The govt. has started releasing 20,000 cubic feet per second of water from Chembarambakkam reservoir, the highest volume of outflow in several years. Heavy rains today pounded several parts of Tamil Nadu and inundating most areas of Chennai, severely disrupting flights, train and bus services and forcing postponment of half—yearly school exams even as the state braced for more showers in next four days. As the death toll in rain—related […]

It’s 4am in the morning, and minus-4 degrees outside. We open the door to the balcony just an inch, and peep out of our hotel room. We want to see the view one last time. The carpet of snow stretched for miles; and the pine trees — dark, ancient green — in the distance, defiant of the cold, moving only to brush the snow off their shoulders now and then. […]

Jawaharlal Nehru ruled as Prime Minister from 1947-64 and laid such amazing economic foundations that we went bankrupt in 1991. His daughter Indira Gandhi comes second in the number of years ruled and has the worst human rights record among all Indian Prime Ministers. Add Rajiv Gandhi’s five years plus Sonia’s ten years by proxy and the Dynasty has ruled us for close to 47 years. Rarely has any family […]

Every year, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), gives the Fellini medal to a film that reflects the world agency’s ideals. The Federico Fellini Gold Medal was created by UNESCO in 1995 to pay tribute to major figures in the film industry. And for the first time, the event is being organized in India at the ongoing 46th International Film Festival of India (IFFI), being held in […]

Dr. Verghese Kurien: The Taste of India Did you know that India’s very own ‘doodhwala’ (milkman) Dr. Verghese Kurien never drank milk! Were he alive now, he would have been highly tickled to have a doodle of him leisurely milking a buffalo presented to him by Google on his 94th birthday. Single-handedly catapulting India into the world map as the largest milk producer, the father of the ‘White Revolution’ in […]

You may not know this but every problem your body experiences translates in various skin alterations and the best way of noticing this is by inspecting your face. There is a Chinese old teaching that identifies every organ in your body with a correspondent area on your face, and every affection occurring in one of your organs will reflect onto your face under the form of pimples, various changes in […]

Tulsi plant holds a lot of significance in the Hindu tradition and has a lot of health benefits too. Apart from its religious implication, Tulsi is often consumed for its medicinal values. Here are some health benefits of the medicinal plant we all should know: Regular intake of Tulsi leaf juice, empty stomach increases memory. Juice of the medicinal plant can also be used to bring down fever. It is […]

Battling to safeguard the country from terrorists, Col Santosh Mahadik suffered fatal injuries following a fierce gun battle with terrorists on Tuesday (17th Nov’15). The colonel who fought the infiltrators till the wounds started to force shut his eyes probably saw the phosphenes, forming a blurry image of a proud Indian flag, while breathing his last. Here’s what happened on 17th Nov 2015: Having led a lot of successful operations, […]

To science, she’s simply known as “184.” But on the empirical cuteness scale, the world’s first test-tube penguin scores a “100.” The still unnamed baby Magellanic penguin was hatched at SeaWorld in San Diego 12 weeks ago, but the first images of her were released to the public this week. She’s the first penguin to be born using artificial insemination, a technique researchers say will help them increase diversity in […]

In life, having just a small edge can make a super colossal difference. Many of us start our work day with an unmotivated, distracted, and foggy brain. We work all day only to realize we didn’t accomplish anything of true value. This type of performance is the enemy of success. Imagine having a powerhouse in your head that can stay laser focused on the task at hand, effortlessly learn and […]