As India celebrates another Independence Day, here are still millions of residents who still live like outcasts, refugees and outsiders in their own country

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A break from the hectic profession and home was a dream for a long time. ‘Bekal Ripples’ (the houseboat) is not very far from Mangalore...

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As the predominant language of Dakshina Kannada is Tulu and not Kannada, it is better to rename it as Mangalore identifying it with the Goddess Mangaladevi, whose name the city has been named after, argues SUMITH S. RAO

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Did you know that all cell phones produce radiation that could harm you? Of course, the government regulates how much radiation your phone..

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Prof. Narendra Nayak recalls his association with educationist and rationalist Kota Lakshminarayan Karanth, the lesser known younger brother of the great litterateur Kota Shivaram Karanth.

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India’s GDP crossed the $2-trillion mark in 2014, according to data released by the World Bank in Washington late on Wednesday.

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Marriage can boost your health in a number of ways but it appears there is one measure where it lets you down - your waistline.

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Mid brain activation is the latest fraudulent money spinning racket conceived to prey on the educated gullible. The victims are the innocent kids who become the unwitting pawns in the mindless vortex of parental aspiration combined with pseudoscience.

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40 years ago, Indira Gandhi declared Emergency in India, taking away all the civil rights and freedom of people. A 12-year-old boy decided to ask his dad...

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Whether your propensity to attract mosquitoes is in your genes or not, the pesky bugs are a real summertime buzzkill.

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The concept of separate statehood, a legacy inherited by India from the Nehru regime, needs to be nipped in the bud, failing which it will spread its tentacle to some other states that are waiting in the wings for a special status, writes V Mohan Rao

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Meet the mentors of ‘Simon Arts’  founded by the legendary Simon Sylvester Rasquinha and dedicated exclusively to the creation of church art works.

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It is so disconcerting to note that the children of today are being taught the nuances of communal hatred by their teachers and parents, by political parties, and by the general public, writes Sumith S Rao

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Over the last two decades, a string of projects have been proposed or launched supposedly to improve the lot of the city. Every one of them has remained a pipe dream, while the city continues to slide down the abyss of decay. What ails our city?

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