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The Sour Truth
It is monsoon season in Kodagu and though rains are less this year, people in remote villages of Kodagu, who have grown Garcinia gummi-gutta tree in their estates or have access to…
13 Jul 2019 · 8 min read
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Tennis Talk: It is Djoko Vs Fedex in Wimbledon finals!
By U.B. Acharya While in ICC Cricket World Cup finals, we will see a new world champion either England or New Zealand, what else is new in the world of tennis? It…
13 Jul 2019 · 2 min read
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Narada, the cursed
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist In the Puranas, we are told that Narada, the mind, was born from the thoughts of Brahma, and like all sages had the…
11 Jul 2019 · 2 min read
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Debacle at ‘Old Trafford’ as ‘Men in Blue’ succumb to the ‘Black Caps’
By V.N. Prasad Hearty congratulations to the ‘Black Caps’ on their concerted efforts to defend a total that even Afghans would have fancied to chase comfortably. While our top order collapsed, the…
11 Jul 2019 · 3 min read
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Too much satire and too long too !
By Vighnesh Hampapura Many have dubbed ‘Kattale Belaku’ philosophical. There is a disillusioned playwright (Jagadish Manavarte), who has material grouses with theatre: he lives in his father’s house; all the plays brought…
10 Jul 2019 · 4 min read
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NAMO Yoga Bhavan in Mysuru
By M.B. Pavan Murthy It is an age of Bhavans where Bhavans are constructed in the name of every National and State leaders who have ruled us in the past. Bhavans are…
9 Jul 2019 · 3 min read
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In search of Governance…
By Dr. R. Balasubramaniam Living in Karnataka is like living in a world where each day reinforces one’s conviction in the existence of God. How else will one be able to explain…
9 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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SKYWATCH: Saturn, the ringed planet to reach ‘opposition’ tomorrow
By Dr. S.A. Mohan Krishna, Observational Astronomer Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the outermost planet perfectly noticeable with the unaided eye. The imperative physical distinctiveness like magnitude, composition,…
8 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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Wealth and Growth
Feng Shui can be said to be a tool to overcome many obstacles in the life of a person and it does not seem to have a specific boundary or limitation in…
8 Jul 2019 · 3 min read
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Celebrating Indian Art in Japan
By Girija Madhavan My abiding memories of Japan, apart from the friendships formed there, are of the art and aesthetics of the country. My husband, A. Madhavan, was posted as Indian Ambassador…
7 Jul 2019 · 5 min read
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A Road for Kalamma: From Real Gold to Fibre World of cameras, computers, CCTVs
Also known as ‘Spare Parts Road’, K.T. Street or Kalamma Temple Street with its criss-crossing lanes and by-lanes is the hub of all electronic items available at a ‘reasonable cost’. The road…
6 Jul 2019 · 9 min read
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What came first: The world or life?
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist As per scientists, the world began 13 billion years ago with the Big Bang. Earth came into being about 5 billion years ago.…
4 Jul 2019 · 3 min read
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House Moving
Don’t move in all the boxes into the house in one go bring them in systematically as it symbolises slow movement of energy and building up of energy in the new home…
1 Jul 2019 · 3 min read
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Costume Cornucopia: Where Bahuroopis are fashioned, styled
Art productions comprising dance and theatre have been a major form of entertainment since ancient times. Theatre evolved as an organised way to express creativity and with it came the evolution of…
29 Jun 2019 · 9 min read
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Newly “Developed” Cheluvamba Park crying for immediate attention
By R. Chandra Prakash Cheluvamba Park in V.V. Puram near Akashvani has been “developed” by MCC at great financial costs over a period. Rain Water Harvesting system was implemented here. During 2014-17,…
29 Jun 2019 · 3 min read
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Booktalk: ‘Amit Shah and the March of BJP’
Author presents book to Dr. S.L. Bhyrappa in city Title: Amit Shah and the March of BJP Authors: Anirban Ganguly and Shiwanand Dwivedi Pages: 296 Price: Rs. 399 Publisher: Bloomsbury By Prof.…
28 Jun 2019 · 4 min read
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POINT BLANK: Recalling how an earlier attempt to provide multi-level parking facility was subverted
By K.B. Ganapathy, Editor-in-Chief Some years back the then Deputy Commissioner had invited me, along with some prominent citizens of Mysuru, to discuss issues concerning city’s infrastructure etc. A circular in this…
27 Jun 2019 · 1 min read
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Sea-faring Kaundinya
By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik - Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist If you travel to Cambodia, you will come across a folklore that a sage from India known as Kaundinya travelled across the sea…
27 Jun 2019 · 3 min read
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Creating World Class Universities: Are we missing something?
Higher education and new education policy is being discussed across the country. One concern often talked about is the absence of World Class Universities from India in the top 100 of the…
26 Jun 2019 · 6 min read
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‘Manjari’ the mystique fragrance...
By Dr. Rama V. Bennur The untold stories of flowers unravelled its many unknown fragrance to the rasikas of Mysuru on the 7th of June at the Veene Seshanna Bhavana of Ganabharathi.…
26 Jun 2019 · 2 min read
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“We are Indian by Nationality, Independent without any Foreign Domination”: Rev. Dr. Joseph Mar Thoma
India is a Secular State with no State Religion. But religion in our country is characterised by a diversity of beliefs and practices. Apart from the world’s four major religions — Hinduism,…
25 Jun 2019 · 14 min read
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Home Balconies
Apartment living most often has a designated place of interest which is the balcony. The balcony is not just the area which channelises the energy into the home but also adds to…
24 Jun 2019 · 3 min read
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Nauseating Stench: Meat waste plant leaves residents of Old Kesare and surrounding areas gasping for clean air
If Saadat Hasan Manto, writer, playwright and author born in Ludhiana during the British Raj became famous with his Urdu short story “Boo” that means “Smell”, a quiet locality in Mysuru is…
23 Jun 2019 · 7 min read
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Linking tracks, lives: Mysuru Railway Yard Remodelling on war-footing
In an endeavour to ferry more passengers and goods to cater to the demands of economic growth, the number of trains have seen an increase over the years. More number of trains…
22 Jun 2019 · 9 min read