Karnataka Today - October 2017

In this issue

Mysuru's NR Group, Adding fragrance to the society; At this church God and the faithful communicate in Tulu; Religion should be confined to four walls of the house: KS Nisar Ahmed; Siddaramaiha's Indira canteens Kick-off, but controversies galore and more stories

At This Church, God And The Faithful Communicate In Tulu

Tulu the central language of the coastal districts surprisingly does not find a place in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist in the Tulu heartland. But a Church in Pavoor, Kerala continues to honour the language, conducting Holy Masses in Tulu for more than a hundred years now. Divya Cutinha has more. 

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Religion Should Be Confined To Four Walls Of The House: KS Nissar Ahmed

This year’s Mysuru Dasara festivity, the pride of Karnataka’s cultural calendar, will go down in the annals of history as a unique one. Nissar Ahmed, poet laureate and a Muslim, will for the first time in the 400 year history of the Mysuru Dasara, inaugurate the festivity. R. Uday Kumar spoke to him soon after his name was announced by the Karnataka Government.

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Vijay Prakash, The Golden Voice Of Karnataka

Vijay Prakash is undoubtedly the number one male singer in Sandalwood today. Indeed, he is the only member of the You Tube 1 crore views club!. Vedanth has more on this hit singer of Sandalwood.

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Karnataka's Rain Man Prasad Counting Drops Of Water

Rainfall is a boon to any agrarian household. They wait for it and often count on it. Even as they count on it, they don’t count the falling drops. But there is one man who does, in the Sullia Taluk of Dakshina Kannada District and he has been doing so since 1975. Harsha Raj Gatty visited this Rain Man as he is fondly called and filed this story.

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Mysuru's NR Group Adding Fragrance To Society

The story of the N R Group of Mysuru and its Founder N Ranga Rao is inspiring. It’s not the typical “rags to riches” story but it comes close. His dedication, hard work and entrepreneurship qualities stand out in this story of grit and determination penned by R. Uday Kumar.

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A Village From Karnataka Enters The Limca Book Of Records

Vyachakurahalli, a village with 274 dwellings, recently (2015) achieved the feat of becoming the first smokeless (whilst cooking) village in the country. This once nondescriptive village in Gauribidanur taluk in Chikballapur district in Karnataka, has added one more feather to its cap by entering the Limca Book of Records 2017 recently. Y Maheswara Reddy visited the village to find out more.

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Siddaramaiah's Indira Canteens Kick-Off, But Controversies Galore

With the Indira Canteen, Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah has served a few controversies and raised the question: Is it a subsidized food counter or a political plank to help the Congress return to power next year? Merlin Francis examines…

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Kodagu's First Agri Company - By Farmers, For Farmers

Selling branded agricultural products is now no longer the marketing preserve of MNC’s and huge Indian FMCG giants like Patanjali. Both the Central and State governments have, through their farmer welfare schemes, provided an enabling mechanism to the ordinary famer to build their own brands. Indresh Coovercolly has more.

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Karnataka is a blessed land, rooted in tradition yet technologically advanced, colorful and culturally extravagant, cosmopolitan and congenial. For Kannadiga's spread across the globe, this is home, and they are always eager to connect.

Spearhead Publications Pvt. Ltd’s monthly English publication ‘Karnataka Today’ launched in November 2015, does just that, even as it consistently lives up to its tag line – “Independent; Impartial”.

Karnataka Today has something for everyone in Karnataka – from analysis of issues that affect society to business and technology, from culture to leisure and health to life style. Its superior all color print quality, aesthetic layout and most importantly, relevant, unbiased and extensive coverage of issues impacting India in general and Karnataka in particular has already caught the eyes of the reader.