Saturday, July 30, 2011
Friday, July 8, 2011
"70 things to remember" by Danielle Hollister
1. To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world.
2. Your presence is a present to the world.
3. You are unique and one of a kind.
4. Your life can be what you want it to be.
5. Take the days just one at a time.
6. Count your blessings, not your troubles.
7. You will make it through whatever comes along.
8. Within you are so many answers.
9. Do not put limits on yourself.
10. Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
11. Reach for your peak, your goal and your prize.
12. Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.
13. The longer one carries a problem the heavier it gets.
14. Do not take things too seriously.
15. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.
16. Remember that a little love goes a long way. Remember that a lot ... goes forever.
17. Remember that friendship is a wise investment.
18. Life's treasure are people together.
19. Realize that it is never too late.
20. Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
21. Have hearth and hope and happiness.
22. Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it.
23. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
24. Take the time to wish upon a star.
25. Words are windows to the heart.
26. You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.
27. I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
28. Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
29. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
30. A good example is the best sermon.
31. No one is easier to deceive than oneself.
32. The greatest fault of all is to be conscious of none.
33. Love is understanding, acceptance, and tenderness. If it tries to strangle and possess, it is not love.
34. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
35. The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power within us.
36. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
37. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
38. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
39. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
40. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
41. Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
42. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
43. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
44. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
45. Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
46. You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
47. Love ......and you shall be loved.
48. All people smile in the same language.
49. A hug is a great gift..one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it's easy to exchange.
50. Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.
51. The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in love.
52. Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
53. It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.
54. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
55. Happy memories never wear out.... relive them as often as you want.
56. Home is the place where we grumble the most, but are often treated the best.
57. The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.
58. Take time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.
59. If anyone speaks badly of you, live so none will believe it.
60. Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
61. Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.
62. The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.
63. Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.
64. To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.
65. We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.
66. Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.
67. Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.
68. For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.
69. Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.
70. AND DO NOT EVER FORGET .... FOR EVEN A DAY HOW VERY SPECIAL YOU ARE !
2. Your presence is a present to the world.
3. You are unique and one of a kind.
4. Your life can be what you want it to be.
5. Take the days just one at a time.
6. Count your blessings, not your troubles.
7. You will make it through whatever comes along.
8. Within you are so many answers.
9. Do not put limits on yourself.
10. Decisions are too important to leave to chance.
11. Reach for your peak, your goal and your prize.
12. Nothing wastes more energy than worrying.
13. The longer one carries a problem the heavier it gets.
14. Do not take things too seriously.
15. Live a life of serenity, not a life of regrets.
16. Remember that a little love goes a long way. Remember that a lot ... goes forever.
17. Remember that friendship is a wise investment.
18. Life's treasure are people together.
19. Realize that it is never too late.
20. Do ordinary things in an extraordinary way.
21. Have hearth and hope and happiness.
22. Life is 10% of what happens to you, and 90% of how you respond to it.
23. Don't be afraid to learn. Knowledge is weightless, a treasure you can always carry easily.
24. Take the time to wish upon a star.
25. Words are windows to the heart.
26. You are richer today if you have laughed, given or forgiven.
27. I don't have to attend every argument I'm invited to.
28. Life is like an onion; you peel off one layer at a time and sometimes you weep.
29. Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.
30. A good example is the best sermon.
31. No one is easier to deceive than oneself.
32. The greatest fault of all is to be conscious of none.
33. Love is understanding, acceptance, and tenderness. If it tries to strangle and possess, it is not love.
34. The journey of a thousand miles starts with a single step.
35. The task ahead of us is never as great as the Power within us.
36. Maybe God wants us to meet a few wrong people before meeting the right one so that when we finally meet the right person, we will know how to be grateful for that gift.
37. When the door of happiness closes, another opens, but often times we look so long at the closed door that we don't see the one which has been opened for us.
38. The best kind of friend is the kind you can sit on a porch and swing with, never say a word, and then walk away feeling like it was the best conversation you've ever had.
39. It's true that we don't know what we've got until we lose it, but it's also true that we don't know what we've been missing until it arrives.
40. Dream what you want to dream; go where you want to go; be what you want to be, because you have only one life and one chance to do all the things you want to do.
41. Always put yourself in others' shoes. If you feel that it hurts you, it probably hurts the other person, too.
42. The happiest of people don't necessarily have the best of everything; they just make the most of everything that comes along their way.
