Monday, August 8, 2016

For art enthusiasts, restoration and preservation of ancient works offers multifaceted options.

For art enthusiasts, restoration and preservation of ancient works offers multifaceted options.: Art occupies a momentous position in our lives as well as in our hearts. Maybe because it has stood the testimony of time itself. Making a mark since the earliest known human civilization, art has hel

Thursday, August 4, 2016

Plane crash-lands in Dubai, 300 escape

Plane crash-lands in Dubai, 300 escape: Three hundred people, mostly Indians, had a miraculous escape on Wednesday, when an Emirates flight from Thiruvananthapuram to Dubai crash-landed and exploded on the runway here, shutting down one of

Monday, June 27, 2016

A life of thrill...!!! FOLLOWING THEIR HEART & INTERESTS IN LIFE..!!!

A life of thrill: The guys at Redraw Life recently went para-motoring to Azhikode beach with a group of fellow adventurers. For the uninitiated, para-motoring is a form of paragliding that doesn’t require high altitude

Saturday, June 25, 2016

Writer's block: The stranger on the airplane

Writer's block: The stranger on the airplane: When I told the man that he was occupying my seat, he looked embarrassed and proceeded to get up. But the seatbelt held him back. He tried unclasping it but could not. Finally, I set him free and he m

Thursday, June 23, 2016

Harvard Tamil Chair: Á ‘chair’ to give Tamil pride of place! WTTT:WHY NOT PREFER POOR TAMIL STUDENTS GO TO SCHOOL IN INDIA & SRILANKA FIRST?

Harvard Tamil Chair: Á ‘chair’ to give Tamil pride of place: Cardiologist Dr. Vijay Janakiraman is in Chennai now and has approached the Tamil Nadu government seeking funds for the project that will go on till Harvard exists. “The Chief Minister had in her elec

Monday, June 20, 2016

At Rishikesh, yoga is synonymous with Yoga Alliance

At Rishikesh, yoga is synonymous with Yoga Alliance: After the company he worked for in Australia went bankrupt, David Dalrymple woke up one morning and decided to visit India. “I had wanted it for so long. And when I was jobless, I knew this was th

Tuesday, June 7, 2016

Nalini Chettur on her journey with Giggles

Nalini Chettur on her journey with Giggles: There’s hardly any space to squeeze past. Even the door opens only halfway. Books stacked floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall make Giggles easily one of the most curious book stores I’ve come across. W

Sunday, June 5, 2016

Some elderly citizens prefer to be left alone!

Some elderly citizens prefer to be left alone: For reasons ranging from a wish to lead an ‘independent life’ to a general suspicion of others, many senior citizens, who are said to make up at least 10 per cent of the city’s population, are closing

Friday, May 27, 2016

China signs deals with Sudan to build nuclear reactor

China signs deals with Sudan to build nuclear reactor: Sun Qin, chairman of CNNC, said the company will cooperate with Sudan’s Ministry of Water Resources and Electricity through the agreements.“Hualong One is most likely to have been chosen for Sudan, s

Bees chase car for over 24 hours to rescue their queen

Bees chase car for over 24 hours to rescue their queen: A huge swarm of bees followed a 65-year-old grandmother for more than 24 hours while she was driving her car home from a nature reserve in the U.K. in an attempt to rescue their queen. Carol Howar

Saturday, May 14, 2016

Dog braves bites, saves owner’s daughter from rattlesnake

Dog braves bites, saves owner’s daughter from rattlesnake: A pet dog braved snakebites to save the life of a 7-year-old girl -- its owner’s daughter -- in the United States, damaging its kidneys, following which a whopping $33,000 has poured in as donations

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

'Our ego, our jealousy is what kills us, pulls us back', Mumbai builder's last words

'Our ego, our jealousy is what kills us, pulls us back', Mumbai builder's last words: Navi Mumbai-based builder Raj Kandhari, who had shot himself in the head in the bedroom of his 11th floor apartment in Raj Uday society, wrote a note before dying. Here is the translation of the l

Last Drop: Interlinking RIVERS IN INDIA: An idea with flaws!

