If you want to witness the magic of the human brain in action, play the matching game with a 4-year-old — you know, the classic game where the tiles are arranged face down and players take turns flipping them over to find pairs. You’ll see what I mean as you watch that wonderful little brain doing its thing. It’s amazing, and when you realize you’ve been outdueled in a brain […]
The trailer for OK Jaanu begins with Adi (Aditya Roy Kapur) and Tara (Shraddha Kapoor) telling an uncle (Naseeruddin Shah) about their relationship. They’re not married, nor is marriage part of their plans. She wants to go to Paris to study architecture, he wants to go to the US to “give Mark Zuckerberg competition”. Until they do head off to these respective cities, and fulfill their respective dreams, they want […]
For Benedict Cumberbatch’s Sherlock, it’s definitely not a game anymore. A new teaser for the fourth season of Sherlock shows the 40-year-old actor’s titular character in a dark place. The preview begins with a voiceover, “The roads we walk have demons beneath and yours have been waiting for a very long time.” The villain, played by Toby Jones, seems to exert power over Sherlock Holmes in the teaser. “What’s the […]
One of India’s most successful HIV interventions is currently facing a policy glitch it cannot easily overcome: love affairs. In Sonagachi, the largest red-light district of South Asia, in the heart of Kolkata, sex is solicited for a price, and the odds of finding an empathetic lover also come with a rider: unprotected sex. For sex workers, the distinction is necessary for specific clients commonly referred to as ‘babus’ with […]
In 2007, Trivani Acharya spent sleepless nights trying to track down two girls who had disappeared after expressing their desire to be rescued from the field of sex trade. She suspected that the girls who were sisters and had come from Bhutan, were in danger. Not willing to give up, she sent two of her staff members to Delhi on receiving a clue that they had been sent there. Twice […]
If demonetisation fails, I will take the blame, Modi had reportedly told the Cabinet. In the past month, there has been plenty of debate on the pros and cons of demonetisation, the most radical monetary reform since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014. However, what has remained buried under a shroud of mystery until now is the identity of the brains behind the policy. Now, in a […]
“I didn’t choose garbage, it chose me!” for a woman fighting to keep her very first project in India alive, Jodie Underhill – co-founder of Waste Warriors – seems rather upbeat. “When I witnessed how severe India’s garbage problem is, it completely broke my heart. I also realised then that I’d found my life’s mission. I love a challenge and I’ve picked up lots of garbage whilst on my travels […]
US-based Hyperloop Transportation Technologies on Tuesday said that it has proposed to link Mumbai and Pune with its ultra-high speed transport system. The company has submitted a proposal in this regard with Union transport minister Nitin Gadkari, chairman Bibop Gresta said. Once it gets approval, Hyperloop will do a feasibility study in six to eight months. The company says it can start operations in 38 months. “India is the perfect mix of […]
Her mortal remains will be kept in state at the historic Rajaji Hall on Tuesday to enable the public to pay homage. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Jayalalithaa is no more. Seventy-four days after being admitted to hospital here, the general secretary of the All India Anna Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam passed away at 11.30 p.m. on Monday. She did not respond to emergency life support treatment administered after she suffered a […]
Scientists have unlocked a 51.7-million-year old genetic secret to a landmark theory proposed by English naturalist Charles Darwin more than 150 years ago. Researchers have identified the cluster of genes responsible for reproductive traits in the Primula flower. Darwin hypothesised that some plant species with two distinct forms of flower, where male and female reproductive organs were of differing lengths, had evolved that way to promote out-crossing by insect pollinators. […]
