The ghastly ritual of Madae Snana at the State-run Kukke Subramanya temple—which entails members of the Malekudiya community (among others) rolling over plantain leaves of leftover food of Brahmins for wish-fulfillment—has pitted progressives …
Asia’s first hydro-electric power station was set up in Karnataka. But that was a century and ten years ago, and that was under the gaze of visionaries like Sir M. …
“Rasave Janana, Virasa Marana Samarasave Jeevana” MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: These evocative lines (meaning: rasa is birth, virasa is death, and harmony is life) in a world torn …
It takes a monstrous downpour to reveal how perilous life can be, even on Gandhi Jayanti. In Raichur, railway sleepers are held aloft by hope; in Bellary, the road attains …
It’s never too late to learn; you are never too old to get a degree. Actress Anu Prabhakar comes out after writing the BA (English) exam at Kadusiddeshwara College in Hubli on …
Carnatic music maestro Mangalampalli Balamurali Krishna, all of 79 years of age, pays his respects to Hindustani great Gangubai Hanagal, all of 96, in Hubli on Friday. Balamurali Krishna was …
MATHIHALLI MADAN MOHAN writes from Hubli: We live in an age in which we can barely think or act about anything that doesn’t concern us or our own. And we …
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