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You see them with the typical African phenotype. But when you hear them speak and go about their daily chores, you are left with no doubt about the fact that they are Kannadigas at heart. Up in the villages of the coastal district of Uttara Kannada, lives the Siddhi tribe. Spread across Haliyala, Yellapura, Ankola, Mundgod, Joida, Karwar and Sirsi, one finds Siddhis having got accustomed to the

India is all set to witness a different kind of class war as the Supreme Court has upheld the 25 per cent reservation for children from economically weaker sections (EWS) in private schools. Already some schools have reluctantly implemented this reservation under the Right to Education Act-2009. Others challenged it in the court. Now that the apex court has upheld the constitutionality of this

The Right to Education (RTE) Act has been haunting private schools ever since it was passed by the union government in 2009. However, the latest notification of the Act in the state gazette by the Karnataka government wherein it has been made clear to the schools that they cannot charge any donation from the parents, not even ‘voluntary donation’, is likely to come as a bigger blow to them. At the

Heath Streak, Former Captain of Zimbabwe cricket team feels the new rule introduced by the ICC of teams operating with new balls from both ends in ODIs is a positive one. Mr. Streak, who is in the city to play a charity T20 match, told Coastaldigest.com at the sidelines of a programme in Mangalore on Saturday that the novel idea is helping the game look more exciting. “It’s a good move. In good

Mangalore, April 27: The move of banning burqa in classrooms by St Aloysius College, Mangalore, has reignited the debate of students’ right to exercise religious freedom. A lecturer of the College told Coastaldigest.com that the ban applies to classrooms and examination halls and not the campus in general. However, the Principal (who is out of station), the Acting Principal, the Rector and

They say marriages are made in heaven. I totally agree with this statement looking at the condition of today’s lovers. Everybody wants love, but it comes with lot of riders. I’m talking about love which the youth share, or a man and a woman who have taken the decision to tie the knot. Does love really have precautions? Does the love which a mother and child or a husband and wife share come with a

When the two assailants, with the help of two accomplices, walked out of the Karnataka Beary Academy office at Attavar after inflicting multiple stab injuries on its new president Rahim Uchil in broad daylight, everybody thought it was just a matter of time before the assailants were brought to justice. But even a month into the gruesome incident, the police appear to be still groping in the dark

‘Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink’ cried Coleridge’s ancient mariner. The coastal city of Mangalore too is up against a ‘water crisis’ this summer. The worrying part though is that the alarm bells have sounded even before the onset of peak months of April and May. On March 25, MLA YogishBhat at a press meet delivered a shocker by stating that water level at Thumbe dam, the only source

Irfan A. Engineer is the Director of Institute for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution; Centre for Study of Society and Secularism, Mumbai. Son of Asghar Ali Engineer, internationally known reformist-writer and activist, Mr. Irfan Engineer was a practicing advocate at the Bombay High Court. He is also the Associate Editor of Indian Journal of Secularism. Q: We talk about minorities being

Am I going to hell because I am lazy? Laziness is one of the seven deadly sins according to the Catholic Church. You can be condemned to hell if you are sluggish irrespective of your religion. Finding comfort in delaying our work is something that is loved by lazy people. Slay the dragon of sloth by following these simple tips. Tip: 1 Wear Red, Raise your spirits In spite of being a warm