Lead kindly light
The case of a coolie's child in a remote village in Tumkur district may just be one of those common instances of those with a defect in the retina of their eyes, which if spotted quickly, is curable....
View ArticleSuccour for the helpless
The Beggars' Colony in Bangalore has an interesting past. Since 1927, the question of the beggar problem had come up for discussion both in the Representative Assembly and the Legislative Council in...
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Seeds of success Onion cultivation is on in full swing in the Ranebennur region of Haveri. The process has been in progress since the last one-and-a-half months. A rich harvest can be reaped if one...
View ArticleHint of spice in the air
The west coast of Karnataka has to be one of the most beguiling of places in India. With its vast swathes of green and its undulating terrain, with red ribbons of road and reddish laterite houses, with...
View ArticleLeopard spotting in Nagarahole
WILDLIFE Though Nagarahole forest region is known for its tiger and elephant numbers, it also has a decent population of other predator species. Intent on sighting the leopard, B V Prakash visits the...
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Green innovationIt was a gathering of bright young minds. Also, there was an exhibition of many kinds of science models, as part of the Inspired Award programme. Hundreds of students and teachers had...
View ArticleMaking every drop count
Bhajappa, 90 years old, hunched, leaning against a crudely-fashioned walking stick, with sharp eyesight but poor hearing, says, "I am a neeruganti. For seventy years, I oversaw the maintenance of the...
View ArticleMute witnesses to a glorious past
The temple town of Melkote could have been a veritable paradise for pilgrims, tourists and archaeologists. But its hoary temples, umpteen number of kalyanis and mantapas present a picture of utter...
View ArticleNo walk in the park, this!
The life of those living in hamlets inside the Kudremukh National Park is challenging, to say the least. Deprived of basic amenities, they are willing to move out of the forest and be rehabilitated...
View ArticleFate of the insurgents
The two monks who played a role in the Kodagu uprising were later captured, while they were trying to escape, and sent away for imprisonment. Kalyanaswamy was tried and hanged on June 19. Aparampara...
View ArticleTo the seat of yoga they throng
Meet Jade from Taiwan who has been living in Mysore for the past eight months, waiting for a visa extension of at least two more years. Then, there's Sumi from South Korea, who wants to stay here for...
View ArticleAccount of an uprising
The Kodavas put up a brave fight against the British in 1837, three years after the latter invaded Kodagu. Mookonda Kushalappa narrates the story of the resistance.In 1834, the British East India...
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Many are the uses of coirThe coir expo held recently in Bangalore showcased many byproducts from coir, which is otherwise considered waste, or used for fuel. The expo highlighted the machinery which...
View ArticleGreening the drylands
Several efforts have been made in the past to green the State's drylands. Among them is the joint forest planning and management programme implemented in 1993. Funds have also been channelised into...
View ArticleBangalore's road to growth
Bangalore owes a lot of its development to the British who promoted education and provided healthcare facilities. A railway line from Bangalore to Jolarpet was laid in 1859, and the City was soon on...
View ArticleShe's the voice of the exploited
PEOPLE Lakshmana T Naik meets Bindu Doddahatti, a young Mysorean, who is quietly working towards creating human rights awareness. She and her team have been working in the slums of Mysore and...
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Making hay while the sun shinesThe unseasonal rain in the North Karnataka region seems to have benefited jowar crops here. Thanks to the rain that the region received in October, there is adequate...
View ArticleGulbarga's sweet truths
SUGARCANE COUNTRY Some farmers in the Aland region of Gulbarga district have set up small sugarcane mills in their fields. They have realised that it is more profitable to be involved in jaggery...
View ArticleMaking 'betta' better
FOREST DEGRADATION Over the years, 'betta' land in the Western Ghats has seen severe degradation. This is largely because of biomass-oriented arecanut cultivation. Trees are often lopped in the 'betta'...
View ArticleFar from the madding crowd
Tucked away amid hillocks and almost concealed from the world is a hill called Chiniga Ranganathaswamy betta. The hillock is situated near Tumkur. Situated at the base of the hillock is the temple of...
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