By Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik – Author, Speaker, Illustrator, Mythologist The word kushalava in Sanskrit literature like Manusmriti and Arthashastra refer to low-born travelling entertainers. This feels strange as Kusha and Lava are the names of Ram’s twin sons — Ram who is the greatest king of Indian lore. In Sikh folklore, endorsed by the 18th…
The Lakshminarayana Global Music Festival will present its 33rd edition in New Delhi, Bengaluru, Mysuru and Mumbai. The concert in Mysuru is presented in association with Sri Ganapathy Sachchidananda Ashram at Nada Mantapa in the Ashram premises on Nanjangud Road here tomorrow (Jan. 11) at 6.30 pm. The special guests for the evening will be…
By Mookonda Nitin Kushalappa Sandooka — the Living Museum of Kodava Culture, an informative and interactive platform for the community, the diaspora, researchers and knowledge-seekers, has been launched. One can access it on https://sandookamuseum.org/ The museum has been created with community participation and on the basis of research on existing knowledge of the history of…
Ganabharathi had arranged a grand Veena Utsava in memory of Vainika Shikhamani Veene Seshanna and Veena Vidushi Chokkamma on the 17th of December, 2023 at Veene Seshanna Bhavana in Kuvempunagar, Mysuru. The festival exclusively highlighted the legacy of Mysuru Vainikas, who were also very good composers. The one-day programme included three lecture-demonstrations along with veena…
By U.B. Acharya Despite possessing all important records in tennis, Novak Djokovic is disliked by most tennis fans and experts. In fact, he is hated by many, who are mostly Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal’s fans. Recently some experts have analysed this situation and come up with a few reasons. These are summarised below: 1….
An out-and-out fast bowler is one of the great sights in cricket. —James Anderson By Prof. B.K. Viswanath Apart from a few serious lapses of batting in India’s first innings, they fought back brilliantly to hold the fort and fly the flag aloft in the second Test in Cape Town. No one had thought that…
MCC burial ground at the foot of Chamundi Hill replete with sorry state of affairs By M.B. Pavan Murthy No water to conduct last rites, two defunct borewells, plastic littered everywhere, liquor packs among types of wastes strewn around and the newly built toilet yet to be opened for use… This is the sorry state…
By Sunita Menon, Psychotherapist – Specialised in CBT & Sex Therapy The movie Dear Zindagi with Shah Rukh Khan as Dr. Jug in it, was a game-changer for therapy and therapists I would like to believe. It created for the viewers an almost idyllic world of therapy. Reality fortunately or unfortunately is somewhere in between….
Hemmige, a small cultural village near T. Narasipur, has produced a number of musicians like K. Vageesh, Hemmige Prashanth, K. Varadarangan, Vamshidhar among many others. On Dec. 9, 2023, at Rotary West Auditorium, the Sabha felicitated eight of its achievers from Hemmige in recognition of their service in various fields. Mysuru City and District Brahmins…
By Dr. C. Naganna, former Professor, Comparative Literature and Translation Studies, University of Mysore It was on this day last year, 2nd January 2023, Sri Siddeshwara Swamiji of Jnanayogashrama, Vijayapura, left for his heavenly abode. He was an eloquent public speaker on spiritual and moral subjects, who delivered discourses in Karnataka and other States both…
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