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The Mangaluru Diaries

The Mangalore Diaries

Festivals of Mangalore: ISKCON Rathotsava

International Society for Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON) organises Sri Jagannath Rathotsava in Mangalore once in a year. Every year, the splendidly decorated chariots of Lord Jagannath roll down the avenues of dozens of Cities across the world including Los Angeles, New […]

The Mangalore Diaries

Festivals of Mangalore: Aati Kalanja

Aati festival in Mangalore is one of the regional festivals of the territory. The Aati festival of Mangalore is celebrated by the Nalke community of Mangalore as a reverence to Kalanja, a minor spirit. Aati Kalanja Festival is folk dance […]

The Jaipur Journal

Faking Manipal

Bollywood studios to replace panel of writers with translators

With the amount of original content coming from OTT platforms, producers are running haywire to convert black money to white for the next unoriginal masala budget eater. Many actors from Bollywood have also reportedly expressed [...]

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Travel

The insider’s guide to Granadilla

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Faking Manipal

New Reality Show To Determine next MIT Director

MUTV executives Monday unveiled their latest reality-TV venture, “Appointed by the Students“, a new series in which contestants vie for the top spot in MIT‘s post revolution administration. “Get ready, MITians, because you’re about to choose the man–or woman–who will […]

Miscellaneous

First rains arrive in Manipal!

First clouds as seen from my room… Ominous signs!! It was just yesterday when I was thinking about the arrival of rains in Manipal. And lo!! I am watching the rains as I write this. The thunders are, well…just thunderous!! […]

Entertainment

Dhoom 3: A Tale of Three Bikes

It isn’t every day we see a movie on bikes. It’s usually about the dope that rides it. Once upon a time in Mumbai, there were two awesome and good bikes. They were best friends and always rode together. One […]