It was the fifth and the final attempt for 28-year old Anudeep Durishetty when he took the All India Civil Services Examinations 2017 held by the Union Public Service Commission (UPSC). An Indian Revenue Service (IRS) officer, the Telangana man topped the exam with elan. “It is thrilling and exciting. The fact that I am the topper is yet to sink in,” said Anudeep, when contacted over phone. The son […]
The trailer for director Karan Lalit Bhutani’s Phamous has been released, and the first thing we notice is the stellar cast. The film features the likes of Kay Kay Menon, Jimmy Shergill and Pankaj Tripathi in important roles, and revolves around a power-struggle in the Chambal region of Madhya Pradesh. Phamous is directed by Karan Lalit Bhutani, and it has a terrific star-cast. Scheduled to release on June 1, 2018, […]
The power of the internet never fails to amaze us. If true, then thanks to a Facebook post by Delhi resident Avinash Singh, netizens have helped successfully rehabilitate a 76-year-old named Raja Singh Phull. What seems to have particularly drawn most people’s attention is Phull’s claim to be an Oxford graduate, who is now fending for himself on the streets of the national capital. Narrating the story of the senior […]
Vibrant, urbane, extraordinary – Hong Kong is all of this and more. Combining eastern and western influences, Hong Kong has a rich history that blends seamlessly with its modernistic city scapes and lifestyle. When people think of holidaying in Hong Kong, the first things that come to mind are usually Disneyland and Ocean Park. But there is so much more that this bustling city has to offer beyond theme parks […]
For years, around forests of Arunachal Pradesh’s Ziro Valley, the kiwi would grow wild. It still does, in fact. However, it was small, tangy and rather unpalatable — and only about 20 years back, when the State’s Horticulture Department introduced a domesticated variety of the fruit, did people start consuming it. “And yet 6,000 metric tonnes of kiwi is still imported into India every year,” says Tage Rita Takhe who […]
If you were to do a PET scan of my brain right now, you’d see a chaos of colours. That’s because I’ve just finished reading Indian Instincts: Essays on Freedom and Equality in India by Miniya Chatterji, and the way the author has analysed the issues that make every generation of Indian sputter and fume, comprehensively and coherently using history, philosophy, current affairs, world affairs and her own observations, has […]
A Hindu priest from a temple in the southern Indian city of Hyderabad made headlines for carrying a Dalit (formerly known as untouchable) man on his shoulders into the temple’s inner sanctum. It has been seen as a dramatic move because Dalits have historically been denied entry into temples as they are considered “impure” by many conservative Hindus. Even today, most temples in India do not allow Dalits to enter. […]
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The 700-year-old tree is being given a treatment by injecting it with a diluted chemical to kill termite population that has infested the tree. Pumping the chemical into the stem has failed and hence, the forest officials are now infusing the chemical solution via a procedure similar to the saline drip given to patients in the hospital. As part of rejuvenation attempts to revive the almost dying tree, the world’s […]
A bright looking eight-year old girl belonging to a Muslim nomadic tribe in Indian-administered Kashmir goes missing in the new year. On 17 January, her battered body is recovered from a forest in Kathua district. Through February, police arrest eight men, including a retired government official, four policemen and a juvenile, in connection with the gang rape and murder of the girl. There are protests in the summer capital, Srinagar, […]
