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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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The Postman

The hand goes down and up. In and out. Under and over. The postman walks towards the house, following the address spelt out on the cover of the envelope. Looks foreign, he muses. He smells it. It’s a clean and earthy […]

Travel

A brief history: Chitradurga

The south of Karnataka has a very strong connection with history. Mysore standing tall and bold in this sphere. Chitradurga has also a couple of historical stories to narrate. Chitradurga, the famous hill fort town had a feudal dynasty of […]