Last Drop: Interlinking: An idea with flaws: The initial plan to interlink India’s rivers came in 1858 from a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton. Since late last year, the scheme has been implemented by the Central government

Germany stabbing!

Germany stabbing

Sunday, May 8, 2016

Last Drop: Interlinking: An idea with flaws

Last Drop: Interlinking: An idea with flaws: The initial plan to interlink India’s rivers came in 1858 from a British irrigation engineer, Sir Arthur Thomas Cotton. Since late last year, the scheme has been implemented by the Central government

Conservation: Lessons from ancient India

Conservation: Lessons from ancient India: It’s half past four on a sweltering afternoon in Jodhpur. At the end of a narrow lane in the walled city a metal gate seems to close off a dilapidated monument. Walk through it though, and a series o

Sunday, April 24, 2016

Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean! WTTT: SOLAR/WIND/OCEAN WAVES POWERED PLANES/BOATS/CARS & DRONES SHD PLAY A REVOLUTIONARY ROLE IN TRANSPORT OF THE FUTURE WORLD WITH CLEAN AIR!

Solar-powered plane completes journey across Pacific Ocean: Pilot Bertrand Piccard landed the Solar Impulse 2 in Mountain View, in the Silicon Valley south of San Francisco, at 11-45 p.m. following a 62-hour, nonstop solo flight without fuel. The plane taxied

No water, no weddings in parched Bundelkhand

No water, no weddings in parched Bundelkhand: A tumbler tucked under her armpit, Bhuri trudged along the dusty broken path to the “.” The exhaustion on the 48-year-old Kumhar woman’s face was apparent as she approached the hill in the blazing su

Saturday, April 23, 2016

Jacob Koshy on five cutting-edge technologies that could change the landscape of healing

Jacob Koshy on five cutting-edge technologies that could change the landscape of healing: Earlier this month, the World Health Organisation issued its first global report on diabetes and warned that the number of adults living with the illness had almost quadrupled since 1980 to 422 millio

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Shiv Visvanathan on Justin Trudeau's apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident

Shiv Visvanathan on Justin Trudeau's apology for the 1914 Komagata Maru incident: History rarely produces moments of epiphany, where politics appears as a creative act of redemption and the future becomes a collective act of healing. Each society carries its wounds like a burden,

AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners

AP, Reuters, New York Times among 2016 Pulitzer Prize winners: shared the breaking news photography award for images of the European refugee crisis.
The Pulitzer Board, in conferring the most prestigious honors in U.S. journalism and the arts on Monday, also

Where the grass is green even in blazing summer

Where the grass is green even in blazing summer: Caretakers of the Amba Vilas Palace (Mysuru palace), have not been a bit perturbed by the blazing summer. Having to water its 28-acre lawn is not such a big deal as the palace has become a model in c

Sunday, April 17, 2016

F8 conference: Facebook's push towards connecting people better

F8 conference: Facebook's push towards connecting people better: The much-awaited Facebook’s F8 annual conference for developers kicked off on April 12 with a lot of surprises. From livestreaming platforms and 3D cameras to new virtual reality technology that will

Saturday, April 16, 2016

Barack Obama makes his income tax returns public

Barack Obama makes his income tax returns public: “The President and the First Lady filed their income tax returns jointly and reported adjusted gross income of USD 436,065. The Obamas paid USD 81,472 in total tax. The President’s effective federal i

Man deletes his whole company after typing wrong code

Man deletes his whole company after typing wrong code: He wrote on a forum for server experts ‘Server Fault’ yesterday, that he was stuck after accidentally running destructive code on his own computers, including the websites of his customers. The code,

Thursday, April 14, 2016

Water levels in 91 major reservoirs alarmingly low

Water levels in 91 major reservoirs alarmingly low: Water levels in major reservoirs of the country are alarmingly low, weekly data released by Central Water Commission (CWC) shows. CWC, a technical organisation under the aegis of Ministry of Water

Wednesday, April 13, 2016

How Israel survived seven years of drought! WTTT: PALESTINIANS SURVIVED ISRAELI OPPRESSION,KILLINGS & BRUTALITY MANY YEARS! SO WHAT..???

