12 billion mobiles in the next 10 years (Comment)
byOne kilogram. That’s what it weighed, the bulky prototype used for a wireless phone call by a Motorola engineer in 1973. For the real…
Opinion
Tomy becomes first Indian to make nonstop circumnavigation
byMumbai, April 6 (IANS) The Indian Navy’s Lt. Cdr. Abhilash Tomy Saturday became the first Indian to circumnavigate the earth in a sailboat –…
Popular music reconnects to traditional genres in subcontinent
byNew Delhi, April 6 (IANS) Popular music in Pakistan and India flourishing outside moviedom has reconnected to folk, classical and Sufi traditions to reach…
Can Rahul reform his party – and system? (Comment)
byThe recent reaffirmation by the Congress of its governing model of dual centres of power, notwithstanding party general secretary Digvijaya Singh’s caveat, was further…
Silent Conversations and the Coming of Internet Devta
byBefore the Internet, such things happened only between Man and God, in a language that had no script, like the Revelations. But while these…
India’s education system must prepare children for life
byThe far-reaching Right To Education Act, now in its fourth year of implementation, obliges the central and state governments to provide eight years of…
Great speeches and ground realities
byIt was encouraging to listen to Rahaul Gandhi, the youth icon of India, spilling his heart out at CII annual meet. He truly seemed…
Beauty of Shimla hills, Rhododendrons
byShimla: Much of the Himalayan lands in Himachal have a forest cover that hold a variety of trees, which are not only help to…
This Manipur bureaucrat has enriched people’s lives (Feature)
byTamenglong (Manipur), April 4 (IANS) He is a harbinger of change and has brought joy to the people of Tousem, a Manipur subdivision considered…
Fish production declines, fishing fails to catch fancy of Himachal farmers
byShimla: Endowed with many water bodies, both man-made and natural ones, yet fishing as a economic activity has failed to attract more takers with…