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Another enthralling IPL match had just gotten over. Watching cricket with a zealous crowd - one which applauds and roars enthusiastically when there’s a six, and yells with disheartenment when the umpire declares an out that works against the team they’re all cheering for, with bottles of cold drinks and bowls of popcorn and trays of snacks, arranged gauchely in chairs around the TV screen – is a

The voice against dowry has become mere a cliché nowadays, as countless articles are written, speeches are delivered and fatwas are issued condemning this menace by the ulemas and scholars of Muslim community. But in fact our struggle against this anti-Islamic tradition is confined to mere articles, speeches and fatwas. Unfortunately any serious step is not taken by us to eradicate this menace

Meet the man who has a technology that is environmental friendly as Arron Menezes finds out: Two friends in a car travelling to a hill station… the petrol tank is in the reserve mode. They cross the petrol bunk and reach the hill station. One friend asks the other ‘Kya dalte ho gaadi mein??? (what do you put as fuel?) The days are not far when we would be witnessing such advertisements in local

After a period of rejoicing over the birth of Christ, His followers observe a time of penance and fasting. This period, which begins on Ash Wednesday and ends on Good Friday, is known as Lent. Fasting and other forms of renunciation or self-sacrifice are recommended as so many ways of following the example of Jesus, Who fasted for forty days in the desert, before He began His preaching. Jesus

It was a dark Thursday night; the clouds were clearly laid below the horizon. The darkness & silence was perfect for a night crawler to enjoy the quite. The guy was in great confusion, he couldn’t realize life was so large and fantastic that melancholy was in the fray, here to stay- yahoo, just like you!! I am sure you might be wondering what meaningless nonsense is typed out, that’s just to

A passenger sits in an auto rickshaw at 6 pm. After moving a little further, he stops at a medical shop, gets medicine, and sits in the rickshaw again. He then goes to the laundry, comes back and then again, a little further, stops at a bakery and reaches home at 7. For 15 minutes of travel, the passenger takes 1 hour. Another passenger sits in a rickshaw and says some apartment name. When it

Come Friday, and most mosques in the region undergo rigorous cleaning. The day is an important one for Muslims as they offer the prescribed Juma prayers and listen to the mandatory Khutba (sermon). Almost every Friday noon, one can find mosques being flocked by people for the purpose. In Mangalore, the prominent places where Juma prayers are offered include the renowned Eidgah mosque at Light

I was going through a famous website where I was caught by a news write-up on the allocation of funds to mutts by the Government. The reason - they have their hospitals and educational institutions in the rural areas which offer social service to the society. Frankly speaking the funds which the government has allotted for these mutts are the money of common people which they give in form of tax

"Beware the Ides of March" said Shakespeare and "April is the cruelest month" wrote T. S. Eliot. For students preparing for exams, this has much been truer. As March-April dawns, exam phobia spreads its frenzy all over student community in India. Adding to the phobia factor, the power disruption becomes rampant too. Students, parents and teachers undergo a dilemma during this phase. It seems that

Losing or parting from our best friends at any point of time is a matter of inexplicably unbearable pain for young girls and boys, right? Yes, but let me ask an important question: Who is your best friend? If you ask the same question to anybody, of course, they suddenly will remember a long list of their sweet and beloved friends and reveal their names with extra details enthusiastically. Try to