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    Roopa Pai
    Articles by Roopa Pai

    To the stars with love, from Bengaluru

    Professor Satish Dhawan’s conditions before taking over as ISRO chairman were that he was to remain the director IISc and continue to stay in Bengaluru. (ISRO.GOV.IN)
    india news
    Updated on Oct 13, 2026 02:15 IST

    When Gokhale brought Gandhi to Garden City

    Gandhi’s first visit to Bengaluru serves as a little-known parable that illustrated the roots of his approach to political life. (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/MOHEEN REEYAD)
    india news
    Updated on Sep 29, 2026 02:24 IST

    The painter of trees: Rumale’s vibrant legacy

    India News
    india news
    Updated on Sep 17, 2026 02:34 IST

    Sakleshpur’s poet-saint and his jolige of song

    Among Dr SK Karim Khan’s most memorable compositions are Baara Chandramaa , Neene Neere Mandaara and the timeless devotional Jaya Gowri Jagadeeshwari (Sampath.net)
    india news
    Updated on Jul 28, 2026 03:30 IST

    Turning water into gold: A Mysore miracle

    Karnataka’s strategically located hydel power stations generated a record-breaking 15,509 million units of power in the fiscal year 2025-26. (Getty Images/iStockphoto)
    india news
    Updated on Jun 18, 2026 02:20 IST

    Romancing trees: How Chipko birthed Appiko

    Romancing trees: How Chipko birthed Appiko
    india news
    Updated on Jun 2, 2026 01:12 IST

    She means business: A historic year at FKCCI

    Uma Reddy
    india news
    Updated on May 19, 2026 01:02 IST

    A century of royal silks: The Vijayalakshmi edit

    In 1963, firmly established as Bangalore’s pre-eminent purveyors and curators of fine silks from across the country, VSL stepped out of the Pete and onto the high street. (SOURCED)
    india news
    Updated on Apr 23, 2026 03:08 IST

    How Mysore laid roots for a level playing field

    Maharaja Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
    india news
    Updated on Apr 9, 2026 24:15 IST

    To Blossom City, with love: A forester’s legacy

    Sethuram Gopalrao Neginhal (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
    india news
    Updated on Mar 25, 2026 23:00 IST

    The Merry League of Kannada Bardolators

    Shakespeare was considered “an upstart crow” by the University Wits, a snobby group of accomplished Oxbridge-educated writers of the time. (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
    india news
    Updated on Mar 9, 2026 23:54 IST

    When IISc shepherded Mysore into modernity

    IISc’s first cohort of 24 students, who joined two years after it was formally inaugurated in May 1909, had the choice of just four departments
    india news
    Updated on Feb 24, 2026 02:55 IST

    A Mughal mosque in the heart of Bengaluru

    A minaret of the Sangeen Jama Masjid in Bengaluru (Justdial)
    india news
    Updated on Feb 9, 2026 22:16 IST

    The wild artistry of the Van Ingens of Mysuru

    A signature Van Ingen tiger’s head mounted on a shield. (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS/ R OXLEY)
    india news
    Updated on Jan 20, 2026 07:48 IST

    The story of Queen Victoria’s forgotten goddaughter

    In 1864, just two years after she had given birth to her daughter, Edith, Gowramma succumbed to TB and was buried in London’s Brompton Cemetery. She was 22. (Princess Victoria Gouramma Portrait,(1854), by Franz Xaver Winterhalter/ Wikimedia Commons)
    india news
    Updated on Jan 6, 2026 06:45 IST

    A Christmas toast to the original Bengaluru wine

    A Christmas toast to the original Bengaluru wine
    india news
    Updated on Dec 23, 2025 02:08 IST

    A history of healing: St John’s Medical Hospital

    The St John’s Medical College Hospital (STJOHNS.IN)
    india news
    Updated on Dec 9, 2025 01:50 IST

    Midas touch that made every film an occasion

    Puttanna Kanagal (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
    india news
    Updated on Nov 25, 2025 24:18 IST

    Gandhian educator and avowed sceptic: Dr HN

    Bhushan H Narasimhaiah (WIKIMEDIA COMMONS)
    india news
    Updated on Nov 11, 2025 10:44 IST

    An Activist and an Aesthete: A tribute to Kamaladevi

    Kamaladevi Chattopadhyay (HT PHOTO)
    india news
    Updated on Oct 30, 2025 01:14 IST

    How NBAIR walked us to food safety on six legs

    In 1988, CIBC was shut, and its scientific facilities handed over to ICAR (Indian Council of Agricultural Research), an autonomous body under the government of India (NBAIR.RES.IN)
    india news
    Updated on Oct 16, 2025 02:10 IST

    Anything but a rambling fool: Remembering DVG

    Devanahalli Venkataramanaiah Gundappa, known to his ardent fans simply as DVG. (Wikimedia commons)
    india news
    Updated on Sep 30, 2025 01:46 IST

    Engineering a nation: The precious legacy of HMT

    Bharat Ratna Sir Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya (Sir MV). (HT ARCHIVE)
    india news
    Updated on Sep 16, 2025 01:13 IST

    Konkani by Constitution: The legacy of BN Rau

    The Constituent Assembly of India in 1946 elected a Drafting Committee headed by Dr Ambedkar, with BN Rau as Constitutional Advisor (HT PHOTO)
    india news
    Updated on Aug 25, 2025 23:48 IST

    Bloody but unbowed: A story of rebellion for Independence Day

    In 1915, Mahatma Gandhi visited Bangalore for the first time. The effect of his visit was electric, galvanising all of present-day Karnataka into a fever of nationalism (HT archive)
    others
    Updated on Aug 12, 2025 24:46 IST

    Legacy of conservation, from royals to commoners

    Nalvadi Krishnaraja Wadiyar had marked off 90 sq km of forest for the Venugopala Wildlife Park (today covering a whopping 900 sq km, known as the Bandipur Tiger Reserve), as part of a conservation process that had begun three decades earlier (HT archive)
    india news
    Updated on Jul 31, 2025 05:22 IST

    Bengaluru’s long history of backing the right horse

    This Sunday, the Zavaray S Poonawalla Bangalore Summer Derby, was won by the favourite, Fynbos, who, with this win, claimed her fourth championship (HT photo)
    india news
    Updated on Jul 15, 2025 01:54 IST

    A 19th century panopticon on gracious Seshadri Road

    The plan of Jeremy Bentham’s panopticon prison was drawn by Willey Reveley in 1791. (HT photo)
    india news
    Updated on Jun 30, 2025 23:54 IST

    Art and the Man: In memory of K Venkatappa

    K Venkatappa (1886-1965), one of the foremost students of Abanindranath Tagore, was variously irascible, eccentric, independent-minded, litigious, and an extraordinary painter, sculptor and veena player. The painting is of Abanindranath Tagore (HT photo)
    india news
    Updated on Jun 17, 2025 03:48 IST

    A tryst with destiny - and cricketing history

    For an incredible fourth time, Virat Kohli, who has worn the RCB colours since its founding, will walk into a capacity stadium filled with the most loyal fans in the world (File photo)
    india news
    Updated on Jun 3, 2025 02:06 IST
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