Having covered three of the four destinations-Yamunotri, Gangotri and Kedarnath, in the course of our Char Dham tour, we started towards the last one-Badrinath early in the morning of July 10, 2011. After travelling for a while, we halted at a place known as Ukhimath. During the
The students of the educational institutions of Shirva Parish including those of Don Bosco English Medium High School, priests from the parish and neighbouring parishes, Salesian priests, parishioners of Shirva and other..Video]
In Kunjarugiri Shri Durgadevi Temple, which is more than 100 feet above the sea level, the grand festivities with special fair will be celebrated on every Sona Shukrara (Friday) of the Simha (Leo) month. From hundreds
After visiting Gangotri, we were on the road towards our third destination-Kedarnath. As we had started our journey from Gangotri at around 4 pm, by the time we reached
As every year, this year also the Titular Feast of St. Lawrence (Tharikechem Festh) was celebrated with great fervour and devotion by the parishioners of Moodubelle on
Coconut trees are essential to the traditional lifestyle and livelihood of the people of Udupi and South Kenara districts of coastal Karnataka. As we travel along the coast, by road, train or air, we can see
Following the visit to our first destination, Yamunotri in the course of the Char Dham pilgrimage cum tour, we proceeded from Rana Chatti towards the next destination, Gangotri in the afternoon of the second day of our tour. As Sachhu, our driver suspected that one of the tyres of the Tata Sumo might have been punctured, got it rectified at the nearest facility which took nearly forty-five minutes.
Hospet, this once green town in Bellary District in the heart of southern India has recently turned the color of rust. “It’s everywhere,” P.N. Sreepad, warns a guest upon checking in his
According to a report published recently in one of the reputed national news papers, divorce cases have increased to a whopping 86 percent within the last ten years in the megacity of Mumbai. This indeed an alarming
After spending the evening at the bank of the holy River Ganges and witnessing the ‘aarati’ and observing various rituals and ablutions at the ‘ghats’ we returned to the hotel. We had
After a long and exciting train journey through 19019 Deharadun Express, the group of seven of us reached Haridwar railway station at around 3.30 pm. Just then it started raining and we spent around half an hour on the
It was during the first week of June that my former colleague in the college and friend, Prof. Ashok Badgujar, who had also retired from service like me, in a telephonic conversation said
The age of this Indian beauty is 59, but she still has the same beauty, smoothness and softness even now. Even at this age after running around she will not stop with tiredness and even the speed of running also has still not reduced….. The name of this beauty is Hindustan
Having lived under Nehruvian Socialist economic system, we got used to the populist handouts, among them administered prices of energy for domestic use. After the collapse of Soviet Union, socialism is declining. Market forces are by large determining global trade. The transition is painful to say the least.
Corruption in India is a cultural aspect. Indians seem to think nothing peculiar about corruption. It is everywhere. Indians tolerate corrupt individuals rather than correct them and remain supremely hypocritical about the discourse. No race can be congenitally corrupt. But can a race be
Now open at Al Qusais
Weekly e-Magazine
Call : 91 9482810148
Konkani Literature World
