By Dr. S.N. Bhagirath, Anaesthesiologist, Bengaluru Mahamahopadyaya Rudrapatna Shamasastry was an extraordinary scholar who brought international fame to the city of Mysuru. He was born on 12th January 1868 at Basavapatna, to…
The 17th edition of the popular music programme Geeth Gaatha Chal... by the doctors and their family, yet again provided a grand musical treat to the music-lovers, at Kalamandira here last evening.…
By S.B.S. Surendran The Year 2018 is year known as The Year of the Yang Earth Dog — WU XU. The Year promises to be harmonious and would see much lesser hostility.…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar India is a country with creativity as reflected in its arts, culture and exquisite handicrafts which one can see across the length and breadth of the geography. However,…
By Ashvini Ranjan The First World War took place between the Allied Forces (Britain, France and Russia) and the Axis Forces consisting of the Germans, Austrians and the Ottoman Empire. It lasted…
By Dr. Kodira A. Kushalapa Every educated person is now conscious and knowledgeable about the role of forests, their need for conservation to live safely and comfortably on this planet Earth, thanks…
By B.C. Thimmaiah Amid all the bustling new and ultra-modern photo shops aka studios that have sprung up in Mysuru city, where professionals sit behind counters trying to cope with demands of…
Author Girija Madhavan’s mother Mukta Venkatesh, painter and writer, who lived in Mysuru from the 1920s till her death in 2003 at the age of over 101, was the fourth daughter of…
By Rajkumar Bhavasar I am not a November Kannadiga. I am 365 days, 24x7 Kannadiga and I am proud to be born a Kannadiga,” is the strong message that this man in…
Editors 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…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The word ‘Apsara’ is derived from the root ‘apsa’ which means water. Apsaras were nymphs who slipped away from the grasp of man,…
The history of journalism in Karnataka, aka Karnataka Press, will be incomplete without reference to the role played by small newspapers. In fact, small newspapers form a significant portion of the history…
By V. Shourabh Only when a man is suffering, he will start to think out-of-the-box to come out of it, goes an old adage. Here is a physically challenged person who has…
By 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…
The Jetties of Mysuru have been continuously following their traditional practice of Indian wrestling or Kusti which has been an integral part of Mysuru and Dasara festivities. Tiger Balaji is one such…
By M.B. Pavan Murthy William Shakespeare’s axiom “A rose by any other name may smell just as sweet” may not apply to the famed ‘Mysooru Mallige.’ This variety of jasmine not only…
Nobody likes individual jasmine flowers unless it’s for puja rituals. But it is a woman’s desire to wear jasmine when they are stringed as it adds richness and beauty to their long…
By K. Vijaya Kumar, Former Jt. Director of Information & Publicity The 266th and current Pope of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis recently asked men “to be less macho (aggressively masculine) and…
By S. Kenneth Shishir Circa 1985: A housewife desperately waits in front of her house for a knife sharpener who carries the cycle-wheel-powered machine that has a round and rotating stone slab.…
By B.N. Ramya Whatever Kannada theatre has achieved today is the result of the revolution brought about 50 years ago by Padma Shri B.V. Karanth. Say THEATRE and MUSIC, one amongst the…
By V. Shourabh While the fast-paced world has resorted to readily available and packaged consumable products, there is one shop in Mysuru which prepares fresh oil from raw materials. The oil mill…
By S. Kenneth Shishir While most people of his age and below prefer to sleep till the sun rises, 70-year-old M. Lalith Kumar Kothari Jain, a resident of Thyagaraja Road in K.R.…
By Arathi Menon Apple lives the life of a socialite. Her closet is stocked with the latest of grooming devices, perfumes and shampoos. She visits a parlour every two weeks for some…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist One of Vishnu’s forms is Mohini, the enchantress. As Krishna, Vishnu becomes Madan-mohan, he who enchants even Cupid. This winsome lover plays the…
