‘Indian English has an identity of its own’
New Delhi: English is fast developing a dynamism all its own in the non-English-speaking world, says former Indian Administrative Service officer, writer and noted theatre…
Pochampally’s sari weavers struggle to survive
Pochampally: Pera Kamalana sits in a small room of her house, spinning the dyed yarn that will bring alive beautiful ikat designs on the…
Vasai: Maharashtra’s affordable alternative to Goa
Vasai: India’s first Christian saint, Gonsalo Garcia, was born in a tiny village here while St. Francis Xavier lived in Vasai, a sub-district of…
India’s first disabled skydiver now heads to Antarctica
New Delhi: Sai Prasad Vishwanathan, India’s first disabled skydiver who has since childhood suffered a loss of sensation in the lower half of his…
Majestic Dhauladhar rising over Pong Dam waters
Photo by: Sanjeeva Pandey
24 Australians for Hockey India League auction
New Delhi: As many as 24 Australian hockey players, including the 16 who won the bronze at the London Olympics, are among the 91 overseas…
Migratory birds have started arriving in the wetlands of the Kashmir valley
Srinagar: Heralding the arrival of winter, migratory birds have started arriving in the wetlands of the Kashmir valley from Siberia, eastern Europe, China and…
Sunita Willams returns from space with new record
Washington: Indian-American astronaut Sunita Williams has returned to earth after 127 days in space with a new record under her belt – the most spacewalking…
India to push northeast connectivity in Guwahati Asean meet
Economic ministers of the 10-nation Asean bloc are meeting in Guwahati in December as part of India’s push to increase connectivity with the northeast and…
Bal Thackeray: The tiger roars no more
Mumbai: You loved him, you hated him, but you never could ignore him. That was Bal Keshav Thackeray, a fierce proponent of Hindu supremacism in…