Vijay Nambisan comments on uncouth India and the shambolic state of public health in the country --- "Spitting in public has certainly increased since I was a child. Those were the great socialist days, when ‘public health’ had a meaning. The government invested in it. There were posters, films
Before the fateful summer of 2010, I'd never really thought about Bhutan. On the other hand, I knew a fair bit about all our other neighbouring countries. Pakistan, obviously. Sri Lanka and its Elam. Bangladesh’s history. And even Nepal, Tibet, and Myanmar. So, when I received an
Trailers for the final Harry Potter movie, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, have started appearing on the Internet. View the trailer in HD below ---
Click here to view a splendid interactive slideshow in The New York Times showcasing the evolution of balls used in football World Cups (1930-2010). The Evolution of the World Cup Ball (The New York Times).
Of the array of restaurants packed into the slice of land we call Carter Road, Asian Wok is somewhat of an oddity. An unassuming little place (sandwiched between two larger restaurants), it offers up a mouthwatering variety of Thai, Chinese, and Malay dishes. Though it has only been in existence
As promised, the time has come to announce the winners of the 'Moonward' contest. Hearty congratulations to Titiksha Pandit (Pune), Nash Paul (Mumbai), Manasi Subramaniam (Chennai), Divya Joseph (Bangalore), and Indu Harikumar (Mumbai). The winners listed above will receive autographed copies of Moonward, a popular graphic novel by
Dan Nosowitz in Fast Company --- "Tantalum, a refractory metal, is an exceedingly rare mineral, mostly mined in Australia. It's used in the creation of tantalum capacitors, an extremely reliable sort of capacitor, which means you can find it in many of the most high-profile electronic devices,
It started in Belgium. One sizzling summer in a third-floor flat, my parents came strutting through the lounge to find their fat little fellow merrily leafing through a copy of War and Peace. I was two years old. Impressed? You shouldn’t be. To say that I had read and
Maureen Dowd in The New York Times --- "The great cosmic joke would be to find out definitively that the advances we thought were blessings --- from the hormones women pump into their bodies all their lives to the fancy phones people wait in line for all night ---
The Monochrome Madonna, the third book in the popular Lalli mystery series, begins with a strange, unexpected phone call, and a gruesome death. As the story unfolds, retired detective 'L. R.' Lalli uses her considerable skills to solve a baffling crime --- a murder without a motive. The
You may have heard of Kaki King, a.k.a Katherine King, from the 2008 movie August Rush, for which she provided the on-screen hands and talent for the main guitar-playing character. Or you may have heard of her rather unique skills that allow her to play the guitar in