Exclusive Interview with Grammy Award Winner Ricky Kej By Nandini Srinivasan Every Indian’s heart filled with pride when Indian music composer Ricky Kej walked onto the stage along with Rock-legend Stewart Copeland…
By V.N. Prasad Heartiest congratulations to Team India for lifting the T20 and ODI trophies in a most convincing manner. To beat England in their backyard is a difficult task; that world…
By Dr. Manik A.V. Bengeri In the 2022 Presidential election, Droupadi Murmu defeated Yashwant Sinha. According to the official data, Murmu won a total of 6,76,803 votes against Sinha’s 3,80,177 votes. She…
Yellow and green fields make for an ideal background for those hard-to-find ‘perfect’ profile photos Sunflower fields along National Highway 766 at Begur near Gundlupet are turning out to be a major…
Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Ravana-podi means burning effigies of Ravana. In the Gangetic plains, this happens at the end of autumn Navaratri after the rains on Vijaya Dashami.…
By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist Kashipathy Agrahara in K.R. Mohalla is the largest Agrahara built in Mysuru. While the Agraharas were built by the Maharajas, their queens and others were one stretch…
By U.B. Acharya One might ask what these magic numbers are. In fact, these are the number of Major titles won by the three great champions namely, Rafael Nadal (22), Novak Djokovic…
[Photos: P.V. Akshay and Kunjiyanda Machaiah (Machu)] It is raining heavily in Kodagu and almost all the waterfalls in the district have come alive with a milky-white flow, accompanied by the gushing…
No chance of wall falling as elaborate strengthening process undertaken: PWD officials The 40-ft retaining wall that is being built to protect the Kodagu Deputy Commissioner’s Office at Madikeri has given way…
By Dr. B.V. Rajagopal Past National Vice-President of Indian Medical Association National Doctors’ Day is observed in our country on 1st July every year. This was introduced by Indian Medical Association (IMA)…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In prehistoric times, people captured a hunting ground or agricultural land or pastures by claiming that is where the ancestor was buried. Burial…
Sadhguru Jaggi Vasudev, Mysuru’s very own guru recently travelled over 30,000 km visiting 27 countries on a solo motorbike trip to spread the message of saving soil. This 100-day journey which kicked…
By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy The Economist is a prestigious international weekly covering the global economy and political scene, and is well-known for its critical and balanced views. Often it is skeptical…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Nationalists want to believe that Hinduism existed homogeneously across the Indian subcontinent (Akhand Bharat) since time immemorial. However, everyone who studies history knows…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar Initiative aims at bridging the gap between tribal hamlets and developed localities On the cusp of being declared a Tiger Reserve, the Male Mahadeshwara Hills (MM Hills) Wildlife…
By Girija Madhavan Reading about student life now in newspapers and magazines, the mind harks back my own days in Maharaja’s College in the University of Mysore in 1955-58; and how different…
Jamun-laden bicycles, carts make a comeback after 2 years of COVID pandemic With 2020 summer washed out in COVID and 2021 summer filled with lockdowns and restrictions, vendors of Mysuru’s favourite dark…
Remembering an Educationist, Parliamentarian and Philanthropist The birth centenary of Sheila Irani, an Educationist, Parliamentarian and Philanthropist, will be celebrated at Ideal Jawa Rotary School on JLB Road and at Chamundi Children’s…
Exclusive interview with celebrity author Chetan Bhagat by Sujata Rajpal No other English author has been the subject of as much ridicule as Chetan Bhagat. The readers of his books are often…
Title: ‘Vishwakavi Ravindranatha-Ondu Rangadarshana’ Author: Dr. Geetha Seetharam Publisher: Swathi Prakashana, Bogadi, Mysuru By Dr. Shanthi Narasimhan Gurudev Rabindranath Tagore is a unique personality and no amount of words can appropriately describe…
Having studied at AIISH Mysuru, Dr. Bopanna Ballachanda becomes the first Indian-American to occupy the top post By B.C. Thimmaiah Dr. Bopanna Ballachanda is a Professor (Adjunct) at Texas Tech Health Sciences…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Giving in Hindu society can be categorised in three ways: dakshina, bhiksha and daan. Dakshina is repayment. Bhiksha is alms. Daan is charity.…
Remembering his legacy to the education field By Bhamy V. Shenoy It is not an easy task to write an obituary to a quintessential educationist Dr. B. Yashovarma, who passed away at…
Geeth Gaatha Chal, the popular musical show by Doctors and their family, has been entertaining the culture-loving Mysureans since the past 20 years and the 20th edition of the event was held…
