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A distinguished employee of a private firm, who possess almost 12 years of work experience asked me recently, “Is it ethical to negotiate a higher salary?” This did not come as a surprise to me because I myself have been thinking over it. For Indians, every transaction is a negotiation or a bargain. Our expertise in this particular field is unmatchable. We bring down the cost of vegetable at the

That evening, as the sky wore a crimson red blanket, bidding adieu to the sun, I was travelling in a bus back home. There was air of tension in the bus, as though everyone was mourning over some loss already. With water welling in my eyes, for the first time ever I wished ‘god’ was one among us, travelling in the same bus. I wished he could occupy the empty place next to me and ask me ‘Can I help

Mangalore: Scenes of traffic cops stopping two wheeler commuters on the streets of Mangalore asking them to take off their sub-standard helmets and penalizing them are on display more often than not these days. About a week ago, traffic cops in the city went on a city-wide helmet seizing drive wherein they seized more than a hundred sub-standard helmets from two wheeler commuters which did not

Mangalore: The coastal district of Dakshina Kannada has eight Assembly constituencies in it. Barring Moodabidri constituency, which has JD(S) influence only due to the charisma of former minister Amarnath Shetty, in rest of the constituencies, the Congress and the BJP are directly in fray. During the last elections, the Congress and the BJP won over four constituencies each. This election, the

The Sangh Parivar was waiting for this opportunity. A slew of objections have been raised from this very same fascist force ever since Union Minister Rehman Khan proposed the idea of setting up the Tipu Sultan University in Srirangapatna. The BJP and the Sangh Parivar did not have a face to go to people seeking votes this election. The dust of mining scam and land scams had settled on its face

Mangalore: ‘Development’ and ecology have a history of locking horns and Mangalore has not been indifferent in that regard. The Forest Department and Mangalore City Corporation (MCC) officials may pose together for a photo op on ‘Vanamahotsava’ or ‘Greenathon’ occasions but there is no denying that the two government bodies have had issues in the past and continue to have so. “In the last four

A few weeks ago I visited Panambur Beach and to my bewilderment and surprise, as a Manglorean I just could not relate to the beach anymore. Everything about it had changed drastically today. The last time I visited Panambur Beach (around 5 years back) nothing much had changed. For better or for worse it was like I had seen it from the time I was a little child with a few changes here and there

With competition comes the necessity to have an ‘edge’ over others. Green Valley National School and PU College, Shiroor, has in a short span climbed its way up to becoming one of the best schools in the state with not just top class infrastructure but high quality education too. The school is an ICSE school, a model which in itself is a determining factor in students having that extra ‘egde’. The

Mangalore: One man’s meat is other man’s poison. Rightly so, plastic, which is one of the major pollutants already standing like an ogress in front of the civic bodies was banned in the city. However, this move has put thousands of people in trouble as for these sections plastic had been the source of livelihood. In Mangalore the entrepreneurs had poured in lakhs of rupees as capital to start

In this age of graphics and technology, the human eye is not deprived of visual masterpieces. Play of designs, shapes and colours with technology has got as easy as it can get. But there are a few who continue to hold on to the traditional style of creating pieces of art the manual way. Ahmed Miqdaad of Goltamajal, Kalladka, is one such young man, who not has not just been keeping it alive, but