CHANGE IS IN the air. For one, spring has set in. In a few days, many of us will be celebrating the festival of Holi, the many colours representing the myriad shades of life. Colourful blossoms would soon jostle for space with newly-sprouted leaves. To me, it is only more symbolic since March is al...
BALANCE IS WHAT KEEPS LIFE’S DRIVE INTERESTING. SOMETHING SULAJJA FIRODIA MOTWANI KNOWS FOR SURE “Why don’t you send me a friend request on facebook?” she asks, matter-of-factly. Sulajja Firodia Motwani, the vice chairperson of Kinetic Engineering Ltd (the flagship company of the $500 mill...
AAP sweeps Delhi Assembly elections; a landmark in poll history
ELECTION// The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) trounced the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi Assembly Elections held in February. The BJP simply failed to understand its role in countering this narrative. Sikkim is the only state that has experienced such sweeps, with one party having won all seats in th...
CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015 KICKS OFF WITH A GALA OPENING CEREMONY
CRICKET// The 11th edition of ICC Cricket World Cup was officially declared open on February 12 with a two-act opening at the Hagley Park in New Zealand’s Christchurch and Australia’s Melbourne. The vibrant and quirky ceremony began with a lone bagpiper and ended with a booming fireworks display...
India open World Cup defence by making it 6-0 against Pakistan
Pakistan’s jinx against India at cricket World Cup continued with its heavy defeat in Adelaide, making it 6-0 in favour of India and prompting angry Pakistani fans to take to streets and burn TV sets. India’s archrival has now lost to India for the sixth time in the 50-over ODI World Cup, beside...
MODI GOVERNMENT DOES NOT WANT ME TO CONTINUE AS NALANDA UNIVERSITY CHANCELLOR: AMARTYA SEN
SNUBBED// Nobel laureate Amartya Sen has withdrawn his candidature for a second term as Nalanda University chancellor, saying the Narendra Modi government does not want him to continue in the chair. Sen, who has been critical of Modi, in a letter to the Governing Board of the University, blamed the ...
Modi’s pinstriped suit auctioned for ₹4.31 crore
AUCTION// Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s personalised pinstripe suit was won in an auction by Dharmanandan Diamonds Private Limited, a Diamond Trading Company (DTC) sight holder, for Rs 4.31 crore. The diamond company, which entered into the bid on the last day of the exhibition-cum-auction at Sci...
CARTOONIST R K LAXMAN, CREATOR OF ‘COMMON MAN’, DIES
TRIBUTE// Eminent cartoonist R K Laxman, creator of the “Common Man” with his devastating swipes at politicians and contemporary times died on January 26, 2015, after suffering a multi-organ failure. He was 94. Laxman, is survived by writer wife Kamala, son Srinivas and daughter-in-law Usha. A P...
WEATHER// A messy, slow-moving winter storm churned out yet another round of snow, ice and sleet in eastern US on Saturday, bringing slippery roads to Tennessee and Alabama and creating havoc along the Mid-Atlantic from Washington, DC, almost to Boston. Washington, DC, recorded between three and sev...
2015 Egyptian military intervention in Libya
TERRORISM// The Egyptian military intervention in Libya against Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) positions in Libya occurred on February 16, and was triggered by a video released by ISIL in Libya a day earlier, depicting the beheading of 21 Coptic Christians from Egypt. Within hours, the ...
Encouraging one’s creativity and tapping the Melbourne market for hair accessories, hats and fascinators has stood the author in good stead looking at a creation I have just finished gives the biggest adrenaline rush to a crafter like me. The place I am in today is not via a carefully thought out...
World’s number one social media company is trialing a new social network for the workplace, which would pit it against enterprise-savvy competitors such as Microsoft and LinkedIn. But Will “Facebook at Work” work, or is it too late to the office? Psst. Yes, you. You use Facebook at work, don...
Defence to drive India, US ties to next level
The idea seems to begin the cooperation in co-development and co-production somewhere, and to ramp put the efforts towards bettering these technologies, for use by both their respective armed forces and for export market THEATRICS RULED when Barack Obama visited New Delhi this January to become the...
People like Arunima Sinha, who rise over adversity to shine even brighter, emerge even stronger, are an inspiration for us all and embody the never-say-die human spirit, says SD Thapliyal Life is never easy. Ask Arunima Sinha, former national level volleyball player, who was pushed out of a running...
For some, the reasons for AAP’s win are as assuring as the party’s win in the Delhi Assembly elections. For others, the 70-point action plan by the AAP seems dubious at best, and virtually impossible to achieve. Who is right? NAVIN PANGTI // Bharat Ratna Lok Nayak Jayprakash Narayan called for ...
Women officers: Empowerment or commoditisation
Senior officers in the armed forces believe they are testing waters for a gradual permeation of womanhood in the all-male bailiwick and echelons of policy-making positions. But it is not their business to decide this issue IN THE EVENTS leading to the Republic Day Parade, it was not only the Guard ...
L’Oréal’s CSR programmes in India focus on young women becoming self-reliant and economically independent, while also giving them a chance to make a mark for themselves in the field of science Not only do this famous line — Because I am worth it — make sense for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan or S...
Late Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal MVC AVSM’s book is a treasure trove of his accounts from Azad Hind Fauj as well as the Indian Air Force This ia an unimaginable narrative of ordeals and tribulations endured by Late Air Commodore Ramesh S Benegal MVC AVSM. A patriot to the core, he kept it all ...
LOST AND FOUND AT THE ANDAMAN ISLANDS
The Andamans call everyone — from patriots, honeymooners, budding writers seeking peace and quiet, to those who want to get away from the daily grind of traffic jams, deadlines and pollution On a chilly October morning, one that announced the arrival of winter in Delhi, I shouldered my backpack a...
For Dr Data Ram Purohit, Uttarakhand is not only a place of scenic beauty and peace. It is also a treasuretrove of art and culture, which he has every intention to not only resurrect, restore but also help propagate Synonymous with Garhwali folklore and tradition, is a humble, hard-working and focu...