Bengaluru reports 2,454 COVID-19 cases
Special Correspondent
Karnataka on Saturday reported 9,785 new cases of COVID-19, taking the total to 27,57,324. The number of cases in Bengaluru Urban, which had reduced
Food
Your summer guide to fruit jams and preserves
Nahla Nainar Summer is the ideal time to learn how to preserve the season’s fruits. This summer, make your own jams, or sample some of India’s artisanal, less sugary spreads
Art
Meet Lakshmi KV, a Bengaluru artist who makes miniature ceramic products
Susan Joe Philip She started it in 2017 and has fashioned more than 150 pieces so far
Food
A street food hero: How the samosa is a treat for all seasons
Nahla Nainar The fried snack rules India’s street food scene, but change is afoot to make this crunchy delight appeal to a new generation of customersWatch: Mangaluru singer Frizzell D’Souza’s latest single ‘Foolish Once Again’, a love ballad
Praveen SudevanFrizzell’s third single has over 22,000 views on YouTube and about 45,000 streams on Spotify
Vishnu Ravindran Nair’s upcoming album Stories From A Space Station is inspired from astronauts
Praveen SudevanThe independent musician from Bengaluru likes to link music and science
Remembering Puttanna Kanagal
Shilpa AnandrajOn the death anniversary of the legendary director, actor Sridhar, the only one who made a debut with a Puttanna film, takes us back in time to reveal the man behind the mastermind
Technology
French artist Anais Tondeur’s latest work explores the contagious power of laughter
Praveen Sudevan ‘When the World was a Laugh’, an exhibit showcased at Science Gallery Bengaluru’s online exhibition ‘Contagion, assigns a cosmic significance to laughter
Bengaluru
COVID-19 surge: A look at how Bengaluru’s celebrities are doing their bit during the crisis
Praveen Sudevan Arranging hospital beds, oxygen cylinders, medicines, distributing food among other essentials for those affected by the second wave keep them busy.
Theatre
Abhishek Majumdar’s play Desdemona Rupakam is a mix of Shakespeare, feminism and traditional art
Staff Reporter The play, featuring musicians MD Pallavi and Bindhumalini Narayanaswamy, will be staged in Ranga Shankara on April 10 and 11
Football
COVID-19 surge | Sunil Chhetri hands over Twitter account to 'real-life captains'
PTI Chhetri, who had himself tested positive for COVID last month, also urged fellow Indians to contribute and help those in need in whichever way possible
Football
AFC Cup | Bengaluru canters to victory
Sports Bureau Convincing start for Pezzaiuoli against Tribhuvan Army
National
Watch | What is happening in India's crematoriums?
The Hindu Net Desk A video on the strain on India's crematoriums and burial grounds during the second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic
Columns
Goodbye Mr. Shanbhag, a gentle man from a gentle time
Suresh Menon Rather like the protagonist in James Hilton’s Goodbye Mr. Chips, the legendary owner of Premier Book Shop was just Mr. Shanbhag. I didn’t know his first name for long. Then the Internet supplied the information: Sarvotham. It means ‘the finest’. Few names are so appropriate. And now he’s gone, taking with him a chunk of my growing years.I was in school in the 1970s when I first walked into Premier. I had a gift coupon. Other bookstores in the area looked on schoolboys not as customers then or
Art
Meet Lakshmi KV, a Bengaluru artist who makes miniature ceramic products
Susan Joe Philip She started it in 2017 and has fashioned more than 150 pieces so far