IT’S THAT TIME of the year when a lot of us go into stocktaking mode. For each one of us, like every year, this year too meant achievements, disappointments, promises kept and broken, plans made and postponed… As the year comes to a close, don’t we wish we had achieved more, fretted less, enjo...
It’s tough to slot him in categories or anticipate his career moves. Amitabh Bachchan, the phenomenon that he is, continues to reinvent himself Here’s one who needs innumerable adjectives and a study in hyperbole to describe his life and career. While countless dialogues that he has mouthed in ...
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Mars MissioN// India made history yet again by successfully placing its spacecraft in orbit around Mars. With this, India became the first country in the world to succeed in such an inter-planetary mission in the maiden attempt itself. At 7.17 AM, on September 24, the 440 Newton Liquid Apogee Motor ...
sports// Football fans all over the world had been waiting anxiously for 2014. And the wait, like they say, was completely worth it. For every football lover completely enjoyed the 20th FIFA World Cup. The month-long extravaganza that began on June 12 with the group stage, concluded on July 13 with ...
epideMic// This is one virus that caused massive panic. The 2014 Ebola epidemic is the largest in history, affecting multiple countries in West Africa. The Ebola outbreak in West Africa, the worst since the virus was first discovered four decades ago, has killed more than 5444, according to the Worl...
diploMacy// It is not Barack Obama or Vladimir Putin or Xi Jinping or Shinzo Abe or Angela Merkel — leaders of the five most powerful countries of the world — who was the most sought after at the East Asia and G-20 Summits. Instead, it was Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, elected to the high...
KAILASH SATYARTHI AND MALALA YOUSAFZAI BAG NOBEL PEACE PRIZE
awards// Indian and Pakistani relations certainly affect international political dynamics across the world. Another clear picture of this view emerged when an Indo-Pak and Hindu-Muslim combination of Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize honours for 2014 for their work ...
J&K HIT BY WORST FLOOD IN 60 YEARS
calaMity// Normalcy is slowly trickling back to the lives of people in Jammu and Kashmir (J &K). Called a ‘national disaster’ by MP Narendra Modi, the worst flood, the worst to hit the state in the past 60 years, has so far claimed 277 lives. The constant rains and landslides wreaked havoc i...
disaster// It was March 8, 2014, a Saturday, when a Malaysia Airlines flight 370 went missing, leaving the entire world in shock. The flight took off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport for Beijing Capital International Airport, People’s Republic of China. The aircraft sent its last message to...
Hudhud Leaves Behind a Trail of Devastation
calaMity// The strongest tropical cyclone of 2014 within the North Indian Ocean, as well as the most destructive tropical cyclone to ever hit India, HUD HUd left behind a trail of devastation. At least 96 deaths have been confirmed, a majority of them from Andhra Pradesh and Nepal, with the latter ...
Women’s empowerment and life-affirming acts
An open letter to the white American male on why an Indian woman abroad fears him My dearest lover, I fear you. I fear that even though you are kind and generous and conscious and even conscientious, you will one day put me in my place. You won’t be able to help it or even know that you’ve don...
HOW TO FIND YOUR SOCIAL MEDIA VOICE
Among the many ways to stand out on social media is to ensure your communication is authentic and can influence perceptions, for which it is imperative to get your social media voice and tone right Modern-day businesses seem to flirt with social media without truly understanding the rules of the da...
The recession of the male romantic gene
While the men get more cynical about love and romance, novels with pink covers continue to appeal to the target audience - read women THE ARGUMENTS started when I wrote my first novel — a true-blue bodice-ripper. Seriously, to hear the husband and the son go on about it after I showed them the fi...
Sushil Kumar has maintained his winning attitude despite a past fraught with challenges and low phases Sushil Kumar’s journey from the mud pits to Olympics podiums changed the face of Indian wrestling after he won the bronze medal in Beijing Olympics in 2008. He is also the first Indian to win ba...
As Facebook and Apple take the lead in offering women employees the option of postponing motherhood in lieu of pursuing a career, the debate is if it will really mean emancipation for the women workforce, or is it another ploy to make women fit into corporate roles set by men? SAIREE CHAHAL// If yo...
There's a spate of sports leagues in India. Yes IPL worked, and so did kabaddi, but what about the other me-too copycats? WHAT SAY, guys, should we get a league going?” “Sounds good. What sport?” “Anything — can someone check what’s left? Something the Indians are good at.” “Well...
Life’s rude shocks can sometimes teach the biggest lessons. Rajjat K Barjatya’s successful battle with cancer gave him a chance to give back to the society Second chances are rare and when you get it you don’t lose it. What you make of it forms the basis of your identity and makes you stand o...
Stephen Alter’s latest brings in the spiritual, mystical, natural aspects of the Himalayas and the lessons the towering mountains can teach you HERE’S GOOD news for author Stephen Alter’s readers as he adds another feather to his cap after the success of his espionage thriller The Rataban Bet...
Yes, there’s something special about Chetan Bhagat. Love him or hate him, but you can’t ignore him. All of his five previous novels have proved to be blockbusters and each of them has been adapted for a Bollywood film. His latest, Half Girlfriend will also make its way to the 70mm screen. Bhagat...
“Took me back to R K Narayan’s Swami and friends” —Ruskin Bond. The testimony of a great author is enough to draw the reader to The Game that Matters This story with cricket as a metaphor for life narrates a small-town story of the perpetually-losing underdog winning in the end. There is, ho...
When the journey is the reward. When this IT geek and visually-challenged author decides to take on his own complacency and accept a trekking challenge to the rolling meadows of Dayara in Uttarakhand The breeze was behind me. It was gentle. I stood under the stars balanced on the slope, and tried t...
You can taste the most delicious Naga food at the night bazaar in Kohima during the Hornbill festival. Locals set up barbecues and sell smoked pork and other delicacies in a lively atmosphere not found in any other city, says Vidya Deshpande. If you are moving around in Kohima and are looking for a...