A true para ...but, not for long Crystal clear water, soft golden sand, rows of palms and other tropical plants... Belekaana beach is all this and more. The world stops here at the long shoreline. Sadly, this splendid and sunny beach will soon lose its beauty to the Tadadi Thermal Power Project, once it is implemented. Santoshkumar Mehendale reports.
Smoke-free & prosperous Its a tiny hamlet which has done away with the use of fossil fuels, where solar cookers and biogas plants are the order of the day. Welcome to Bysanivaripalli, the only smoke-free village in the country. M A Siraj outlines the success story of the village.
Why, oh why? Elsewhere in the world, historic sites are preserved
with utmost care. But, not so at Ainapur, where the
famous Sultana Jahan Begums tomb is vandalised
to no end and is being used as a public toilet.
A shocked Raju S Vijapur reports.
The fairness of it all! At the biennial Sirsi Marikamba fair, animal sacrifice is a strict no-no, writes Sandhya Hegde Almane.
Friend, philosopher & guide In an effort to give an honourable existence to rag pickers, a rural bank in Dharwad has been teaching the rag pickers the ABC of banking. Pradeepkumar Kadkol reports.
Sirsi Marikamba temple exterior and a close-up of Kavi art on the temple walls.
Does Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen’s decision to leave India indicate a setback to the country’s liberal image? Deccan Herald had invited its readers to opine on the issue. Many of our readers said India’s liberal image will not be tarnished by Taslima’s decision to leave and even termed her comments as ungrateful. Some others opined that the country has lost its credibility as a democracy because it bowed down to fundamentalists and Leftists of West Bengal.
