By Jayant K. Singh Engelberg (Switzerland), May 17 (IANS) It’s home to the world’s first revolving cable car, a glacier cave, a Cliff Walk over Europe’s highest suspension bridge, a multi-seater open-to-the-sky Ice Flyer chair…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Croatia-born Bharatanatyam danseuse Nikolina Nikoleski, who was encouraged to pursue dance forms and sports from childhood, finds to her delight that more and more Indian youngsters are…
By Natalia Ningthoujam New Delhi, April 28 (IANS) When Laibi Oinam got in the front seat of a second-hand auto-rickshaw as a driver almost a decade ago, she received a lot of negative attention from…
New Delhi, April 19 (IANS) This weekend, journey into the innermost chambers of the diary and mind of renowned Indian poet-scholar A K Ramanujan; Hop onto a train – or eighty – that take you…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, April 18 (IANS) The diary of Anne Frank, a young chronicler of the horrors of the Nazis’ genocide of the Jews, offers a beacon of hope – and humanity -…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Hyderabad, April 14 (IANS) At a time of widespread agricultural distress caused by successive droughts, unremunerative farming and debt-trapped rural economies, a young man with his mobile app is showing how change…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, March 29 (IANS) Launched in 1959, the French comic classic ‘Asterix’ boasts having sold an unmatched 370 million copies in more than 100 languages. After capturing the global comics market,…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) Inspired as he was by the cooking of his grandmother, it shouldn’t be a surprise that French Chef Julien Royer, who was in India recently to unveil…
By Vishnu Makhijani Noida, March 24 (IANS) If proof were required of an Indian homily that translates into “there’s magic in his hands” it is to be found in Nepalese master chef R.B., who weaves…
By Vishav Imphal, March 24 (IANS) Polo, often thought of as a game of the rich, has also been generally dominated by men. However, a quiet revolution is taking place at the very place where…
By Biswajit Choudhury New Delhi, March 22 (IANS) India’s love affair with Morocco is nearly 700 years old, from much before the country’s cuisine gained international repute, if one considers that a North African nobleman…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, March 20 (IANS) The plight of refugees and their constant state of movement and instability became the central theme of “1 Sq Ft”, a contemporary dance act by Manipuri choreographer…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, March 17 (IANS) In a packed auditorium, a short film begins with the opening scene of a young woman worried about attending a meeting with her injured foot. Her friend…
Bengaluru, March 10 (IANS) A chance meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in September 2015 in New Delhi inspired Bengaluru-based Grammy Award winner Ricky Kej to dedicate his life and music to the cause of…
By Siddhi Jain Gurugram, March 6 (IANS) “For one sip of water, we create permanent plastic junk,” artist Arunkumar H.G. remarked about 100-ml bottles that are part of our high-consumption lifestyle. Sourced from households and…
By Mohammed Shafeeq Araku (Andhra Pradesh), March 4 (IANS) From tribal hamlets to Paris, Araku coffee has come a long way and is set to lure the taste buds of New York’s coffee aficionados this…
By Vishnu Makhijani New Delhi, Feb 25 (IANS) He was born and trained in Austria, spent time in Switzerland where he developed a likeness for Italian cuisine, travelled the world in a cruise liner and…
New Delhi, Feb 23 (IANS) Publishing one’s first novel is often more complicated than what the process may seem but Neel Mullick, whose “Dark Blossom” — endorsed by veteran writer Ruskin Bond — has just…
By Siddhi Jain New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) One often thinks of Indian prisons as dingy, cramped cells with their mean and often dehumanised inmates waiting for redemption. So it comes as a surprise when…
By Azera Parveen Rahman Bhuj (Gujarat), Feb 15 (IANS) In a small school near Bhuj in Gujarat, a group of class five students sit attentively in class, their eyes glued to an LCD screen. The…