corporation that set up first such gym at a park near Dr. Puttaraja Gavai Stadium in J.P. Nagar received overwhelming response from the public and now every Corporator or MLA is demanding gym equipment inside parks within their jurisdiction. Some…
Lok Sabha Election 2019: Net Worth Netas
March 30, 2019“Money changes everything.” And nowhere is that proverb more taken to heart than in Indian elections where crores of rupees are spent by candidates whether or not he/ she will win. In the Festival of Democracy, ironically it is the candidate who spends the most money or is richer than other competing candidates who usually…
Gully Shopping: Kadaiah Gully… Where Gals Get Beautiful
March 16, 2019By Ramesh Kebbehundi Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav Clothes, clothes and more clothes, cheap clothes though. Accessories, bangles, bracelets, blouses, buttons, hooks, straps, stripes, stoles and trinkets — welcome to L. Kadaiah Gully. This is where girls go to shop and get beautiful. Shopping and commercial activity in this area has not changed despite the…
Milky Way
March 2, 2019By Ramesh Kebbehundi Think milk and only ‘Nandini’ comes to your mind, despite tough competition from other brands. After being a household brand, Nandini has now forayed into the market of snacks and namkeens, taking on the more powerful brands with aggressive marketing and customer-friendly strategies. And as if to give a shot in the…
Techie returns to Roots, starts ORGANIC MOVEMENT
February 23, 2019By N. Niranjan Nikam Driving on the Mysuru-Bengaluru Highway as one crosses Mandya, the sugar bowl of the State, near Budanur, on the left is a supermarket which attracts the eye by its very name ‘Organic Mandya.’ The story of this supermarket and the man behind it, who has returned to his roots, is a…
Gardenomics: Fresh designs to execute, new lessons to learn
February 23, 2019Text & photographs by Dr. Mahadeswara Swamy, Scientist Mob: 97429-91057; e-mail: [email protected] Gardening -A Perennial Pleasure Green Mysuru is a fond dream of many citizens and gardens play a vital role in realising this dream. In the words of Lord Bacon, “Gardening is the purest of human pleasures, the greatest refreshment to the spirit of…
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