Where the past comes alive
The Hindu
Taran enjoyed exploring the Peranakan Museum. He learnt about the culture, saw unique artifacts, and discussed the impact of cultures mixing. He was looking forward to the Ice Cream Museum.
“What’s the Peranakan Museum? I thought we are going to the Ice Cream Museum today.” Taran was in Singapore for the summer holidays and was enjoying the sights.
“I’m sure you will enjoy it. It’s a cool place,” said Amma as she got off the metro rail. Taran was sceptical. He was looking forward to the kitschy Ice Cream Museum and eating ice cream till he burst. Now that was cool in his opinion. But he knew better than to say anything, otherwise both his parents would begin chanting, “You need to be open to new experiences!”
The walk to the Peranakan Museum was nice. Churches, high end shops, hotels and tall buildings all side by side. It was a hot day and he kept his cap on and followed his mother’s yellow umbrella.
“Here we are!” she exclaimed and began taking pictures of the outside of the museum from all angles. It was a light mint green heritage building.
Taran squinted against the sun, and asked, “What does Peranakan mean?”
“That’s what we are here to find out, little man,” pointed out Appa.
It felt nice to be back in the AC. As Amma bought the tickets, Taran looked around at the small but beautiful museum.
“We are judges and therefore, cannot act like Mughals of a bygone era ... the writ courts in the guise of doing justice cannot transcend the barriers of law,” the High Court of Karnataka observed while setting aside an order of a single judge, who in 2016 had extended the lease of a public premises allotted to a physically challenged person to 20 years contrary to 12-year period stipulated in the law.
The High Court of Karnataka on Monday declined to interfere, at present, in the investigation against a Bharatiya Janata Party worker, who is among the accused persons facing charges of circulating obscene clips, related to “morphed” images and videos clips related to Prajwal Revanna, former Hassan MP, in public domain through pen drives and other modes.
The 16th edition of Bhoomi Habba was held on June 8, at the Visthar campus. The festival drew a vibrant crowd who came together to celebrate eco-consciousness through a variety of engaging activities, creative workshops, panel discussions, interactive exhibits and performances, all centered around this year’s theme: “Save Water, Save Lives.”