Lifestyle

A LETTER TO MY PARENTS

“You worked in the hills and on the mountains And stayed away in harsh cold nights You sacrificed your comforts to give us wings And asked for anything yet made…

S Akhtar

S Akhtar @MildWhispers

  • Jan 30, 2019, 14:51 IST
Entertainment

Rajinikanth: Man and the phenomenon

The Tamil movie ‘Petta’ released on January 10 this year is still running to packed houses in many places, in India and abroad. This movie, by no standards of any…

Prasad Sivaprakasam

Prasad Sivaprakasam @Pause and Ponder

  • Jan 29, 2019, 22:41 IST
Environment

Chinnathambi and other elephants

The frequency of news items on TVs with vivid videos and reporting of elephants ‘invading’ towns, villages and farmlands in the Western Ghats has increased dramatically over the last few…

Prasad Sivaprakasam

Prasad Sivaprakasam @Pause and Ponder

  • Jan 29, 2019, 21:09 IST
Lifestyle

The way we look at life!

“I always get mesmerised by the vastitude of the ocean.” Why? Well, if we take a deep plunge in it, what will we find? Beautiful corals, pearls and not to miss the…

1 1

1 1 @BEING SPARKY

  • Jan 29, 2019, 19:58 IST
Others

THE WAY WE LOOK AT LIFE

“I always get mesmerised by the vastitude of the ocean”. Why? Well, if take a deep plunge in it, What will we find? Beautiful  Corals, Pearls and not to miss…

1 1

1 1 @BEING SPARKY

  • Jan 29, 2019, 14:35 IST
Lifestyle

New Delhi’s cosmopolitan tastes: Influence of economics and demography

If one were to look at culinary tastes in the national capital, they have been influenced by demographic shifts, political changes as well as economic changes. While in the immediate…

Karan Puri

Karan Puri @KaranWrites

  • Jan 29, 2019, 14:18 IST
Lifestyle

A coin from eunuch…a token of honour

My first encounter with a transgender occurred when I was in my second grade in a small convent school. The ‘lady’ was in housekeeping service of the school and delivered…

scereene mind spa

scereene mind spa @Beautifulmoments

  • Jan 29, 2019, 13:43 IST
India

Andhra farmer chooses death over debt: The agricultural crisis in india

It is a well known fact that Agriculture is the primary source of livelihood for more than half of India’s population. According to the 2011 census, a total of approximately 263 million people work in…

Madhuri Ramesh

Madhuri Ramesh @Reality Check

  • Jan 29, 2019, 13:06 IST
India

How ‘Bollywood’ can make you connect across cultures

As the protagonist slithers the throat of a villain in cold blood, a crowd full of Indian students, erupts in claps. Am watching a film on surgical strikes in a multiplex in New Zealand and…

Harsimran Julka

Harsimran Julka @The Adroit Human

  • Jan 29, 2019, 12:56 IST
Others

The importance of reading a newspaper

Newspaper is the most important part of our lives. Still, many of us don’t think so for a number of excuses such as: lack of motivation, feeling fatigue, not making out…

Rishabh Jain

Rishabh Jain @Readersparadise

  • Jan 28, 2019, 23:14 IST