43. When you were born, you were crying and everyone around you was smiling.
44. Live your life so that when you die, you're the one who is smiling and everyone around you is crying.
45. Anger is a condition in which the tongue works faster than the mind.
46. You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying over the future.
47. Love ......and you shall be loved.
48. All people smile in the same language.
49. A hug is a great gift..one size fits all. It can be given for any occasion and it's easy to exchange.
50. Everyone needs to be loved...especially when they do not deserve it.
51. The real measure of a man's wealth is what he has invested in love.
52. Everything has beauty but not everyone sees it.
53. It's important for parents to live the same things they teach.
54. If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.
55. Happy memories never wear out.... relive them as often as you want.
56. Home is the place where we grumble the most, but are often treated the best.
57. The choice you make today will usually affect tomorrow.
58. Take time to laugh for it is the music of the soul.
59. If anyone speaks badly of you, live so none will believe it.
60. Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
61. Love is strengthened by working through conflicts together.
62. The best thing parents can do for their children is to love each other.
63. Harsh words break no bones but they do break hearts.
64. To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it.
65. We take for granted the things that we should be giving thanks for.
66. Love is the only thing that can be divided without being diminished.
67. Happiness is enhanced by others but does not depend upon others.
68. For every minute you are angry with someone, you lose 60 seconds of happiness that you can never get back.
69. Do what you can, for who you can, with what you have, and where you are.
70. AND DO NOT EVER FORGET .... FOR EVEN A DAY HOW VERY SPECIAL YOU ARE !
Monday, July 4, 2011
Fear
There are only six basic fears:
The fear of poverty
The fear of criticism
The fear of ill health
The fear of loss of love of someone
The fear of old age
The fear of death
These are the fears which stop us from being who we are and achieving what we want.
It requires great effort to overcome these fears. Some fear can be overcome by knowledge
like knowledge about health and medicines, knowledge about death etc. But some, you need to pass through the situation to
overcome those fear.
A person who has been through poverty, doesnt care if poverty comes again coz he knows how to deal with it.
A person who has been through criticism, dont mind for critics, coz he knows how to deal with it.
similarly with loss of love.
Remember, whatever the difficulties we have or the losses we incurr, its just naturs way to make us strong.
A natures way to make us overcome the fear.
When we overcome the fear, we are ready to live our life, achieve our goals...
there is nothing that can stop you then.
So never worry when a problem comes, or when your loved one leaves you alone.
All that happens has a reason. Remember, things which doesnt kill me makes me strong.
The fear of poverty
The fear of criticism
The fear of ill health
The fear of loss of love of someone
The fear of old age
The fear of death
These are the fears which stop us from being who we are and achieving what we want.
It requires great effort to overcome these fears. Some fear can be overcome by knowledge
like knowledge about health and medicines, knowledge about death etc. But some, you need to pass through the situation to
overcome those fear.
A person who has been through poverty, doesnt care if poverty comes again coz he knows how to deal with it.
A person who has been through criticism, dont mind for critics, coz he knows how to deal with it.
similarly with loss of love.
Remember, whatever the difficulties we have or the losses we incurr, its just naturs way to make us strong.
A natures way to make us overcome the fear.
When we overcome the fear, we are ready to live our life, achieve our goals...
there is nothing that can stop you then.
So never worry when a problem comes, or when your loved one leaves you alone.
All that happens has a reason. Remember, things which doesnt kill me makes me strong.
Sunday, July 3, 2011
Cow in the ditch
Problems and failures are normal. But whenever you are struck in any problem, you need to do three things:
1. First, get the cow out of the ditch
2. Second, find out how the cow got into the ditch
3. Third, make sure you do whatever it takes so the cow doesn’t go into the ditch again.
(Ref: Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox)
1. First, get the cow out of the ditch
2. Second, find out how the cow got into the ditch
3. Third, make sure you do whatever it takes so the cow doesn’t go into the ditch again.
(Ref: Anne Mulcahy, CEO of Xerox)
goal
If you ask young men what they want to accomplish by the time they are 40, the answers you get fall into two distinct categories. There are those – the great majority – who will respond in terms of what they want to have. This is especially true of graduate students of business administration. There are some men, however, who will answer in terms of the kind of men they hope to be. These are the only ones who have a clear idea of where they are going.
