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South-East Asia has its own bag of surprises and tucked away in a small little bundle is the bustling metropolis of Singapore. Although the country is small with a few islands around it, the city offers a whole life time’s experience of indulging in fun, food, music, travel and many other outrageous activities. Singapore is well connected by air with Air-India flying most of the routes from India

In a party dominated by veterans, Krishna Byre Gowda has evolved impressively as a young Congress leader and has carved a niche for himself with his active participation in the party’s struggles and activities. He has a master's degree (M.A) from the School of International Service, American University,Washington D.C. and achieved an enviable feat when he became one of the youngest MLAs with a

The report on church attacks in the state submitted by Justice BK Somashekhar has come as ‘yet another’ disgraceful development, as far as the current political and social scenario is concerned. Some had expected it, some hadn’t, especially after the interim report hinted that the Commission was on course to catching the saffron contingent by its neck. Protests have sparked off in various parts of

We stand at the threshold today witnessing corruption like never before, every morning while I put on the news channel, all I get to see is, the scams in all their courageous glory, the murders to which there is no explanations & the crimes that try to be covered, thanks to the so called powerful politicians. We are links of a great past to an uncertain future. Will we ever get out for the ruins

No wonder that nowadays we see lots of surprises and conspiracies in the world of politics. We have been well-informed and warned by many scholars about the wicked practices of politics. However, knowingly or unknowingly we are so much mixed up with this wicked system of politics that we accept it without questioning or bothering. Since we all claim to be the followers of any religion or belief we

I happened to read this article of Smruti koppikar in Outlook magazine titled ‘A metropolis is shamed’ speaking about the harassment and torture of Dalits in India, which still continues even after several decades of Independence. It is shameful that such atrocities still continue despite socio-cultural movement of the Dalits and their struggles against untouchability. Dalit women bear the brunt

I had joined a new tution class. After settling down on one of my benches, I smiled at my bench mate. To get better acquainted with her I asked what her name was, instead she enquired about my religion. I responded I love eating the burger, the one which she had right then. She kept mum. I continued, “You love your family?” She said, yes, I do. I replied, “I love my family too, just like you do.”

What started as a pleasant journey turned out to be a horror sent. 9th of January, 2011 will be remembered for a long time by those who travelled by the nightmarish “Canara” bus which was heading to Bangalore after having departed to Mangalore. As it was a Sunday, there were many office goers in the bus who had come to enjoy and relax the weekend with family hoping to reach early on Monday and get

Puttur, January 9: Moved by a report published in Coastaldigest.com, a team of philanthropists recently visited the house of Marike Usman in Santyar in Puttur taluk and took appropriate measures to rehabilitate the poor family. Coastaldigest.com had urged its readers to help this family in its report published on December 23 under the title: ‘Appeal to help a family in dire need.’ During their

The ruling Bharatiya Janata Party Tuesday did not sweep the local governing polls in Karnataka as predicted by Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa — but its performance may save him from being axed over land scams.Battered by charges of favouring his kin with prime land in and around Bangalore, Yeddyurappa won over his party central leaders to allow him to continue, promising a clean sweep of the Dec