A weaver is paid a maximum Rs. 300 for each saree that he weaves; the market price of the same saree starts from Rs.8000. It is around ten-thirty in the morning. He has already worked for three straight hours. On his left is a bag of overflowing kandagis (sticks threads are woven around in), on […]
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The Sri Gali Anjaneya Swamy Temple on Mysuru road celebrates Hanuman Jayanti three times in a year —once in April, once in the June-July period and then a grand Kannadiga celebration in December. A throng of people gather in the ‘Garbhagudi’ at the Sri Gali Anjaneya Swamy Temple where the main idol stands decked in […]
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The National Gallery of Modern Art’s (NGMA) collaborative Karnataka exhibition with Chitrakala Parishath and the Department of Archeology, Museums and Heritage for the Global Investors Meet goes neglected as no delegate shows up. No foreign delegate or investor at the Global Investors Meet (GIM) showed up to the Invest Karnataka Team collaborative exhibition with the […]
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Indian classical musical instruments are losing their charm as electronics take over music production. Over the bustle and the noise of the busy OTC road, the soothing sound of the tabla makes you stop in your tracks. When you walk closer to the sound, you see a small shop with a Mridangam kept outside and […]
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