The same is true of companies. For far too many companies, what little thinking goes on about the future is done primarily in money terms. There is nothing wrong with financial planning. Most companies should do more of it. But there is a basic fallacy in confusing a financial plan with thinking about the kind of company you want yours to become. It is like saying “when I’m 40, I’m going to be rich.” It leaves too many basic questions unanswered. Rich in what way? Rich doing what?
Source: How to Evaluate corporate strategy by Seymour Tilles
The same is true of companies. For far too many companies, what little thinking goes on about the future is done primarily in money terms. There is nothing wrong with financial planning. Most companies should do more of it. But there is a basic fallacy in confusing a financial plan with thinking about the kind of company you want yours to become. It is like saying “when I’m 40, I’m going to be rich.” It leaves too many basic questions unanswered. Rich in what way? Rich doing what?
Source: How to Evaluate corporate strategy by Seymour Tilles
Saturday, July 2, 2011
OOPS… SOMETHING TO THINK…..
NOTE: READ BETWEEN THE LINES
1. DO NOT WALK BEHIND ME, FOR I MAY NOT LEAD. DO NOT WALK AHEAD OF ME, FOR I MAY NOT FOLLOW. DO NOT WALK BESIDE ME, EITHER. JUST LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE.
2. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S NEWSPAPER, THAT'S THE TIME TO DO IT.
3. SEX IS LIKE AIR. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT UNLESS YOU AREN'T GETTING ANY.
4. DON'T BE IRREPLACEABLE. IF YOU CAN'T BE REPLACED, YOU CAN'T BE PROMOTED.
5. NO ONE IS LISTENING UNTIL YOU MAKE A MISTAKE.
6. ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU'RE UNIQUE. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
7. NEVER TEST THE DEPTH OF THE WATER WITH BOTH FEET.
8. IT MAY BE THAT YOUR SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS SIMPLY TO SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS.
9. IT IS FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN OTHERS DISCOVER YOUR GOOD QUALITIES WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
10. IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU.
11. GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE WILL EAT FOR A DAY. TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH, AND HE WILL SIT IN A BOAT & DRINK BEER ALL DAY.
12. IF YOU LEND SOMEONE $20, AND NEVER SEE THAT PERSON AGAIN, IT WAS PROBABLY WORTH IT.
13. IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING.
14. IF YOU DRINK, DON'T PARK; ACCIDENTS CAUSE PEOPLE.
15. DON'T WORRY, IT ONLY SEEMS KINKY THE FIRST TIME.
16. GOOD JUDGMENT COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCE, AND A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM BAD JUDGMENT.
17. A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FOOT.
18. THERE ARE TWO THEORIES TO ARGUING WITH WOMEN. NEITHER ONE WORKS.
19. GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU AREN'T LEARNING MUCH WHEN YOUR MOUTH IS MOVING.
20. EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET UNTIL JUST AFTER YOU NEED IT
21. NEVER MISS A GOOD CHANCE TO SHUT UP.
22. WE ARE BORN NAKED, WET, AND HUNGRY. THEN THINGS GET WORSE.
23. A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE IS LIKE... NIGHT.
24. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FINGERS.
25. I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WAS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.
26. 42.7% OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT.
27. 99% OF LAWYERS GIVE THE REST A BAD NAME.
28. I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE.
29. HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET.
30. REMEMBER, HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE BELOW AVERAGE.
31. HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, THINKS SLOWEST.
32. DEPRESSION IS MERELY ANGER WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.
33. THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE CHEESE.
34. MONDAY IS AN AWFUL WAY TO SPEND 1/7 OF YOUR WEEK.
35. A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IS USUALLY THE SIGN OF A BAD MEMORY.
36. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE, EXCEPT FROM VENDING MACHINES.
37. GET A NEW CAR FOR YOUR SPOUSE. IT'LL BE A GREAT TRADE!
38. PLAN TO BE SPONTANEOUS TOMORROW.
39. ALWAYS TRY TO BE MODEST, AND BE PROUD OF IT!
40. IF YOU THINK NOBODY CARES, TRY MISSING A COUPLE OF PAYMENTS.
41. HOW DO YOU TELL WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF INVISIBLE INK?
42. IF EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED SOMETHING.
43. WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMING YOUR WAY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE.
44. HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE. LAZINESS PAYS OFF NOW.
45. EVERYONE HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. SOME JUST DO NOT HAVE FILM.
46. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SCARED HALF TO DEATH TWICE?
47. I USED TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, BUT MY BRAINS KEPT FALLING OUT.
48. I COULDN'T REPAIR YOUR BRAKES, SO I MADE YOUR HORN LOUDER.
49. INSIDE EVERY OLDER PERSON IS A YOUNGER PERSON WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED.
50. JUST REMEMBER--IF THE WORLD DID NOT SUCK, WE WOULD ALL FALL OFF.
51. LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.
1. DO NOT WALK BEHIND ME, FOR I MAY NOT LEAD. DO NOT WALK AHEAD OF ME, FOR I MAY NOT FOLLOW. DO NOT WALK BESIDE ME, EITHER. JUST LEAVE ME THE HELL ALONE.
2. IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE DAWN. SO IF YOU'RE GOING TO STEAL YOUR NEIGHBOR'S NEWSPAPER, THAT'S THE TIME TO DO IT.
3. SEX IS LIKE AIR. IT'S NOT IMPORTANT UNLESS YOU AREN'T GETTING ANY.
4. DON'T BE IRREPLACEABLE. IF YOU CAN'T BE REPLACED, YOU CAN'T BE PROMOTED.
5. NO ONE IS LISTENING UNTIL YOU MAKE A MISTAKE.
6. ALWAYS REMEMBER YOU'RE UNIQUE. JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
7. NEVER TEST THE DEPTH OF THE WATER WITH BOTH FEET.
8. IT MAY BE THAT YOUR SOLE PURPOSE IN LIFE IS SIMPLY TO SERVE AS A WARNING TO OTHERS.
9. IT IS FAR MORE IMPRESSIVE WHEN OTHERS DISCOVER YOUR GOOD QUALITIES WITHOUT YOUR HELP.
10. IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED, SKYDIVING IS NOT FOR YOU.
11. GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE WILL EAT FOR A DAY. TEACH HIM HOW TO FISH, AND HE WILL SIT IN A BOAT & DRINK BEER ALL DAY.
12. IF YOU LEND SOMEONE $20, AND NEVER SEE THAT PERSON AGAIN, IT WAS PROBABLY WORTH IT.
13. IF YOU TELL THE TRUTH, YOU DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER ANYTHING.
14. IF YOU DRINK, DON'T PARK; ACCIDENTS CAUSE PEOPLE.
15. DON'T WORRY, IT ONLY SEEMS KINKY THE FIRST TIME.
16. GOOD JUDGMENT COMES FROM BAD EXPERIENCE, AND A LOT OF THAT COMES FROM BAD JUDGMENT.
17. A CLOSED MOUTH GATHERS NO FOOT.
18. THERE ARE TWO THEORIES TO ARGUING WITH WOMEN. NEITHER ONE WORKS.
19. GENERALLY SPEAKING, YOU AREN'T LEARNING MUCH WHEN YOUR MOUTH IS MOVING.
20. EXPERIENCE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T GET UNTIL JUST AFTER YOU NEED IT
21. NEVER MISS A GOOD CHANCE TO SHUT UP.
22. WE ARE BORN NAKED, WET, AND HUNGRY. THEN THINGS GET WORSE.
23. A DAY WITHOUT SUNSHINE IS LIKE... NIGHT.
24. ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU HAVE DIFFERENT FINGERS.
25. I JUST GOT LOST IN THOUGHT. IT WAS UNFAMILIAR TERRITORY.
26. 42.7% OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT.
27. 99% OF LAWYERS GIVE THE REST A BAD NAME.
