My cousin Rama Ranee changed my life—introducing me to yoga, meditation, and fieldwork in rural India.
For 35 years, she’s transformed a barren patch near Bangalore into a biodiverse, biodynamic sanctuary.
This stunning film by Good Food Movement captures her journey. youtu.be/W1XA-KOgKoA?...
Yes, of course !
Mysugar building designed by Otto Königsberger (1950s photo).
Königsberger was a German architect who was forced to leave his country after Hitler's rise. A chance introduction to Sir Mirza Ismail by his uncle, physicist Max Born, led him to India and to Bangalore in 1939.
A South Indian myth on the origins of the Malabar Pied Hornbill.
A cowherd denied water to a sacred cow, committing a grave sin. As punishment, Vishnu transformed him into a hornbill with a unique bill, doomed to drink only by looking skyward during rain.
From Bangalore's archives: In 1953, the city banned human-pulled rickshaws citing 'inhumanity,' though concerns were raised about the livelihoods of over 100 affected workers.
Pen and ink sketch of Bhoga Nandeeshwara Temple near Nandi by Philip Meadows Taylor, c. 1834
(Philip Taylor also wrote the best selling 'ethnographic' novel Confessions of a Thug)
An interview from the Akashvani Mangaluru Archives with the recently departed folklorist and ecological knowledge keeper, Sukri Bommagowda.
Sukrajji sings/speaks in Achchagannada, a dialect of Kannada spoken by the Halakki community.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=eIxm...
The @DalaiLama supervising work at the first Tibetan agricultural settlement at Bylukuppe 1960 #Karnataka
Marco Polo's observation of late 1200s South India..
From Henry Yule's annotated translation of "The Travels of Marco Polo"
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯದೊಳಗೊ,
ಆಲಯವು ಬಯಲೊಳೊಗೊ
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯವೆರಡು ನಯನದೊಳಗೊ
(Aihole 2012)
Ellen Moseby: Who's winning?
Harry Moseby: Nobody. One side is just losing slower than the other.
- "Night Moves" (1975)
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Please enjoy a moment of Norwegian-Penguin diplomacy taken during Roald Amundsen's successful attempt to reach the South Pole.
A Vijayanagara era anicut from the 16th century still diverts water from one of the channels of the river to the Anegondi channel. Photo from Hampi
(From Kathleen Morrison's paper Archaeologies of flow: Water and the landscapes of Southern India past, present, and future)
ಲೇಸೆ ಕೇಳಿಸಲಿ ಕಿವಿಗೆ, ನಾಲಿಗೆಗೆ ಲೇಸೆ ನುಡಿದು ಬರಲಿ.
ಲೇಸೆ ಕಾಣಿಸಲಿ ಕಣ್ಗೆ, ಜಗದಲಿ ಲೇಸೆ ಹಬ್ಬುತಿರಲಿ
ಲೇಸೆ ಕೈಗಳಿಂದಾಗುತಿರಲಿ, ತಾ ಬರಲಿ ಲೇಸು ನಡೆದು.
ಲೇಸನುಂಡು, ಲೇಸುಸುರಿ, ಇಲ್ಲಿರಲಿ ಲೇಸೆ ಮೈಯ್ಯ ಪಡೆದು
- ದ ರಾ ಬೇಂದ್ರೆಯವರ ಗಂಗಾವತರಣ ಕವನ ಸಂಕಲನದಲ್ಲಿನ ಪ್ರಾರ್ಥನೆ.
Ecology, a poem by AK Ramanujan
Playfully examines the delicate balance of life -- where even discomfort has its place.
Came across this brilliant 1976 advertisement for ITI, Bangalore. Cleverly weaves Kalidasa's Meghadoota into its messaging.
Listen to Dr. C Madegowda, an amazing Soliga Adivasi scholar, ecologist, singer, writer & thinker in this podcast about his journey, life, struggles & contributions. His life & work are an inspiration to Adivasi youth and social inequity scholars alike
Soap wars of 1933.
