For the first time in India, Karnataka state has a documentary about its wildlife. With the support of the state government, a documentary ‘Wild Karnataka’ was produced by 20 filmmakers resulting in 400 hours of footage and 20,000 hours in…
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Ooty, the Nilgiris District: Ooty Preserved by Mary Patricia ‘Mollie’ Panter-Downs
One of the chroniclers of Ooty, the headquarters of the Nilgiris district in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, is Mary Patricia ‘Mollie’ Panter-Downes. She is the author of ‘Ooty Preserved: A Victorian Hill Station in India’ first published in…
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Janmashtami, August 11-12, 2020: ISKCON Bengaluru Schedules 40 Hours Live Broadcast – Swagatam Krishna
This year’s Sri Krishna Janmashtami, the birthday of Lord Krishna, will be digitally broadcast for 40 hours on YouTube, Instagram and Facebook. The celebratory programme includes musical events, dance performances, and panel discussions with ‘great thinkers & artists over 40…
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A Spy in China: Yamini Pustake Bhalerao’s Thriller
Yamini Pustake Bhalerao’s latest book is A Spy in China. It will be published in series like Charles Dickens’ novels were published in the nineteenth century – in a serial format book. Yamini Pustake Bhalerao is the author of popular…
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Natasha Tynes: They Called Me Wyatt
Natasha Tynes’ debut novel They Called Me Wyatt is a story about murdered Jordanian student Siwar Salaiha in the USA. She is murdered on her birthday in Maryland, but her consciousness survives. The consciousness (or soul?) finds refuge in a…
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Shishunala Sharif: The Kabir of Karnataka
Shishunala Sharif: The Kabir of Karnataka By Vinod Kumar D Chavan India is a diverse country in all its avatars. In the state of Karnataka there is an unsung person whose life echoes…
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The Remains of the Day
The Remains of the Day The Remains of the Day is a novel about a butler. Stevens the butler is the narrator of the story: first person narrative. ‘IT SEEMS INCREASINGLY likely that I really will undertake the expedition that…
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The Clarity of Cameraman
The Clarity of Cameraman The day India’s former Prime Minister PV Narasimha Rao—the first politician to complete a 5-year-term as the Prime Minister from non-Nehru-Gandhi dynasty and among all the non-Congress governments—was forced to quit as the President of Congress…
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Under the Horse Chestnut Tree
Under the Horse Chestnut Tree Spring is almost closing but the coronavirus disease seems unending. Who would have thought such a pandemic named Covid-19 would bring the world to its knees. The invisible disease forced the world to shut its…
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