28. I FEEL LIKE I'M DIAGONALLY PARKED IN A PARALLEL UNIVERSE.
29. HONK IF YOU LOVE PEACE AND QUIET.
30. REMEMBER, HALF THE PEOPLE YOU KNOW ARE BELOW AVERAGE.
31. HE WHO LAUGHS LAST, THINKS SLOWEST.
32. DEPRESSION IS MERELY ANGER WITHOUT ENTHUSIASM.
33. THE EARLY BIRD MAY GET THE WORM, BUT THE SECOND MOUSE GETS THE CHEESE.
34. MONDAY IS AN AWFUL WAY TO SPEND 1/7 OF YOUR WEEK.
35. A CLEAR CONSCIENCE IS USUALLY THE SIGN OF A BAD MEMORY.
36. CHANGE IS INEVITABLE, EXCEPT FROM VENDING MACHINES.
37. GET A NEW CAR FOR YOUR SPOUSE. IT'LL BE A GREAT TRADE!
38. PLAN TO BE SPONTANEOUS TOMORROW.
39. ALWAYS TRY TO BE MODEST, AND BE PROUD OF IT!
40. IF YOU THINK NOBODY CARES, TRY MISSING A COUPLE OF PAYMENTS.
41. HOW DO YOU TELL WHEN YOU'RE OUT OF INVISIBLE INK?
42. IF EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE GOING WELL, YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY OVERLOOKED SOMETHING.
43. WHEN EVERYTHING IS COMING YOUR WAY, YOU'RE IN THE WRONG LANE.
44. HARD WORK PAYS OFF IN THE FUTURE. LAZINESS PAYS OFF NOW.
45. EVERYONE HAS A PHOTOGRAPHIC MEMORY. SOME JUST DO NOT HAVE FILM.
46. WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU GET SCARED HALF TO DEATH TWICE?
47. I USED TO HAVE AN OPEN MIND, BUT MY BRAINS KEPT FALLING OUT.
48. I COULDN'T REPAIR YOUR BRAKES, SO I MADE YOUR HORN LOUDER.
49. INSIDE EVERY OLDER PERSON IS A YOUNGER PERSON WONDERING WHAT HAPPENED.
50. JUST REMEMBER--IF THE WORLD DID NOT SUCK, WE WOULD ALL FALL OFF.
51. LIGHT TRAVELS FASTER THAN SOUND, WHICH IS WHY SOME PEOPLE APPEAR BRIGHT UNTIL YOU HEAR THEM SPEAK.
Friday, July 1, 2011
Mangalore
HOW MANGALORE IS DESCRIBED BY OUTLOOK EDITOR
Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:51:39
One of the best descriptions of Mangalore comes from 'Outlook' editor Krishna Prasad. He writes:
"The tourist guidebooks don't quite put it that way, but Mangalore has always been a bit like the city's trademark ice cream, the 'gadbad'. A potpourri of religions and languages-Hinduism and Islam, Christianity and Jainism, Tulu and Konkani, Kannada and Malayalam-that's one delicious whole. Canara Pinto buses dovetail Durgamba; Yenepoya College isn't far from St Aloysius, which isn't too far from Kasturba."
Many Mangalores exist within Mangalore. It is Mangalooru in Kannada, Mangalore in English, Kudla in Tulu, Kodiyala in Konkani, Mykal in Beary and Mangalapuram in Malayalam! Perhaps no other city in India (and perhaps in the world) has so many names in so many languages.
Most Mangaloreans speak three languages: Kannada, Konkani and Tulu. A few speak two more: Beary and Malayalam.
Once our firebrand leader George Fernandes (the ailing George is a famous Mangalorean) told me that Mangalore was the only place where a three-year-old child, irrespective of its caste and religion, spoke three languages!
The Air India flight from Mumbai to Mangalore is full. Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader and a Mangalorean (actually from neighbouring Udupi!) is my co-passenger. He speaks to me in Kannada, he shifts to Tulu with an elderly woman, and returns to Konkani when he tells his son Oshan to get him a pillow. He also greets somebody in the Beary language!
A visit to Mangalore is always refreshing. For me it is a beautiful city. After my beloved Bangalore and my hometown Shimoga, I love Mangalore the most!
The landscape is fast changing in this lush green place surrounded by the Arabian sea, and the Nethravati and Gurupura rivers. The old Mangalore-tiled houses are fast vanishing and making way for highrises, malls and luxury apartments. I feel like a stranger in a city I know very well.
Older parts of Mangalore, like Pump Well, Hampankatta, Kankanadi, Bundar, Kodiyalbail, Balmatta, Urva and Boloor have turned into a concrete jungle. Only a few government buildings have retained their old world charm. I tell somebody that Mangalore is now looking like Bandra in Bombay in the early 1990s!
