THE TASTE OF GOODNESS Ramakrishna Adiga took over the Vidyarthi Bhavan from Parameshwar Ural in the 1970s. He now runs it with his son Arun Kumar. Photo: G.P. Sampath Kumar In 1943, when Venkataramana Ural hailing from Saligrama in Dakshina Kannada set up the Vidyarthi Bhavan, little did he know that the humble eatery would become the most significant, nostalgic stop for old Bangaloreans. He proba
Tucked away into a line of shops at Gangamma circle, Jalahalli, the Iyengar Bakery (L.J. Iyengar’s) stands out with its neatly stacked biscuits, cakes, savouries and buns. The smell of baking bread wafts through from time to time and when the bread is done baking, the cookies beckon. “We sell breads, buns, biscuits, rusks and cakes. But our rusks, biscuits and bread are the trump cards,” says Madh
Updated - December 24, 2013 07:20 pm IST - Bangalore ‘Tis the season to be jolly. It’s also the season for plum cakes and goodies. Come Christmas and bakeries in the city deck their halls with boughs of holly to dish out some of the finest spreads. Metroplus takes a round-up of some of the bakeries in town. Albert Bakery Frazer Town, Established: 1902 This one probably holds the record for the old
NASA cut short a spacewalk on Friday at the International Space Station after one of the astronauts reported a leak in his spacesuit helmet, the U.S. space agency said. Tim Peake, who on the mission became the first astronaut from Britain to walk in space, and U.S. astronaut Tim Kopra had finished the primary goal of their outing when Kopra reported a water ball had formed in his helmet. The astro
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry (L) shakes hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sunday. China's relations with the United States remain stable, President Xi Jinping said on Sunday, as he sought to defuse tension over a territorial dispute in the South China Sea that has pitted Washington against Beijing. "I look forward to continuing to develop t
In this March 1, 2013 photo released by Google, a fully inflated test balloon sits in a hangar at Moffett Field airfield, Calif. Google is testing the balloons which sail in the stratosphere and beam the Internet to Earth. (AP Photo/Google, Andrea Dunlap) EDITORIAL USE ONLY Google’s Project Loon, through which the online search giant plans to provide internet connectivity using balloons, will inte
China has taken a firm step to beef up its energy security by inaugurating a pipeline that will bring crude oil from a deepwater port in Myanmar, along a transit route that will bypass the strategic Malacca Straits. The first tanker that will offload 300,000 tons of oil is expected to arrive on Friday at Maday Island – a deep water port developed by China in the Bay of Bengal. From there, oil, mos
The World Bank and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) termed it an “East Asian Miracle” in their publications and called it a model for other nations like India. However, in 1997, a sudden financial blowout knocked out these countries and all the talk of miracle evaporated. Japan is yet to recover from that blowout. As it stands at present, the Indian economy is headed for a crisis and a crash.
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To a visitor to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) travelling from Islamabad to Muzaffarabad, the Chinese presence cannot go unnoticed. For instance, there are saffron tents of Chinese workers on the banks of the Jhelum and the Neelum rivers and signboards in the Mandarin asking drivers to slow down. Pakistan has opened up the PoK to foreign investment after the 2005 earthquake, which left 80,000 peo
A man walking through a parched terrain to fetch water, on the outskirts of Bodavada in Pamur mandal in Prakasam district.- Photos: Kommuri Srinivas t least one member of each family in Pamur of Prakasam district goes out in pursuit of water everyday, as it has become a scarce commodity, thanks to the severe drought for the sixth year in succession. The acute water shortage has accentuated fluorid
Bare-footed Marthamma (70) of 190-Ramapuram village near Chittoor walking eight miles under hot sun for drinking water. People of 190-Ramapuram village coming under Chittoor Municipal Corporation limits consider themselves lucky if they take a bath even once in a week, thanks to the severe water crisis. In four months, three bore wells had gone dry, and when two more were rigged, they yielded not
Japanese premium bike marker Kawasaki is preparing to strengthen its presence further in the Indian super bike market with the launch of 3-4 new models this fiscal. The proposed new launches will include bikes in the sub-500 cc segment. Unveiling its top end super bike Ninja H2, priced at about Rs.29.2 lakh (ex-showroom, Chennai) here, Shigeto Nishikawa, Deputy Managing Director of India Kawasaki
The mortal remains of former President A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, who died in Shillong on Monday, was brought to the open ground in front of the bus stand in Rameswaram for the public to pay homage. Official sources said the body would be kept in the ground till 8 p.m. for the public to pay homage. Later, the mortal remains would be handed over to the family members, who would keep it overnight at ‘Hou
“世界初のアシッドハウス”はどのようにしてインドで生まれたのか？【追悼Charanjit Singh】 “アシッドハウスの元祖”として世界的に有名なミュージシャン、チャランジット・シンが7月5日、ムンバイの自宅で亡くなった。75歳だった。詳しい死因は報道されていないけれども、就寝中に亡くなったそう。 シンの死を報じるニュースは、インド国内のメディアだけでなく、Pitchforkなど海外の主要音楽メディアでも発信されたことからも、海外での彼の知名度の高さが伺える。 1960〜80年代を中心にボリウッド音楽のセッションミュージシャンとして活動してきた彼が一躍有名になったきっかけは、1982年にリリースした10曲入りのアルバム“Ten Ragas To A Disco Beat”。 当時発売されたばかりのローランド製のシンセサイザーを使い、インド伝統音楽のラーガと欧米のディスコミュージックをミッ
Greece’s fight is for democracy in Europe The EU powers told Greeks their world would cave in unless they acquiesced by voting yes. The no vote has raised the political stakes even higher From the cradle of democracy, a lion has roared. It is difficult to overstate the pressure the Greek people have both endured and defied. A country that has already experienced an austerity-induced economic disas
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