Dharwad: Purushottam Madikar owns the Madikar Taila firm renowned in Dharwad for traditionally extracted edible oils or a cold-pressed variety of multiple oils becomes categorical when it comes to leading a healthy life devoid of allopathic medicines for health disorders like hypertension and blood sugar. He vehemently argues against using these four 'enemies' of the modern age. Thanks to Rajiv Dixit: Purushottam Madikar, who had previously ventured into several lucrative businesses, plunged into the oil field thanks to Rajiv Dixit's influence. The late Rajiv Dixit created ripples in the last decade of the previous century through his 'Azadi Bachao Andolan', the organization he founded. It made a vociferous attempt to take the multinational companies in the FMCG sector, head-on. He was immensely influenced by Gandhian historian and thinker, Dharampal. Rajiv Dixit, through his newly floated outfit, launched a tirade to propagate Swadeshi economics to oust globalis...
Bengaluru: Art Park is a unique cultural initiative launched by S G Vasudev, a widely acclaimed octogenarian veteran artist. It began at the Sculpture Garden, also known as Shilpavana, within the premises of Ravindra Kalakshetra. The first Sunday of every month: It is usually held on the first Sunday of every month while the maiden event took place on 30th March in 2014, wherein 25 selected eminent local artists took part by working the whole day. An experiment of that nature for the first time infused enthusiasm among the onlookers from the general public. The exercise gave them a first-hand experience with the different ways of working from the beginning until the completion of the artwork. The aim is to interact with people: According to S G Vasudev, "The concept of the event is to provide a platform to facilitate critical interaction between the artists and the general public in an informal setting akin to an open studio, to foster a deeper understanding of art, artists a...