Interestingly, many well-off Mangaloreans live in Bandra in Mumbai!
Mangalore is to Karnataka what Mumbai is to India. It is called the Gateway of Karnataka. The Western Civilization entered Karnataka through Mangalore, two centuries ago. Mangalore was the first port of call for Roman Catholic missionaries, nuns, traders, teachers, doctors, technicians, sailors and soldiers from the West. The same place is now exporting nuns, nurses and nuts to all over the World! Out of total 54 Roman Catholic bishops in India, 17 are Mangaloreans.
Europeans called Mangalore 'the Rome of the East' two centuries ago.
Mangalore has always been a coveted city. Many wars have been fought for Mangalore. All the dynasties which ruled Karnataka maintained their oversees relations (today's foreign affairs!) through the Mangalore port. The Portugese first set foot on Mangalore in 1520 AD. The Portugese naval forces defeated the Vijayanagara empire and took control of Mangalore.
They sowed the seeds of Christianity in the Canara coast of Karnataka. The magnificent, nearly 500-year-old Milagres Church tells the story of Portugese influence on Mangalore. But the Portugese were forced to leave Mangalore by the Wodeyars of Mysore and later by Tipu and his father Hyder Ali. It was a time of grave crisis for Mangaloreans. Finally, it fell into the hands of the British and firmly remained with them till Independence.
The British zealously guarded Mangalore like a precious gem.
The Christian missionaries introduced modern education and western medicine to Karnataka through Mangalore. The first Kannada newspaper Mangalooru Samachara was started by a German missionary, Fr Herman Mogling, in 1843. Two other great German missionaries, Fr Muller and Rev Kittel, also entered Karnataka through Mangalore. Their contribution to Karnataka's art, culture, and education is immense. Old Mangalore is largely a city of Roman Catholics with their Sunday mass and confession.
The main road from Pump Well to Bundar via Hampankatta is full of brand new malls and highrises. One of the biggest malls in India is coming up here. The road is dotted with showrooms selling luxury brands, food courts, and multiplexes showing the latest Bollywood and Hollywood movies.
Bollywood star and Mangalorean Suneil Shetty has built a mall on this road. I jokingly ask my friend, "Where are Shilpa Shetty's and Aishwarya Rai's malls?". He replies with a straight face, "Will ask their relatives. Probably near Hampankatta, where their relatives live!"
Mangaloreans always wear a serious look like the Arabian sea. Don't joke with a Mangalorean! They take you seriously.
Mangalore now has top-rated hotels. Luxury hotels like the Taj Gateway, Gold Finch and Ocean Pearl have replaced the once famous Pentagon near Pump Well, which now looks like a haunted mansion. Mangalore was known for its famous cabaret shows in the 1970s, '80s and early '90s! The leading Kannada daily 'Udayavani' used to devote one full page for cabaret ads during those years!
Young Mangaloreans now spend time at the malls, multiplexes, video game parlours, health clubs, and spas. Old-style Mangalore businesses are disappearing. Recently, choreographer Saroj Khan was in Mangalore to open her dance school. Let's hope the ancient Yakshagana and Bhootha dances survive the onslaught of Bollywood.
Youngsters now prefer to speak in English, and Kannada, Konkani and Tulu are facing a real threat.
Mangaloreans run the best south Indian restaurants all over the World. But Mangalore really can't boast of great eateries. Only the Taj Mahal at Hampankatta has retained its old glory and taste. Moti Mahal on Phalnir Road is no longer a favoured eating joint. The best dosa, idli and vada are available at Lakshmi Nivasa, a small hotel at Kalladka on the outskirts of Mangalore. I recommend this eatery to every visitor to Mangalore!
I hear the best sea food can be had at Anupama, Gazali, Palki, Kudla and Deepa.
The women of Mangalore are beautiful and bold. Pretty Bunt women run their family with an iron hand, and coy Konkani women do it with polish.
I ask the local people ' Who is the most famous Mangalorean of our times ?'
Pat comes the reply ' George Fernandes '!! Surprised by this answer I again ask ' What about Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai '?
They say 'George Fernandes is famous', Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai are popular among the younger crowd!! George is a mass leader and these starlets are a media created celebrities"!!
