By V. Shourabh George Bernard Shaw has rightly said there is no love sincerer than the love of food. With craving for various varieties and a treat for the taste buds, Mysureans…
By V. Shourabh Kusti or wrestling has its roots dug deep in Mysore since the time of Kings. The erstwhile rulers patronised this sport and Kusti has enjoyed a royal heritage status.…
By Dr. S.N. Bhagirath [Continued from yesterday] A similar episode concerned a rich Chettiar businessman in Mysore by the name of Sahukar Channaiah. When Channaiah suffered substantial losses in his later years,…
Well-built, loud, affable and endearing in his personality, T. Chowdaiah was humility personified. He is remembered among other things, for the introduction of the seven stringed violin in the Indian context. He…
TWO-IN-ONE: Charismatic Chamaraja Circle as illuminated and reflected in rainwater. View from the top: A panoramic view of Krishnaraja Circle. IN ITS FULL GLORY: Abul Kalam Azad Circle (Highway Circle) with Elephant-head…
Songs like ‘Chitti Aayi Hai’ from the movie Naam, ‘Jeeye to Jeeye Kaise’ from the movie Saajan, ‘Aur Aahista Kijiye Baatein’, ‘Chandi Jaisa Rang Hai Tera’, ‘Thodi Thodi Piya Karo’ have had…
By S.N. Venkatnag Sobers Cardio Vascular Diseases (CVD) is a leading cause of death and disability in the world, claiming 17.9 million lives a year. World Heart Day, observed on Sept. 29…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan T.M. Krishna is a celebrated star in classical music. On the 13th day of the Heritage Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V.Mohalla, the street was overflowing with Karnatak…
Today's fervent green thumb is not your mom, wife or sister but men in their 20s and 30s and even elders who are growing their own flowers, ornamental plants and veggies. The…
By N. Niranjan Nikam The Mysore Palace Board, in-charge of maintaining the Palace, gets to work to prepare for Dasara months in advance. Over 150 chandeliers are cleaned and burnt bulbs inside…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The Garuda Purana is one of the 18 Puranas composed by Ved Vyasa in order to explain Vedic principles. It was in a…
Giant African land snails invade coffee estates in Kodagu; Coffee Board comes to growers’ rescue By Arathi Menon As monsoon clouds delayed their presence over the verdant hills of Kodagu in June…
By Horeyala Doreswamy Manteswamy and ‘Male Mahadeshwara’ are the two major folk epics popular in the old Mysuru region of Karnataka. These two unique oral folk epics have been kept alive by…
By Dr. Padmavathi On the 12th day of the Music Festival at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla, Saketharaman sang with B.U. Ganesh Prasad on violin, Dr. Umayalpuram K. Sivaraman on mridanga and Guruprasanna…
Vasundhara Performing Arts Centre (VPAC) Trust, Mysuru, has been conducting four main festivals in a year for the last 33 years. Pallavotsava is conducted to encourage young and upcoming artistes from different…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Sandeep Narayan sang under the aegis of SPVGMC Trust on the 11th day of the music series. He was accompanied by the mridanga legend Umayalapuram Sivaraman on mridanga,…
Articulate Festival, curated by Mysore B. Nagaraj, saw its 40th edition at Veene Seshanna Bhavana, Kuvempunagar, on Sunday (Sept. 15). This is a every 3rd Sunday of the month venture of the…
A service that every Mysurean should extend By Ashvini Ranjan Brace yourself, Dasara is here! Probably two million visitors will visit the city and on a conservative estimate, a lakh of motor…
By M.T. Yogesh Kumar [Pics. by M.N. Lakshminarayana Yadav] The gold-diggers of Unnao found nothing. In Mysuru, however, several men and women — almost 50 of them — find gold on jewellery…
By Vinay Karekura There is another group of coin-and-treasure hunters at Paschimavahini in Srirangapatna. The speciality of this group is that they go in search of places where people come to immerse…
If the holy grail of medieval alchemists was turning lead into gold, how much more magical would it be to draw gold from grime-filled streets? Gold, as microscopic particles, has long been…
By H.D. Ramesh A student from the Government School near the forest border and son of a very poor couple living in Tribal Hamlet (Girijana Haadi), Sachin, has brought laurels to the…
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist Shiva is called the destroyer because he destroys our desire — Kama, and he destroys death itself — Yama. Kama is associated with…
By Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan Senior vocalist Sangeetha Kalanidhi T.V. Shankaranarayan performed on Sept.9 at 8th Cross, V.V. Mohalla. He was accompanied on violin by Nagai Sriram, mridanga by Tumkur B. Ravishankar and…
