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From housewife to an artist, passion leads her life

Six water colour floral paintings Sheila Nayak created after a gap of 20 years.

It is an achievement with a difference. In the absence of any formal training or a guide, a housewife from Mangalore city accepted internet as her teacher, made the optimum use of it, thus opening herself to a new world altogether. The advent of...

A ‘garden’ to depict passion of Christ

A view of the Holy Cross in the Garden of Passion. The 7 symbolic springs are also seen.

Each old church in the diocese of Mangalore has its own history and the Holy Cross church at Kulshekar is no exception.

An ashram for learning culture

Students residing at Balakashram in Ramakrishna Math engaged in meditation at the Math’s prayer hall.

Swami Vivekananda is not just the greatest Indian spiritual Guru who took to world the superiority of Indian Culture but he is looked upon as the greatest youth icon the world has ever witnessed.

‘You can expect bundles of surprises from Indians’

“Indians have a nice way of arguing and it is fun to interact with them and especially students react differently to the arguments,” says veteran jurist from Germany who is in India to deliver talks in various universities.

Museum of muse on plants, animals

Rare species of animals are stored in the Zoology museum of St Agnes College in Mangalore. DH Photo/Sandhya C D'Souza

When many colleges conduct their practical sessions with pictures and artificial models, students belonging to Department of Zoology and Botany of St Agnes College make their study interesting with a huge collection of stored specimens.

Genealogist traces the origin of songs

''A thousand pages of songs'' authored by wellknown genealogist Dr Michael Lobo is perhaps the one-stop answer to all queries pertaining to over 3,500 popular songs and over a thousand biographical sketches, writes Ronald Anil Fernandes

‘Weaves’ makes waves in City

For those who would love to flaunt the fashionable handloom clothes, ‘Weaves,’ the sale of cotton and silk clothes has come yet again to Mangalore with a fresh variety of designed materials which one would fall in love with.

City kids shine at National School Games

Mangalore always finds an important place in the sports map of South India. Though team sports like cricket and football are popular in the city, it is the athletes who ensure a place for Mangalore always.

Glory of a temple renewed in Car Street

Sri Veera Venkatesha temple in Car Street is among the 18 temples of Gaud Sarasvat Brahmins (GSBs), which is believed to be built in 17th century. The idol erected in the main sanctum is the original symbolic idol of the Lord Venkataramana.

Promoting natural way of life

Many people are interested in naturopathy and ‘natural way of life,’ but only few practice it and one such personality is Marakkini Shankaranarayana Bhat.

Carving a niche in puppetry

As Sri Gopalakrishna Yakshagana Bombeyata Sangha (Puppeteering Association), under the captaincy of K V Ramesh turns 30, its popularity continues to grow.

This is not the end

FROM UP ABOVE: The view point at Manipal End Point. DH PHOTOS/HEMANATH PADUBIDRI

Manipal, which is known all over the world for its educational institutions welcoming students from over 100 countries is also known for its quite surroundings.

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