Bombay and Calcutta have novels celebrating them. Not many cities can boast that privilege. I haven't read a real Bangalore-centric novel in English.
But there is one on Mangalore! IAS officer-turned-fulltime writer Richard Crasta's 'One Little Indian' is a superb Mangalore-centric novel. It talks about Mangalore of the 1960s. Richard Casta is now an NRI. His father John Crasta was a soldier in Netaji's Indian National Army (INA) during the World War II. His book Eaten by the Japanese tells horrifying stories of Japanese brutality.
The late K Ramaiah Rai, a distinguished police officer, wrote Tell Tale Teeth a Mangalore-centric suspense thriller. It is the real-life story of a police officer pursuing a brilliant, elusive murderer.
I get a taste of Mangalore's diverse culture at the airport. Three pretty girls at the Kingfisher counter greet me and help me check in in just two minutes. I look at their badges: Sana, Marina and Aishwarya. A Beary, a Catholic and a Bunt perhaps... they speak three languages and belong to three different faiths. But they are Mangaloreans first and last. Because Mangalore is their identity!
Wed 08 Sep 2010 06:51:39
One of the best descriptions of Mangalore comes from 'Outlook' editor Krishna Prasad. He writes:
"The tourist guidebooks don't quite put it that way, but Mangalore has always been a bit like the city's trademark ice cream, the 'gadbad'. A potpourri of religions and languages-Hinduism and Islam, Christianity and Jainism, Tulu and Konkani, Kannada and Malayalam-that's one delicious whole. Canara Pinto buses dovetail Durgamba; Yenepoya College isn't far from St Aloysius, which isn't too far from Kasturba."
Many Mangalores exist within Mangalore. It is Mangalooru in Kannada, Mangalore in English, Kudla in Tulu, Kodiyala in Konkani, Mykal in Beary and Mangalapuram in Malayalam! Perhaps no other city in India (and perhaps in the world) has so many names in so many languages.
Most Mangaloreans speak three languages: Kannada, Konkani and Tulu. A few speak two more: Beary and Malayalam.
Once our firebrand leader George Fernandes (the ailing George is a famous Mangalorean) told me that Mangalore was the only place where a three-year-old child, irrespective of its caste and religion, spoke three languages!
The Air India flight from Mumbai to Mangalore is full. Oscar Fernandes, a senior Congress leader and a Mangalorean (actually from neighbouring Udupi!) is my co-passenger. He speaks to me in Kannada, he shifts to Tulu with an elderly woman, and returns to Konkani when he tells his son Oshan to get him a pillow. He also greets somebody in the Beary language!
A visit to Mangalore is always refreshing. For me it is a beautiful city. After my beloved Bangalore and my hometown Shimoga, I love Mangalore the most!
The landscape is fast changing in this lush green place surrounded by the Arabian sea, and the Nethravati and Gurupura rivers. The old Mangalore-tiled houses are fast vanishing and making way for highrises, malls and luxury apartments. I feel like a stranger in a city I know very well.
Older parts of Mangalore, like Pump Well, Hampankatta, Kankanadi, Bundar, Kodiyalbail, Balmatta, Urva and Boloor have turned into a concrete jungle. Only a few government buildings have retained their old world charm. I tell somebody that Mangalore is now looking like Bandra in Bombay in the early 1990s!
Interestingly, many well-off Mangaloreans live in Bandra in Mumbai!
Mangalore is to Karnataka what Mumbai is to India. It is called the Gateway of Karnataka. The Western Civilization entered Karnataka through Mangalore, two centuries ago. Mangalore was the first port of call for Roman Catholic missionaries, nuns, traders, teachers, doctors, technicians, sailors and soldiers from the West. The same place is now exporting nuns, nurses and nuts to all over the World! Out of total 54 Roman Catholic bishops in India, 17 are Mangaloreans.
Europeans called Mangalore 'the Rome of the East' two centuries ago.
Mangalore has always been a coveted city. Many wars have been fought for Mangalore. All the dynasties which ruled Karnataka maintained their oversees relations (today's foreign affairs!) through the Mangalore port. The Portugese first set foot on Mangalore in 1520 AD. The Portugese naval forces defeated the Vijayanagara empire and took control of Mangalore.
