YES, WE KNOW it’s the month of love. And if you haven’t had an overdose of all the hearts and reds around you, wait till you near the 14th of February. Love sure is in the air. So you’ll have every possible shop taking the red theme quite literally. Mannequins will wear red, heart shapes will...
WHILE PENURY AND HARDSHIPS MIGHT BREAK THE SPIRITS OF MANY, FOR MARY KOM, THEY ONLY FUELLED THE FIRE FOR HER AMBITION AS THE WORLD'S BEST BOXER See Mangte Chungneijang Mary Kom at work in the ring and at play with her children and you might think she is a split personality. Soft and ever smiling as...
Fight for Delhi’s hot seat heats up
Assembly Elections//What do you expect when it comes to fighting it out for the chief ministerial seat of Delhi? Lots of power play, of course. Both Kiran Bedi and Arvind Kejriwal, who are chief ministerial candidates from the BJP and AAP, respectively, have filed their nomination for the February 7...
deadly terrorist attacks in nigerian towns
attack// Nigeria’s Islamic militant group Boko Haram attacked the Nigerian town of Baga and at least 16 other towns, between January 3- 7. Over 35,000 people are reported to have been displaced, with many feared to have drowned while trying to cross Lake Chad and others trapped on islands in the l...
wildliFe// Here is good news for wildlife conservationists and tiger lovers. The population of tigers in India has increased from 1,706 in 2011, to 2,226 in 2014. The new tiger census, released by Union Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar, shows that India – which has 70 per cent of the world�...
Take your pick, Mr. Srinivasan!
Verdict// In what surely was a googly to N Srinivasan, he was asked to choose between his IPL team Chennai Super Kings and BCCI president’s post. Supreme Court recently struck down the controversial 6.2.4 clause that allows BCCI officials to own IPL teams. “BCCI must ensure institutional integr...
ineuqality// Wealth inequality is “rising fast”, the head of International Development Charity Oxfam warned recently. Oxfam claimed, in a recently published report, that the combined wealth of the world’s richest 1 percent could overtake that of the remaining 99 percent by 2016. “Inequalit...
The recent attacks in Paris once again brings to light the fact that freedom should always be used with care and respect IT WILL BE ten years, this year since I moved to the UK. I left a very secure job at the South Asia bureau of The Times to pick up a scholarship at the University of Leeds and st...
For all the connectedness social media has delivered, for many there’s an all-too-familiar dark side: social media addiction. Here’s your very own guide to enjoy offline pleasures instead You walk down streets, eyes glued to the phone screen instead of the path ahead. Your conversations are pep...
From Saharanpur to Swansea, via Rajdhani
No matter how big, metroes never have the charm of small towns TYPICAL OF THE male species, the husband moved me to Swansea in Wales and left on a six-week jaunt of the world. His excuse? ‘It’s work, darling!’ Typical of me, I did not throw myself on the carpet, drum my heels and shriek, ‘...
Theatre personality, artiste and sculptor Lushin Dubey tells us what it is to live life on one’s own terms yet redefine it constantly “The Mind is Everything, What You Think You Become!!” This quote from the Buddha seems to be apt for Lushin who herself is a firm believer in the philosphy of...
The Planning Commission may have had a lot on its plate, but the new NITI Aayog has an equally overwhelming task list to achieve. Will it deliver? Or will it become one of the many think tanks? HarsH sHrivastava // The formation of the National Institute for Transforming India (NITI) Aayog is a pos...
Sport must strive to be better than a microcosm of a flawed world. Yes, that's a lot to expect, and want, but isn't that why we place sport on such a pedestal? Martina Navratilova, probably the first sports superstar to, at the height of her stardom, come out, declare herself bisexual. Her forthrig...
Oxfam India Trailwalker is not just a walking event for enthusiasts but also an opportunity to raise money for various welfare activities The December morning last year, at 04:30 am at Garudmachi, amidst the lap of nature in the Western Ghats of Maharashtra was nothing less than being vibrant. The ...
An honest book on the life in Delhi, the highs and the lows, all packaged extremely interestingly AFTER A long time I read something that made me smile to myself. Yes, ‘DilliLeaks’ is a fun read and many a times it would make you feel as if you are reading a ‘Dilli-ites’ diary. If you are ...
“The air is thick with rumours. Reports speak of the molesting of Pundit girls and the killing of Pundit men. Kashmiri Pundit families are fleeing the valley in wave after wave. But one man stands unmoved, refusing to give in to this mass frenzy.” RAvi dhAR’s debut novel Orphans of the stor...
Here’s the lowdown on a lonely island in the middle of the India Ocean. It’s quiet and cut off from the rest of the world, making it the ideal getaway How remote is remote? If you are on an island in the middle of the ocean, with no one else around you, just a white beach, calm blue waters lapp...
One visit to The Chocolate Box is sure to leave you asking for more says PRACHI RATURI MISRA If the love month is making you feel all starry eyed, here is a suggestion that is sure to delight. Head straight to ‘The Chocolate Box’. A designer pastry and Boulangerie lounge, at Radisson Blu MBD Ho...