If you are already looking for cover at the sight of the next red rose, teddy bear or heart-shaped balloons — thanks to all the talk of “love” — you are not alone, let me assure you. Agreed, it’s great to love and be loved but let’s just agree on the overdose bit (or at least I presum...
FILES REVISITED// Prime Minister Narendra Modi released the first set of 100 secret files on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose on the birth anniversary of the legendary freedom fighter, in presence of Bose's family members. Modi released digital copies of 100 files at the National Archives of India, foll...
BLIZZARD LEAVES 19 DEAD ACROSS THE US; PARALYSES MAJOR CITIES
CALAMITY// A massive blizzard brought Washington, New York and other northeastern US cities to a standstill, killing at least 19 people in several states last month. Millions of residents, business owners and workers were affected; the storm was the second-biggest in New York City history. Thirtee...
Khyber Twenty people killed in Pakistan university attack
TERRORISM// At least 20 people were killed, including students and a professor, in an attack on the Bacha Khan University in northwest Pakistan on January 20, 2016. Attackers scaled a wall and cut through barbed wire at the university in Charsadda, about 140km from Islamabad, the capital city. Rep...
India, France ink Rs 60,000 crore Rafale deal
DEAL// India and France signed a MoU for the purchase of 36 Rafale jets. The deal, announced in April by Prime Minsiter Narendra Modi has been in limbo after negotiations hit a roadblock over price issues. The purchase of the 36 Rafale jets from France would cost India around Rs 60,000 crore. At t...
Dhoni, Fleming, to make magic for Pune
IPL// Indian captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Stephen Fleming are together again as captain and coach. But this time, the pair is hoping to work its magic for the Pune team in the 2016 edition of the Indian Premier League. The pair was part of Chennai Super Kings (CSK) earlier but, CSK has been ba...
ENVIRONMENT// Delhi had implemented a unique plan to allow plying only even number on even number days and odd numbered cars on the other days. The plan was introduced with the aim of reducing air pollution in the national capital which is the most polluted city in the world. Has the plan worked? ...
Terror attack at Pathankot Air Force station
TERRORISM// On January 2, 2016, a heavily-armed group of five terrorists from Pakistan attacked the Pathankot Air Force Station, part of the Western Air Command of the Indian Air Force. Four attackers and two security forces personnel were killed in the initial battle, with an additional security ...
INDIA CELEBRATES 67th REPUBLIC DAY; FRANCOIS HOLLANDE CHIEF GUEST
CELEBRATIONS// India celebrates 67th Republic Day; Francois Hollande chief guest India celebrated its 67th Republic Day on January 26. President Pranab Mukherjee, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and French President Francois Hollande, who was the chief guest, witnessed the Republic Day parade at Rajp...
It isn’t tough to pooh-pooh high-fashion in Manhattan if comfort tops the charts in your priority list MANHATTAN IS a place that features in nearly every Karan Johar movie, at some time or the other. It’s either a melodramatic scene with the famous Brooklyn Bridge as backdrop, or a romant...
He makes every character his own, bringing an all-new persona on the silver screen, be it of an outlaw, a doctor, a middle-aged man sharing a fantastical past, or a police inspector out to know the truth. What more does he want — Khan’s longing for a comedy and romantic roles While his contem...
WITH THE air quality in most metropolises swinging from hazardous to unhealthy most of the time, it would be a prudent expense to invest in a goodquality air purifier. We recently brought home a Sharp FU-A80E-W air purifier after a comprehensive research online, talking to friends who had bought ...
I wonder that hrishikesh Mukherjee was like in real life. Wicked funny, I imagine - it would have been fun to know him There is a Bengali trope, or maybe it is more universal: grandfathers spending lazy summer afternoons spinning yarns, the silver in their hair and the slowness of their limbs the...
India Inc’s loan mess needs immediate government attention At a time when the government is desperately trying to revive the Indian economy by spending heavily on infrastructure, some of the companies that ought to have benefitted from the government’s spending spree are probably facing huge ...
I see the world the way I have painted it The ability to think is what makes us different from all living species on this planet. That itself speaks volumes about the importance of the ability to think. I remember what my mother used to teach me as a child: As is our thought, so is our deed, so i...
It’s not just his love for wildlife and the feared reptiles that makes Gerry Martin a conservationist. It’s his approach towards conservation as being a part of the great system rather than a custodian, which gives his argument an edge Gerry Martin and his wildlife camps are extremely popular...
Its a light combat aircraft could get India a seat in defence exporters' high table INDIA HAS TAKEN its first baby steps to create history in the world of defence exports. For the first time ever, India took its indigenously-build Light combat aircraft (LCA) to the Bahrain air show in the fourt...
TAKING THE BULL DEBATE BY ITS HORNS
A TRADITION THAT SHOULD STAY? C S EASWARAN // Jallikattu, is a cattle/ bull taming sport played in Tamil Nadu as a part of Pongal celebrations. The term Jallikattu comes from the term salli kassu (coins) and kattu (meaning a package) tied to the horns of the bulls as the prize money. During the c...
Euroable: Enabling Minds Towards Differently-Able
EUREKA FORBES LOOKS BEYOND PEOPLE’S DISABILITIES AND HAS UNDERSTOOD AND UTILISED THEIR POTENTIAL While many of us would have heard or read this quote somewhere, the depth of it gets tested when you look at its implementation at the education and job level for the disabled/differently-abled peop...
Like P B Shelley remarked, “Our sweetest songs are those tell of saddest thought.” And yet, poets write on, celebrating that pain, expressing it on paper Writing poetry is like dipping into one’s soul’s ink and then letting those magical words flow on paper. As lyrical and beautiful a...
A COUPLE of months ago, a report talked about a 19-year-old girl being stoned to death in Afghanistan for adultery. The article and images of the dead girl took me back to a book I had finished reading barely a week before this incident: Nadia Hashimi’s debut book The pearl that broke its shell....
Straight from the heart of Kashmiri people, the book deals with its people’s emotions and harsh realities EACH zoon dabb (traditional balcony) in a Kashmiri house, and every leaf of the chinar (maple) tree in the valley has a story that needs to be heard. Author Meera Khanna brings out those st...
If life is a love song, Paris is the chorus. So sing it aloud in the city of love this Valentine’s Day My first rendezvous with Paris blossomed into an ever-lasting love affair with the city, its people and all that it stands for. I was sold on the idea that Paris is the city in which one loves...
Why just juicy steaks, cheese, and dainty salmon cuts with wine? Why not give international wines a chance with robust Indian flavours and tantalizing spices? For a long time, this wasn’t considered a match made in heaven; at least not as far as food connoisseurs were concerned. How could for...