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Prasad – Food for the gods

January 12, 2013

Food·Travel

During my visit to Mangalore in coastal Karnataka, I visited the Mangaladevi temple, from this deity the name of the city of Mangalore or Mangalapuram is derived; and Kateel Durga Parmeshwari temple and Dharmastala temple on the outskirts of Mangalore. At all these ancient temples, after darshan and pooja, I…

Incredible India – Experiences

January 10, 2013

Arts·Travel

During the mid and late seventies things were different. It was a different time, different generation where folks were innocent and still believed in family values, respect, and not tempted by material things. Little of the old tradition still existed in this India of that era. No television, no mobile…

P N Oak’s take on Taj Mahal – The true story?

January 7, 2013

Cover Story

Ask any child – who built Taj Mahal? The answer would be Shah Jahan. We all have grown up studying Shah Jahan, Taj Mahal and Mughal history in school. But PN Oak begs to differ on this. He has a different take on the history of Taj Mahal. According to…

Indian Army at Siachen –The world’s highest battlefield

December 28, 2012

Cover Story

Recently an avalanche killed 6 jawans in Siachen, the world’s highest battlefield. Situated on the northern edge of Kashmir’s mighty Himalayas with an altitude as high as 22,000 feet, the glacier has become a desert of snow after the continuous snowfall for a week. Army spokesman in Srinagar, Col JS…

Bharata, My Brother

December 26, 2012

Books

‘A remarkable exposition of the relationship between Rama & Bharata. Provides a glimpse of Ramayana in a simple form with a focus on Bharata’s episode in the great epic.’ …