Godrej's ad in the Bombay Chronicle.
Gol Gumbaz Bijapur around 1890
(Photograph by Clifton and Co)
From Bangalore's archives: In 1953, the city banned human-pulled rickshaws citing 'inhumanity,' though concerns were raised about the livelihoods of over 100 affected workers.
1940s Bengaluru.
From the International Bomber Command Centre Digital Archive, University of Lincoln.
The IBCC Archive is an extensive repository of the personal stories of those who served and suffered during WWII, including personal memorabilia.
ಗೋಡೆಗೆ ತೂಗುಹಾಕಿದ ಫೋಟೋದ ಹಿಂದೆ
ಗುಬ್ಬಿ ಗೂಡು ಕಟ್ಟಿದೆ
ಸರ್ರನೆ ಬರುತ್ತದೆ ಮರಳಿ, ಮರ-ಮರಳಿ
ಕಿಟಿಕಿಯ ಸರಳಿಗೆ ಕುಳಿತು ಚಕಮಕ ಹೊರಳಿ ತೂರಿಬಂದು, ಚಿಂವ್ ಚಿಂವ್ ಮರಿಗೆ ಗುಟ್ಟುಕಿಟ್ಟು ಹಾರಿ ಹೋಗುತ್ತದೆ, ಹೀಗೆ ಎಷ್ಟೋ ಬಾರಿ.
ಗುಬ್ಬಿಯ ಪುಟ್ಟ ಆಕೃತಿ
ಮರೆಯಾಗಿ
ತಾಯಿಯ ವಿಶಾಲ ಹೃದಯದಲ್ಲಿ ಕರಗಿ
ಹೋಗುತ್ತೇನೆ ನಾನು ಜೀವಂತವಾಗಿ.
RK Laxman in Koravanji, 1945
J B MacGeorge's enchanting painting of the serene Gulmohar tree on a post card.
The caption on the postcard from 1917 reads 'Twilight' Ulsoor Rock, Bangalore.
TP Issar on Rumale Chennabasavayya, Bangalore's "homespun Vincent Van Gogh" webdelsol.com/Topic/extras...
... The Gandhian, who was instrumental in setting up of Karnataka Chitrakala Parishad...... best known for his charming representation of flowering trees of Bengaluru
Jayanagar turned 76 recently. The complex we see here however was built in 1976, on what was once a playground.
Also, can you take a guess at the bus number of the double-decker in the picture?
ಇವರು ನನ್ನೆದುರು ಹಾದು ಹೋದಾಗಲೆಲ್ಲ
ಹಳ್ಳಿಗಾಡಿನ ಕಡೆಯ ಸುಪ್ರನ್ನತೆಯೊಂದು ನಗರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಂದಂತೆ
ಬೆಳಗಾಗ ಚಳಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಬಿಸಿನೀರಿನ ಮಿಂದಂತೆ
ಎದೆ ಸ್ವಚ್ಛಗೊಳ್ಳುತ್ತದೆ, ಹಗುರಕ್ಕೆ ಸಲ್ಲುತ್ತದೆ
~ Nisar Ahmed on Maasti
(Masti featured on the cover of Bhavan's Journal)
Bengalooru - idu namma ooru
ಬೆಂಗಳೂರು - ಇದು ನಮ್ಮ ಊರು
A 90 part documentary series narrated by Suresh Moona and directed Karthik Saragur about Bengaluru's history is now online.
(First five episodes here/ they will upload one episode every two days) www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgAf...
Naturalist M Krishnan describes his encounter with two shikaris who claimed to have seen a Cheetah (Sivungi in Kannada) around Mukkumpi village (near Hospete) in 1951.
I don't know anything like time-beats and metre
nor the arithmetic of strings and drums;
I don't know the count of iamb and dactyl.
My lord of the meeting rivers,
as nothing will hurt you
I'll sing as I love.
~ Basavanna Vachana translated by AK Ramanujan
