Sunil Mantri: Could you tell us about Psychology is?  Vidya Rajbhoj: A psychologist evaluates, diagnoses, treats, and studies behavior and mental processes. Some psychologists, such as clinical and counseling psychologists, provide mental health care, and some psychologists, such as social or organizational psychologists conduct research and provide consultation services. I am a Chartered Counseling Psychologist, practicing in London and Bedfordshire in UK. My work involves diagnosis and treatment of psychological disorders with […]

Vinita Kinra, author of critically acclaimed book of short stories Pavitra in Paris, was welcomed with loud cheers from students up to the ages of 14 at Allan A. MartinSeniorPublic School in Mississauga, Canada. Kinra was hosted by Passages Canada (with support from Citizenship and Immigration Canada) to deliver a speech to the school’s over 500 students to mark Asian Heritage Month, 2014 on June 2nd, also Kinra’s birthday. Kinra […]

Vinita Kinra: Congratulations, Ben, on your new book, The Concubine and Selected Stories. Tell us about the type of stories the readers can expect to read in your new book. Ben Antao: Well, there are 20 stories in all, about half set in Canada, and the other half in Goa and Mumbai. Each story is unique in tone and theme as it follows the protagonist and his/her ambitions and passions. […]

Without any confirmed sighting, the mystery of what happened to MH370 is very much unresolved. So what happens next? In Pic :Najib Razak delivers his statement on the missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370 in Kuala Lumpur. Photograph: Mohd Rasfan /AFP/Getty Images The announcement by Malaysian prime minister Najib Razak that MH370 is assumed to have crashed into the southern Indian ocean, with no survivors, had a degree of finality to […]

Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbot spoke to Parliament on Thursday saying a search team had been sent off the country’s coast to investigate new evidence found on satellite imagery concerning Malaysia Airlines Flight 370. According to CNN, Abbot believes that this new evidence is “credible,” but stressed that it would take time to pinpoint the exact location. There have been a wide variety of theories concerning the disappearance and location […]

Holi, the popular Hindu spring festival of colours, is observed in India at the end of the winter season on the last full moon of the lunar month. A man smears the face of a woman with colors during celebrations marking Holi, the Hindu festival of colors, in Mumbai, India, Monday, March 17, 2014. The holiday, celebrated mainly in India and Nepal, marks the beginning of spring and the triumph […]

The City of New York Fire Department has tweeted a photograph from the scene of the Manhattan building collapse and fire. 168 firefighters are attending the incident. Explosion in East Harlem. Building collapse on 116th and park  #Spanish  Harlem Damn! Huge explosion at East Harlem, New York. A building just completely exploded and collapse Firefighters tackle the blaze following a reported blast in east Harlem. Credit: NBC   Please follow and like […]

On March 2nd, 2014 Matthew McConnaughey won the Oscar for Best Actor in a Motion Picture: Dallas Buyers Club. What I most liked about the Oscars was actually his speech. It was powerful and resonated with me. In his acceptance speech, he mentioned: There are three things that I need each day. One, I need something to look up to, another to look forward to, and another is someone to chase. […]

Oscar Sunday is here! The 2014 Oscars will be handed out at a ceremony on March 2 at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles   The event is hosted by Ellen DeGerenes and televised LIVE on the ABC Network in the United States, as well as in more than 225 countries worldwide. Throughout the day and night we at OTRC.com will you LIVE updates of the winners, red carpet fashion […]

There were fierce clashes between pro- and anti-Russian protesters in the eastern city of Kharkiv Russia’s upper house of parliament has approved President Putin’s request for Russian forces to be used in Ukraine. He had asked that Russian forces be used “until the normalisation of the political situation in the country”. Russia’s Black Sea Fleet is based in the Ukrainian region of Crimea, where many ethnic Russians live. Ukraine’s acting […]