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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?...
She turned a barren wasteland into a forest farm in Bengaluru
YouTube video by Good Food Movement
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August 3, 2025 at 11:37 PM
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.
March 16, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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.
March 16, 2025 at 10:52 PM
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.
March 16, 2025 at 10:51 PM
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)
March 2, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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...
Sukri Bommagowda | Interview Archive | Akashvani Mangaluru
YouTube video by Akashvani Mangalore
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March 2, 2025 at 3:12 PM
The @DalaiLama supervising work at the first Tibetan agricultural settlement at Bylukuppe 1960 #Karnataka
March 2, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Marco Polo's observation of late 1200s South India..

From Henry Yule's annotated translation of "The Travels of Marco Polo"
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯದೊಳಗೊ,
ಆಲಯವು ಬಯಲೊಳೊಗೊ
ಬಯಲು ಆಲಯವೆರಡು ನಯನದೊಳಗೊ

(Aihole 2012)
March 2, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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Ellen Moseby: Who's winning?
Harry Moseby: Nobody. One side is just losing slower than the other.
- "Night Moves" (1975)
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'Who's winning? Nobody. One side is just losing slower than the other.' - Night Moves
Ellen Moseby: [of a football game] Who's winning? Harry Moseby: Nobody. One side is just losing slower than the other.
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March 1, 2025 at 5:36 PM
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Please enjoy a moment of Norwegian-Penguin diplomacy taken during Roald Amundsen's successful attempt to reach the South Pole.
March 1, 2025 at 11:25 PM
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)
February 28, 2025 at 11:32 PM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 11:31 PM
Ecology, a poem by AK Ramanujan

Playfully examines the delicate balance of life -- where even discomfort has its place.
February 28, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Came across this brilliant 1976 advertisement for ITI, Bangalore. Cleverly weaves Kalidasa's Meghadoota into its messaging.
February 28, 2025 at 11:26 PM
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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
ಸೋಲಿಗರ ಆಶಾಕಿರಣ | ಡಾ. ಮಾದೇಗೌಡರ ಮನದಾಳದ ಮಾತು | Kannada Podcast | Soliga Tribe |Singapore Kannada Studio
In this podcast episode, we bring you an insightful conversation with Dr. Madegowda, a guiding light for the Soliga Tribe. His journey, struggles, and contri...
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February 25, 2025 at 3:41 AM
Soap wars of 1933.

Godrej's ad in the Bombay Chronicle.
February 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
Gol Gumbaz Bijapur around 1890

(Photograph by Clifton and Co)
February 28, 2025 at 10:58 PM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 10:57 PM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
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.
February 28, 2025 at 10:56 PM
RK Laxman in Koravanji, 1945
February 28, 2025 at 10:55 PM
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.
November 22, 2024 at 10:18 PM
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
November 22, 2024 at 9:34 PM
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?
November 22, 2024 at 9:32 PM