India, Sept. 30 -- This year, Vijayadashami, which commemorates the victory of the Goddess after nine relentless nights of fighting the demon Mahishashura, falls on October 2nd, a date that every Indi... Read More
India, Sept. 16 -- On September 15, the 164th birthday of one of the sharpest minds of old Mysore, Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir MV), was commemorated by the political establishment ... Read More
India, Aug. 26 -- Last week, on August 20, Konkani speakers across India joyfully celebrated Konkani Manyata Divas, the anniversary of the day in 1992 when their mother tongue became, as delineated in... Read More
India, Aug. 12 -- About 50 kms away from Shivamogga, nestled in the green, hilly and picturesque Malenadu region of Karnataka, is the tiny village (pop: 4,674, 2011 census) of Issuru (say Eesooru). An... Read More
India, July 31 -- It is a rum thing, but it is often the most prolific hunters of wild creatures who turn into their fiercest defenders. Their reasons range from base selfishness - if we hunt every la... Read More
India, July 15 -- This past Sunday, July 13, the most glittering race of the 105-year-old Bangalore Turf Club's summer season, the Zavaray S Poonawalla Bangalore Summer Derby, was won by the favourite... Read More
India, July 1 -- It has struck half-past-2025, but only just, so let us linger a tad in June, to talk about three events that happened in three long-ago Junes. One was the Indian Emergency, declared h... Read More