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The Christian houses and public places are grace-filled with cute cribs. The crib is filled with spiritual personalities. The houses and Christmas trees are decorated with colourful lights and stars. Every Christian tries his best to send festal greetings to as many people as possible. Friends and family members exchange gifts and Kuswar (local delicacies prepared for Christmas). The grandpa of

This is by far the biggest festival for Christians in Mangalore. Christmas is not just a celebration on December 25th but to most families such as ours, it begins a month ahead. Having being brought up in a Mangalorean Catholic Family, December is my favourite time of the year. On a spiritual note, it is a time to prepare for the birth of Lord Jesus during the season of Advent with good will and

PM Abdul Razak was recently elected as the President of the Mangalore chapter of the Confederation of Real Estate Developers of India (CREDAI). A leading builder himself, he shares his ideas on the latest trends in the real estate sector and the problems confronted by it. Q : Mr Razak, What are the objectives of CREDAI and how do you plan to take it forward? PMA: The main objective of our

Strange things are happening in the Karnataka Lokayukta. An institution which has given some credit to the state when its records on the political front hit the rock bottom is now being systematically undermined. It has been kept headless and police officials of questionable integrity have been posted to its key positions. To make matters worse, a media interview given by a police officer who

Mangalore, December 9: Even as office-bearers and scores of volunteers of the Beary Sahitya Academy are gearing up for the two-day Beary Sammelana, scheduled to begin on Saturday, the man who has been given the honour of inaugurating the conference remains focused on the “job at hand”. The 55-year-old Harekala Hajabba wears the title of ‘Sammelana inaugurator’ with impeccable ease. But the man who

“Communication Minister”, Kapil Sibal cannot be faulted if he feels that he and his class of ministers alone are entitled to freedom of speech and expression. Look at how wonderfully they use this fundamental right by yelling, swearing, sometime even hurling objects at one another. When some ordinary citizen shows the guts to question their behavior, these honorable MPs take refuge under the

Approximately 20 years ago, Bearys had started realizing the importance of an independent Beary Sahitya Academy. The Academy, which came into existence in 2008, is the result of 16 years of continuous struggle by the Beary community. The community had applied relentless pressure on the state government to constitute an Academy. The Fourth Beary Sahitya Sammelana held in Chickmagalur in 2007 acted

A 60-year-old woman is allegedly kept in solitary confinement in Mangalore by her husband at the behest of his lover, finds Lubna Sheila This is an incident which should make the people of Dakshina Kannada, the cradle of education, banking and healthcare, hang their heads in shame. This is the sordid story of a greedy man who confined his wife to a dark room in order to usurp her assets and lead a

The history of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) dates back to 1981, when homosexual men with symptoms of a disease that now are considered typical of AIDS were first described in Los Angeles and New York. Ever since, the world has suffered with this dreaded disease. Lives have been lost, destiny’s changed and the catastrophe long lived. However

The medical world continues to think and rethink when it comes to diabetes, and the number only continues to increase and worry everyone at large. World Diabetes Day is the primary global awareness campaign of the diabetes mellitus world and is held on November 14 of each year. It was introduced in 1991 by the International Diabetes Federation and the World Health Organization in response to the