The coastal town of Karwar is a shining jewel in Karnataka. Its beautiful beaches, pleasant climate and delicious cuisine beckon tourists, who flock to this town to experience the tranquil breeze and the blue sea. Its proximity to the more popular Goan beaches also adds to its allure. The journey from Mangalore to Goa by road, along the western coast of Karnataka was thrilling. Just before we reached Goa, we came across a town beside the sea and we couldn’t resist stopping there, as the sight was amazing. The cool breeze blew in the fragrance of the sea towards us…
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Taking care of our oceans should be a priority though for reasons different than the normal ones, says V. Gangadhar. He urges the Modi government to clean up the oceans to retrieve many ‘lost treasures’. A newly-married youth with literary pretensions took his wife to the sea shore because the bride had never seen the ocean. Keen to impress her, he approached the ocean, waved his hands dramatically and quoted these lines from Lord Byron’s poem ‘Childe Harold IV’, “Roll on thou and dark-blue Ocean, Roll’. As the little woman gazed wondrously she exclaimed, ‘O, Henry, they obey you! They…
The practice of wearing the nose ring is a very Indian, and a very secular custom. Hindu and Muslim women wear the nose ring. As also youngsters, who are attracted more by its style than any religious significance attached to it. Shoma A. Chatterji tells us more about this custom. What is the most dramatic feature of international tennis champion Sania Mirza? Her nose-ring that has been written about and commented upon endlessly. The other international celebrity that identifies with a sparkling diamond nose-stud is Booker Prize-winning author-activist Arundhati Roy. The nose ring for Sania and the diamond stud for…
Meet Chaitanya Tamhane. At 27, he and his first, full-length feature film Court are the talk of every serious person in the film industry and among film buffs everywhere. Court was the surprise package which won the ‘Best Feature Film’ award at the 62nd National Awards 2015. Court won best film in the Orizzonti section as well as the Lion of the Future ‘Luigi de Laurentiis’ award for a debut film. It went on to win best film and best director prizes at Mumbai Film Festival, 2015, and special jury mention for the ensemble cast alongside prizes at Antalya, Vienna…
Illegal sand mining is playing havoc with a major estuary near Mumbai. It is depleting and destroying this maginificent ecosystem at a dangerously fast rate. This is also a metaphor for the destruction of precious biodiversity reserves across the country. We need these resources today as never before, says Dr. Rajani Panchang. I was coming back after a year and a half and I just couldn’t find the approach route to my sampling site.The dirt road I could identify as ‘mine’ from the past was in a pathetic state, deeply incised by high truck tyres. My attempts to take my…
A literary genius (1934-2015) ONE of the most highly regarded and respected writers in Tamil, Jayakanthan who passed away recently at the age of 81, was a man of many parts. He was first and foremost a writer, but was equally proficient in various other vocations like journalism and film making, and also carved his own niche as a critic and orator as well. Jayakanthan who was born in Cuddalore, a fishing village in Tamilnadu in an agrarian family, had very little formal education, but that in no way proved to be a handicap for him in the pursuit of…
Publisher : Bhashya Prakashan, Mumbai Pages : 355 Rs. : 350 Rarely ever, if ever, would a writer who wrote one short story a year, have the gumption to publish them as an omnibus, but that is what Prakash Bal Joshi has done. His Prakash Bal Joshi Yhancha Katha is as much a reflection of the man himself. He can be quiet, but also very bold at the same time. He is definitely flush with confidence. Joshi’s work defies any attempt at compartmentalisation, for he lives for one purpose – to express himself. That, however, is not by speech but…
India’s long coastline is underexploited when one considers the potential for developing water sports and tourism along it. Luckily though, there is an enormous interest in these activities and though still at a nascent stage, this can surely become a highly successful industry, says Devender Kundaliya. Nature has blessed India with a long, vivacious coastline, swirling rivers, fresh water lakes, streams, and many other types of water bodies that offer excellent opportunities for hosting a variety of water sports activities in the country. India’s mainland coastline is about 6,100 km long – running from Kandla in Gujarat to Kolkata in…
The legends around Lord Krishna are well known and an intrinsic part of the Indian Hindu culture. The rendering of the raas leela, a dance-drama devoted to Lord Krishna, is an ode to this enduring adoration of a well-loved God. The raas leela is a devotional dance-drama that is a distinctive product of the Braj region, a 90 square mile area of Uttar Pradesh province which borders Rajasthan, about 90 miles south of Delhi. It is the special preserve of the people of Braj, for it is devoted entirely to the exaltation of the love of Krishna and Radha, and…
India`s Nelson (1924-2014) Rustom, the eldest of five siblings, was born to Khushru Shapurjee Ghandhi and Dina Dhunjishah Amrotiwala on 1 July 1924, in Jabalpur. He passed his intermediate examination from St Joseph’s College, Nainital in 1941 and joined Allahabad University for further studies. He left a year later and went to United Kingdom where he joined the Royal Naval College at Eaton. He was commissioned into the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) on 1 January 1943, and served as a midshipman on the cruiser Suffolk in 1943-44, employed in the task of hunting German raiders in the Atlantic Ocean. In…