By Dr. C.D. Sreenivasa Murthy Title: Pranab My Father: A Daughter Remembers Author: Sharmistha Mukherjee Year: 2024 Pages: 368 pages Price: Rs. 795 Publisher: Rupa Publications India Pvt. Ltd. A boy aged 11 years had come to Calcutta to attend the wedding of his eldest brother. The day was 16th August 1946, an infamous…
A timely book on caste system and politics-1
February 9, 2024By R. Chandra Prakash Title: VARNA, JATI, CASTE – A Primer on Indian Social Structures Authors: Rajiv Malhotra & Vijaya Viswanathan Year: 2023 Pages: 160 Price: Rs. 250 Publisher: OCCAM, BluOne Ink LLP, India Caste system has been arraigned for creating extreme discrimination in the Hindu society. It has also been a political tool…
T.N. Seshan-Maverick in Action
December 22, 2023By R. Chandra Prakash Title: Through The Broken Glass-An Autobiography Author: T.N. Seshan Year: 2023 Pages: 350+ Price: Rs. 795 Publisher: Rupa Publications Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi [Continued from Dec.20] T.N. Seshan was aware that elections had become a symbol of corruption. He records, “The practices and traditions of hol-ding and con-ducting elections were going…
Hundred years of Mysore Varsity Philosophy Dept.
October 11, 2023By Gouri Satya, Sr. Journalist The Department of Philosophy, University of Mysore, is as old as the University itself. The University was established on July 27, 1916. The Department came into existence the following year under the stewardship of Prof. A.R. Wadia. Prof. Wadia had his higher education in Oxford and Cambridge. He reported to…
A book for birders
June 25, 2023Title : Haruva Nari Mattu Itara Parisarada Kathegalu Author : Dr. H.R. Sanjay Year : 2022 (second print) Pages : 134 Price : Rs. 180 Publisher : Kaveri Prakashana, Rajashekar Hospital, Mysuru Mention birding, the name of renowned ornithologist Salim Ali pat flies through one’s mind, especially those who are aware of the internationally renowned…
A book for Yoga practitioners
June 18, 2023When the f ive senses and the mind are still, and reason itself rests in silence, then begins the Path supreme. This calm steadiness of the senses is called Yoga. Then one should become watchful, because Yoga comes and goes. —Katha Upanishad Title : Yoga Arogya Jyothi Author : S. Sudesh Chandra Year : 2022…
Dakshin: South Indian Myths and Fables Retold
April 18, 2023By C.P. Belliappa Reading the compendium of fifteen South Indian fables retold by Mookonda Nitin Kushalappa will transport the reader to a wonderous world of fairy tales full of angels, demigods, kings, queens, talking animals, birds, insects and the ubiquitous villains. Nitin has carefully selected the stories from popular folklore with their origins in Southern…
A critical work that salutes motherhood
April 17, 2023Title : Bhyrappanavara Krithigalalli Taytanada Teregalu Author : Prof. L.V. Shantakumari Page s: 144 Price : Rs.175 Publisher: Sahitya Bhandara, Bengaluru By Prof. G.L. Shekar Bhyrappanavara Krithigalalli Taytanada Teregalu,’ authored by Prof. L.V. Shantakumari, a critic and a translator, is a critical work that salutes motherhood delineated in its myriad forms and manifestations in Dr….
Mysuru’s most active NGO
March 6, 2023The Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), which was formed in Mysuru in the year 1989, has been active in the cause of providing quality civic services to Mysuru’s about 15 lakh citizens. During its 34 years of service to the community as an NGO, there is hardly an area that MGP has not touched and helped…
‘Kala Kaustubha,’ a book on the life and contribution of legendary violinist Mysore T. Chowdiah
February 24, 2023Kala Kaustubha’, a book on the life and contributions of Sangeetha Kalanidhi Mysore T. Chowdiah, his compositions with notations and photographs, authored by SOM music critic Dr. Padmavathi Narasimhan will be released at a programme to be held on Sunday, 26th February at Nityotsava Convention Centre, Krishnamurthypuram, at 11 am. Renowned musician Chitraveena N. Ravikiran…
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