Kolhapur may have lent its name to the famous chappal, but the industry has taken a hit with the rise of cow vigilantes. In a small room in Chappal Gali in Kolhapur, five men are seated on the floor, stitching and designing the traditional handcrafted slippers that are named after the town they are manufactured in. One of them fixes the strap on the slipper, another draws the pattern of […]
The Indian Institutes of Technology. A dream for most, a reality for only a select few. These prestigious engineering institutes in India incubate and nurture some of the smartest minds in the country. Students undergo years of intense training in order to be among those that crack the IIT entrance exam, believed to be one of the most competitive examinations in the world. Shivangi, who used to be a humble […]
One journalist is killed every four-and-a-half days, according to a shocking report released by Unesco on Wednesday. During the last decade, 827 journalists have been killed while on the job, the Unesco director-general’s report said. The worst hit areas were Arab states including Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Libya. Latin America is the next worst affected region, the Safety of Journalists and the Danger of Impunity report said. Unsurprisingly, most deaths […]
“The hot sambar taken out of a plastic cover would be harmful for people to consume,” he said. Picture a man sitting at the Chennai railway station putting piping hot sambar into aluminum foil packs. Nothing wrong with that. But what if the sambar is being taken out from a plastic bucket with a plastic garbage cover inside? This is what Sharavanan Sivakumar, (48), saw on Sunday morning at the […]
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday celebrated Diwali with soldiers in a remote and strategic area in Himachal Pradesh, adjoining the Chinese border. Modi also made an unscheduled trip to a village, Chango, and said he was “deeply touched by the impromptu reception and their joy”. Dressed in olive green and donning a local cap with a green flap adorning dry flowers, the Prime Minister interacted with men from the […]
Prabhakar was among the 28 alleged Maoists who were killed in the recent ‘encounter’ at Andhra-Odisha border. There is a lull in Kinda Basti at the Yarpal suburb in Hyderabad, the sort that comes after a storm. Walking through a maze of ever-shrinking lanes, it isn’t easy to find the house. Locals point to one where a few elders are sitting outside, chopping vegetables and preparing lunch. This is the […]
Relationships can be tricky and may not always end in happily ever afters – that’s the premise of Neeraj Pandey’s new short film Ouch, featuring actors Manoj Bajpayee and Pooja Chopra. All of 14-minutes long, the short film revolves around a conversation between co-workers Vinay and Priya who’ve been having an extra-marital affair for three years. The two had previously decided to tell their respective spouses about their affair so […]
A damaged classroom is pictured after shelling in the rebel held town of Hass, south of Idlib province, Syria. Air strikes that hit a school in rebel-held Idlib province in northwest Syria killed 22 children and six teachers, the UN children’s agency Unicef said on Wednesday. “This is a tragedy. It is an outrage. And if deliberate, it is a war crime,” said Unicef director Anthony Lake. The Syrian […]
I remember a very interesting conversation with my grandfather about Kashmir relating with the remarkable speech made by K Krishna Menon at the United Nations in January 1957. Menon was at that time commanding the Indian delegation to the United Nations. Menon in a marathon 8-hour address to the world body had left Pakistan stumped and red faced as he presented the Indian defence point by point, tearing into the […]
Bollywood has seen many successful sequels in the past, and one such highly anticipated film sequel this year happens to be ‘Rock On 2’. The movie is the second instalment of ‘Rock On’, which was a blockbuster musical outing in 2008 The high-octane trailer of ‘Rock On 2’ is out and we can safely say that the new star cast has definitely added a freshness to the sequel. The film […]
