You both carry a very valuable legacy on your tender shoulders – Aaradhya, the legacy of your pardadaji , Dr Harivansh Rai Bachchan…and Navya, the legacy of your pardadaji , Shri H P Nanda…. Both your pardadaji ‘ s gave your present surnames celebrated fame, dignity and recognition ! Both of you may be a Nanda or a Bachchan, but you are also girls…women ! And because you are women people […]
The canonisation of the “Saint of the Gutters”, which will take place tomorrow, is a unique moment of pride for our ancient land, the cradle of so many great religions. Mother Teresa’s life and work reaffirms our faith in humanity that the streams of mercy have not dried up. She becomes tomorrow the ultimate symbol of asceticism in the Catholic Church. I am blessed that I will be able to […]
From having a successful business to giving it up at the age of 50, from selling furniture to becoming a farmer – this is the amazing story of Suneet Salvi. “People have family lawyers and family doctors – I want to work towards people having family farmers. People should know who is growing their food and how it is being grown,” says 53-year-old Suneet Salvi who recently gave up his […]
VANCOUVER: Man Kaur from India needed almost a minute-and-a-half to cross the finish line in the 100-meter dash, but she still picked up a gold medal on Monday at the American Masters Games. That’s because the 100-year-old Ms Kaur was the only female competitor in her age category at the competition for older athletes. When she crossed the finish line in Vancouver, her competitors – many of them in their […]
International wheelchair tennis player, Prathima Rao has her eyes set on the 2020 Paralympics to take place in Tokyo. The only thing holding her back is an old wheelchair. Bangalore-based Prathima Rao was all of 3 years old when she lost the use of her right leg to polio. She was forced to use a caliper to move around, and continues to do so till date. This has not stopped […]
Incidents of crime, hate speech and scams in the news do tend to create a cynical impression of the world around us, as so much negativity can even drive people to stop viewing the news completely. The social media is further filled with controversies, negative responses to news and Twitter spats, as it erupts every time a controversial development is reported. But numerous positive stories from day to day life […]
A 16-year-old Indian-origin boy in the UK has claimed to have found a treatment for the most deadly form of breast cancer which is unresponsive to drugs. Krtin Nithiyanandam, who moved to the UK from India with his parents, hopes he has found a way to turn so-called triple negative breast cancer into a kind which responds to drugs. Many breast cancers are driven by oestrogen, progesterone or growth chemicals […]
For the once-in-4-years Olympic follower, there are no positives for India in Rio. But if you dig deeper, we have unearthed a gem in Rawat. The alarm rings, it’s 4 am, a 25-year-old Manish Singh Rawat wakes up to get ready for his shift as a waiter in a small hotel in Badrinath named ‘Krishna’. However, he is up two hours before all his co-workers. And no, he is not […]
Dhirubhai Ambani- Messiah for ordinary dreamer Dhirubhai Ambani had been a symbol of struggle, hark work, passion, and achievement. The Ambani Empire which was once a dream of a naïve village guy from Junagadh, Gujarat turned him into one of the top successful entrepreneurs of the world. Known for his fiery instinct, burning passion, futuristic outlook, and an indomitable will, Dhirubhai Ambani started off on his own with just 500 […]
Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has put up for sale the silver medal he won at the Rio Olympics to help raise funds for a boy with a rare cancer, the athlete said on Friday. In Rio I fought for gold. Today I call on all people — let us fight together for something that is even more valuable. For the health of this fantastic boy. Piotr Malachowski, Discus Thrower, […]
