There were lilting verses and bold strokes of colour, there was a shared sensitivity and lifting of spirits. On this warm midsummer morning, many of the city’s cognoscenti gathered to hear poems from an eminent poet and many aspiring ones, to admire the art of a celebrated painter and to encourage budding artists. SHE COLLECTIVE’s
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We are happy to present all the poems that have been sent for SHE COLLECTIVE’s art, poetry and affirmation event on March 19. We feel warm and fuzzy that we have been able to meld Raintree Media’s publishing work with the Under the Raintree platform for the Arts and the SHE Collective, our social responsibility
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Chief Minister Siddaramaiah and other dignitaries release RESURGENT KARNATAKA on Feb 4 at the Valedictory Session of Invest Karnataka, 2016 Chief Minister Siddaramaiah released Raintree Media’s latest publication Resurgent Karnataka at the valedictory session of the ‘Invest Karnataka 2016’ global investors meet held by the Karnataka government on February 4 at the Palace
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‘Karnatakada Vismayagalu’ – pocket sized photo guide in Kannada to Karnataka. ‘Karnatakada Vismayagalu’ is a pocket sized and Kannada version of ‘Marvels of Karnataka & more’ which was published by Raintree Media in January 2015. This book presents information about the length and breadth of this beautiful region with evocative photographs. An easy to read
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We are unabashed fans of Namma Bengaluru. And of the Big Bang Theory. So when an opportunity came our way to do a book for the city’s science museum’s golden jubilee, we jumped at it. The Visvesvaraya Industrial & Technological Museum bears the name of the most illustrious Kannadiga, an engineer and states person
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(From Left) Mishta Roy, Rajni Mishra, Shan Re, Pallavi Arun, Sandhya Mendonca, Kavitha Rajasekhar and Deepa Subramanian at the release of SHE. Women are inching towards the glass ceiling be it in banking, IT or performing arts, and it needs the combination of supportive measures by organisations and women’s own effort to break stereotypes to
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Our latest book Marvels of Karnataka & more has been making waves in the media since its launch on January 21. http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/427052/Indulge-Bangalore/30-JANUARY-2015#dual/2/1 http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/422570/The-New-Indian-Express-Bangalore/22-JANUARY-2015#page/3/2 http://epaper.newindianexpress.com/447379/The-New-Indian-Express-Bangalore/26-FEBRUARY-2015#page/23/1 http://www.thehindu.com/features/metroplus/chronicles-of-the-carnatic/article6925563.ece http://www.bangaloremirror.com/columns/you/reading-room/articleshow/46277568.cms
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Sandhya Mendonca, MD, and Editor-in-Chief, Raintree Media said, “There is no place like home. I also find the greatest satisfaction when we publish books that showcase our city and our state to the world.” Q: What is this book about? A: Marvels of Karnataka & more explores the state like never before. It covers each
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Starting of 2015 on a good note, we released the destination photobook Marvels of Karnataka & more, the second in the Marvels series of books. After successful book launches over the last few years in Johannesburg, Mumbai, Delhi, Goa, Chennai, and other cities, our eighth book launch in our home town was very gratifying. The
Read MoreOne of the highlights of the Navaratri Dasara celebrations in Mysore is the bombe habba or the festival of dolls. In the days when the city was ruled by the Vijayanagar kings, the rulers showered their benevolence on their subjects, and the people reciprocated by displaying dolls decked up in regalia, and offered prayers for
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