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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

Kadri temple

On the auspicious occasion of ‘Bhai duj’ (The festival of brother-sister love), I made an early evening visit to the city of temples-Mangalore with my cousin.So here are some snaps of the places we visited. very famous and probably among […]

Nepotism
National & World

Is Nepotism really that big of a problem?

According to the Cambridge English Dictionary, ‘nepotism’ means ‘the act of using your power or influence to get good jobs or unfair advantages for members of your own family.’ ‘Unfair advantages’ for a select few who were either born in […]

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Miscellaneous

A trip to Kudremukh and Sringeri Temple

I never knew that such places actually exist so near to Manipal! We went to Agumbe, Hanumanagundi Falls in Kudremukh, Sringeri Temple, Annapoorneshwara Temple, a tea garden and finally the Bahubali statue on top of a hillock! Jaw-dropping, awesome, beautiful, […]