I wonder if it has a special significance — the World Environment Day being in June, I mean. For isn’t it in the same month we see the sun god at its cruelest in most parts of the world? Or in some cases, such as the Uttarakhand flashfloods of 2013, the rains at their worst. Was it always like ...
Experiencing different cultures makes one appreciative of each one’s unique attraction MOVING TO DIFFERENT country can be both very exciting, and intimidating at the same time. It was September 2006, and after spending 28 years of my life in India, the move to Australia came as a bittersweet appe...
The G Flex 2 is a better version of LG’s G Flex, the first ever vertically curved smartphone in the world. Ready for this one? If you have tried your hands on LG’s G Flex, the first ever vertically curved smartphone in the world, and thought it was the best phone curved technology could produce...
Blue blood and my great Kate wait
Kate's second child was in the news for entering the world a week or so late. I felt for Kate, it's unbelievably tedious to have a late baby. I should know! THE END of April was hard on me. I went through all the usual symptoms: panic attacks, back ache, heartburn, inertia, the feeling it would nev...
In a man’s, man’s, man’s world?
Is a woman in a men's preserve still newsworthy? It's 2015, after all and we aren't talking of the badlands of Uttar Pradesh here Kate Cross, 22 going on 23, is a medium pacer who has played two Test matches, nine one-day internationals and four Twenty20 internationals for England since starting he...
Milkha Singh, he of the swift foot, dogged determination and grit, gives his views on what makes ordinary mortals into champions and role models, says SD Thapliyal He must have felt a strange bond with the sevenyear- old. The son of Havildar Bikram Singh, too, lost his father to violence from acros...
While there is no doubt Narendra Modi has changed the course of political, economic and social debate in the past year, has it taken the desired direction, too? tridiB raMan // In his early days as prime minister, Narendra Modi was pretty excited about his Health Care Plan. Today, a year later, the...
Dehradun-based Forest Research Institute has developed a village into a role model village showing what it takes to make a difference Shyampur village is just one of the many that dot the outskirts of Dehradun. Some 13 km from the heart of the state capital of Uttarakhand, it nestles in the lap of ...
Singer Neeti Mohan has been in the film industry for quite a while, but her voice as Rosie Noronha in Bombay Velvet is smooth, silky, bold and oh, so, jazz She had walked into the recording studio wearing casuals — a smart tee with a pair of jeans, and flats. When the music director saw this youn...
The distinguished gentleman from Thiruvananthapuram
One can almost imagine Shashi Tharoor sitting with a glint in his eye and a smile on his face, as he narrates his experiences After fAlling agonizingly short in his attempt to be the United Nations’ Secretary General in the 2006 elections, Dr Shashi Tharoor ended his 29- year-long stint with the ...
“I am born with a set of good and bad/ Would have made all good, if another chance I had.” told through the eyes and minds of two young women aspiring to break through the stereotypes in Indian society, this one is scarily close to the perceived reality of what would probably be true of so many...
CANNES: A CINEMATIC EXPERIENCE
VISITING CANNES IS LIKE STEALING A SLICE OF LIFE FROM THE RICH AND THE FAMOUS Just down the Mediterranean Coast on France’s Cote d’Azur (the French Riviera), Cannes is more than just another city. Pampered with luxurious climate, seaside glamour, sybaritic yachts along the marina, the swanky cr...
MBD Radisson Blu's Rare Eastern Dining is a hotpot of contemporary flavours from China, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand, says VIDYA DESHPANDE The most popular cuisine in India, after desi food, has to be Chinese: from the greasy “chowmien” offered by food trucks to the Punjabi- Chinese ...