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It was a fine morning, cloudy skies, cool breeze, the pleasant smell of wet soil, one of nature’s finer days. I was savouring the lovely weather with a cup of coffee and reading the morning paper when the doorbell buzzed. It was Aunt Lalita, our very own gossip goose. At forty five years and seventy five kgs, she managed to keep track of not just what happened in our locality but just about the

Non Resident Indian’ or ‘NRI’, is a beautiful phrase which naturally impresses common men in Indian society, because generally people think that NRIs lead a happier and more successful life compared to the other Indians. But, in fact, as far as the Muslim NRIs leading an expatriate life in Gulf countries are concerned the above assumption is not true, as their lives are filled with agony, sorrows

It all started on the 6th of November 1968, the day I made my presence on the earth. Life in Mumbai was tough right from the word ‘go’. I was the sixth and youngest child of my parents. My father was a taxi-driver and mother, a housewife. They raised us up with great difficulty and the agony was at its climax. Luck dealt a cruel blow when I was 12 years and I lost my Dad. There was no proper

Mangalore, May 15: In a persistent effort to pressurize the Civil Aviation Ministry of India to launch direct flight from Mangalore Airport to Saudi Arabia, a delegation of Coastaldigsest.com, owned by Amaco group of companies, submitted a memorandum to Praful Patel, the Union Minister of State for Civil Aviation, reiterating its demand at the sidelines of inaugural ceremony of New Integrated

Sageer Trikarpur is the Chairman of Kuwait Kerala Muslim Association, the largest social welfare organization of Indians in Kuwait. Over the past three decades of involvement in social service activities, Sageer Trikarpur has emerged as one of the most influential and admired community leader in Kuwait. He has a reputation of achieving extraordinary results from ordinary men. His leadership

After much dithering, the New Integrated Terminal Building (NITB) at Kenjar, housing both international and domestic flights is all set for inauguration on May 15, marking another milestone in the history of Mangalore International Airport. The NITB is likely to be operational after a week of the formal inauguration. The transformation of the petite Bajpe airport, operating a single Indian

Over two decades ago, there was an ideal village in Dakshina Kannada District called Kalavar, with agriculture as the main occupation of its inhabitants. The village was enriched with natural beauty and resources. People of Kalavar were very neat, clean and quite enlightened. They had a sense of discipline and co-operation. They had a spirit of service and sacrifice. They had been following the

Recently I had been to St Aloysius Management Institute, and as I made my entry through the tall gates, I was dazzled in a state of semi-shock. For a moment, I thought I was at some theme park kind-of museum art gallery. But coming to terms viewing a college I had never seen before, took awhile. It was a structure not easily matched. There was something different, yet some resemblance was cited

Global warming is the talk of the world, not just the town. The Copenhagen Summit, seminars, lectures, articles… Every person today is aware of this term. Frequently changing climate conditions, melting of the glaciers, volcano eruptions are all a part of it. We have all experienced it in one way or the other. It has rained in summer, the weather is unbearably hot and humid, and there is shortage

Moulana Syed Jalaluddin Umari, a prominent Islamic Scholar who is acclaimed for his great works in Urdu Islamic literature, also leads Jamat-e –Islami Hind, as its All India President. Besides being an Islamic scholar, Moulana Jalaluddin, a septuagenarian leader has thorough comprehension of national and international issues that differentiates him from traditional Moulavis. He is bestowed with