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Practicing and playing cricket at a professional level in Mangalore was so far limited to mat wickets and very recently Astro turf wickets. However, cricket enthusiasts of Mangalore are not too far away from practicing the trades of the game on turf wickets. Under the supervision of Karnataka State Cricket Association (KSCA), six turf wickets have been laid at the Sahyadri College premises where

Once, in a dense forest, there lived two friends: a tiger and an elephant. The tiger wasn’t really a sincere friend of the elephant, though he pretended to be. In fact, he wanted to eat him up. ‘If I manage to kill the elephant,’ he thought, ‘I’ll have enough meat for a year and I won’t have to go hunting every day.’ The tiger plotted to trap the elephant by issuing him a challenge. When he met

There are several reasons why I chose to travel all the way to a remote village in eastern Arunachal Pradesh to volunteer as a teacher in a private school, but a positive appreciation of the value of formal schooling is certainly not one of them. The more time I spend with my students, the more confirmed I seem to be growing in my conviction that the formal schooling system is seriously flawed

Licha’s parents were poor village folk. Licha was eight years old, and although life was difficult for her, she was happy because her parents loved her very much. One summer day, Licha developed a high fever. Her parents were too poor to take her to the hospital, so she lay on her straw bed at home and suffered silently as her fever mounted. She felt she was about to die and so she called her

The private centres for ration card photo and application may have offered more options and avenues for people. But for the old and weak, and physically disabled people, they have become a cause of inconvenience. The Department of Food and Civil Supplies and Consumer Affairs, Government of Karnataka, has from the month of May earlier this year, provided 14 private centres in the city of Mangalore

All set to retire, MR Vasudeva, the widely loved and respected Director of Mangalore Airport, shares his thoughts and experiences as the man at the helm, the challenges he faced and pain he had to undergo: For years you were associated with the airport and now you have reached a stage where you are standing at the threshold of retirement. How did it all begin, this journey in the aviation circle

With the draft voter list out and revision of voter list under process across the state of Karnataka, NRIs and eligible Indian overseas voters can also register and enroll themselves. Speaking to Coastaldigest.com, K Dayanand, Additional Deputy Commissioner, DK district, said that NRI voters can also register by applying online through Form 6A. The Form is available under the ‘Overseas Electors’

Tilly was the most talkative boy you ever saw. “Yackety-yack, yackety-yack!” he would go on all day. Not for a moment would you find him silent. Things were so bad that everyone in his class was sure that one day Tilly’s lips would simply fall out of his face! Now, it is nice to talk when you need to—to greet your friends, to have fun once in a while, to ask a query. After all, you’ve been given a

Mangalore, September 20: While the old-fashioned cricket pavilion at Nehru Maidan in the heart of the city is in the process of getting a face-lift, the football pavilion just meters away from it seems to be completely disregarded by the Mangalore City Corporation. The cricket pavilion which has a history of 60 years was inaugurated by then Prime Minister of India Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru in the

It isn’t often that the abundant goodness that surrounds us really registers in our minds. Rarely, if ever, do we consciously seek to recognise, leave alone celebrate, it. And, that’s one reason why for many of us life seems dull and routine and filled with enormous negativity. But, if you make it a point just to be aware of goodness whenever and wherever you find it, you will discover—as I am