Wednesday, 28 August 2013

An animal paradise

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It was once the private hunting reserve of the Maharaja of Mysore. Today, it is perhaps the only place in India where you can still see e...
Sunday, 25 August 2013

The first woman Haridasa poet

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There here have been close to four hundred Haridasas in Karnataka and these poets-composers have left behind a rich treasure trove of lit...
Friday, 23 August 2013

Courted by Kings and Emperors

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There is a controversy raging on about gomal or cattle land in Chitradurga which is being away to certain institutions. Environmentalists,...
Saturday, 17 August 2013

The Makaana which is forgotten

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This is the Makaana or a clump of wilderness amid sugarcane fields and agricultural lands. It is only a few miles north-east of Mysore an...
Thursday, 15 August 2013

A double edged sword

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It is a small village in Shahapur taluk of Yadagir district of north Karnataka. Till an year ago, this village was known for housing the t...
Wednesday, 7 August 2013

When Canteroy inspired Shivaji

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It is now common knowledge that Chatrapati Shivaji (1627-1680), the Maratha Emperor, spent part of his childhood in  Bangalore and that ...
Tuesday, 25 June 2013

When a son avenged his father's arrest

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Indian history has rather been unkind to our own countrymen or rather we have been unkind in writing our own history. Even today, we have f...
Tuesday, 18 June 2013

The levitating stones

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India is a land of   mystics and sages belonging to all faiths and religions. Every mystic, whatever be his religion, has preached tolera...
Sunday, 9 June 2013

This Modi has nothing to do with Gujarat

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One of the most important battles in India was the third Battle of Panipat between the Marathas and Ahmed Shah Abdali. This battle signal...
Saturday, 8 June 2013

The little-known brother of Shivaji

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There are innumerable records, chronicles, annals and even letters   about the life and times of Chatrapathi Shivaji who spent two years i...