They sowed the seeds of Christianity in the Canara coast of Karnataka. The magnificent, nearly 500-year-old Milagres Church tells the story of Portugese influence on Mangalore. But the Portugese were forced to leave Mangalore by the Wodeyars of Mysore and later by Tipu and his father Hyder Ali. It was a time of grave crisis for Mangaloreans. Finally, it fell into the hands of the British and firmly remained with them till Independence.
The British zealously guarded Mangalore like a precious gem.
The Christian missionaries introduced modern education and western medicine to Karnataka through Mangalore. The first Kannada newspaper Mangalooru Samachara was started by a German missionary, Fr Herman Mogling, in 1843. Two other great German missionaries, Fr Muller and Rev Kittel, also entered Karnataka through Mangalore. Their contribution to Karnataka's art, culture, and education is immense. Old Mangalore is largely a city of Roman Catholics with their Sunday mass and confession.
The main road from Pump Well to Bundar via Hampankatta is full of brand new malls and highrises. One of the biggest malls in India is coming up here. The road is dotted with showrooms selling luxury brands, food courts, and multiplexes showing the latest Bollywood and Hollywood movies.
Bollywood star and Mangalorean Suneil Shetty has built a mall on this road. I jokingly ask my friend, "Where are Shilpa Shetty's and Aishwarya Rai's malls?". He replies with a straight face, "Will ask their relatives. Probably near Hampankatta, where their relatives live!"
Mangaloreans always wear a serious look like the Arabian sea. Don't joke with a Mangalorean! They take you seriously.
Mangalore now has top-rated hotels. Luxury hotels like the Taj Gateway, Gold Finch and Ocean Pearl have replaced the once famous Pentagon near Pump Well, which now looks like a haunted mansion. Mangalore was known for its famous cabaret shows in the 1970s, '80s and early '90s! The leading Kannada daily 'Udayavani' used to devote one full page for cabaret ads during those years!
Young Mangaloreans now spend time at the malls, multiplexes, video game parlours, health clubs, and spas. Old-style Mangalore businesses are disappearing. Recently, choreographer Saroj Khan was in Mangalore to open her dance school. Let's hope the ancient Yakshagana and Bhootha dances survive the onslaught of Bollywood.
Youngsters now prefer to speak in English, and Kannada, Konkani and Tulu are facing a real threat.
Mangaloreans run the best south Indian restaurants all over the World. But Mangalore really can't boast of great eateries. Only the Taj Mahal at Hampankatta has retained its old glory and taste. Moti Mahal on Phalnir Road is no longer a favoured eating joint. The best dosa, idli and vada are available at Lakshmi Nivasa, a small hotel at Kalladka on the outskirts of Mangalore. I recommend this eatery to every visitor to Mangalore!
I hear the best sea food can be had at Anupama, Gazali, Palki, Kudla and Deepa.
The women of Mangalore are beautiful and bold. Pretty Bunt women run their family with an iron hand, and coy Konkani women do it with polish.
I ask the local people ' Who is the most famous Mangalorean of our times ?'
Pat comes the reply ' George Fernandes '!! Surprised by this answer I again ask ' What about Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai '?
They say 'George Fernandes is famous', Shilpa Shetty and Aishwarya Rai are popular among the younger crowd!! George is a mass leader and these starlets are a media created celebrities"!!
Bombay and Calcutta have novels celebrating them. Not many cities can boast that privilege. I haven't read a real Bangalore-centric novel in English.
But there is one on Mangalore! IAS officer-turned-fulltime writer Richard Crasta's 'One Little Indian' is a superb Mangalore-centric novel. It talks about Mangalore of the 1960s. Richard Casta is now an NRI. His father John Crasta was a soldier in Netaji's Indian National Army (INA) during the World War II. His book Eaten by the Japanese tells horrifying stories of Japanese brutality.
The late K Ramaiah Rai, a distinguished police officer, wrote Tell Tale Teeth a Mangalore-centric suspense thriller. It is the real-life story of a police officer pursuing a brilliant, elusive murderer.
I get a taste of Mangalore's diverse culture at the airport. Three pretty girls at the Kingfisher counter greet me and help me check in in just two minutes. I look at their badges: Sana, Marina and Aishwarya. A Beary, a Catholic and a Bunt perhaps... they speak three languages and belong to three different faiths. But they are Mangaloreans first and last. Because Mangalore is their identity!
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