How Israel survived seven years of drought: If a country like Israel can survive seven years of drought through the right technology and a certain amount of conservation, then the solution to Bengaluru’s intermittent water crises might not be t

Monday, April 11, 2016

Ode to the idli: the batter options! WTTT: WORLD TAMILS LOVE IDLI,DOSAI AS WELL AS PIDDU,IDIYAPPAM,ROTTI TO BF & DINNER! RICE WITH MANY CURRIES FOR LUNCH!

Ode to the idli: the batter options: The idli and the dosa have been the breakfast staples in south Indian households, the idli more so. Because it is steamed it is more easy on the palate, especially for kids. Doctors would often prescr

In parched Latur town, a long wait for the water express

In parched Latur town, a long wait for the water express: In the roiling temperatures inching up to 40°C, hundreds of residents wait eagerly for the ‘water express’ to roll into this town. Ten wagons with 50,000 litres of drinking water each that will be

Lion kills woman sleeping in farm inside Gir forest/GUJARAT/INDIA !

Lion kills woman sleeping in farm inside Gir forest: The woman was asleep in the family’s farm when a lioness dragged and killed her outside the farm at Bharad village inside the Gir forest in Amreli district. ‘Cub caged’“The woman was dragged 400 metre

Sunday, April 3, 2016

What Are The Odds That You Exist?

Put it off, and be creative..!!!

Put it off, and be creative: Perhaps I might be forgiven, being in the age group that I am, for making a mountain out of a molehill and then considering the same as so insurmountable. Imagine, therefore, my surprise, a sense of

Friday, April 1, 2016

amudu: In search of Ramanujan movie

amudu: In search of Ramanujan movie: Film:  Andrew Robinson marvels afresh at the self-taught mathematical genius in a new biopic. The story of the Indian mathematician...

Tuesday, March 29, 2016

TALENT SEARCH TRUST: Abraham Lincoln's Letter to his son's Teacher

TALENT SEARCH TRUST: Abraham Lincoln's Letter to his son's Teacher: Abraham Lincoln, the 16th president of the united states of America (1861 – 1865) is one of the world’s greatest statesmen for all time....

Sunday, March 27, 2016

India to take up UK visa law with British authorities! WTTT: NOT A GOOD IDEA! UK NEEDS INDIANS & IMMIGRANTS TO COMPETE WITH OTHERS!

India to take up UK visa law with British authorities: Commerce and Industry Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, “We will take it (new UK visa law) up” with the British authorities.“We have challenged (the U.S.) in the WTO... we have challenged one, so the

Thursday, March 24, 2016

MIXED RACE INFANT DEATH IN ANDAMAN/ NICOBAR! Solution in isolation!

Solution in isolation: Many who read Sachin Garg’s latest novel “We Need A Revolution” were quick to note a similar incident mentioned in the book. Hardly surprising as the Grapevine India publication inspired by real stor

Tuesday, March 22, 2016

Walk one must for health, did you say?

Walk one must for health, did you say?: Okay, okay, I’m going to walk every morning. The doctor insisted I take a brisk walk, but I was not taken in by the word “brisk”, because I knew it would be a risk not worth taking.One secret I have t

Stay at home is my privileged choice, and I am grateful for it

Stay at home is my privileged choice, and I am grateful for it: When someone asks me, “Do you work?”, I simply say “No”. Of course, I work at home, but that does not count — because everyone else does it. The fact that I cook, clean, wash, keep house, enjoy my tim

The looming, inevitable endgame

The looming, inevitable endgame: ne of my young friends gave me this book, , by Atul Gawande, a surgeon in Boston and author of three award-winning works. Though it is set in the United States, issues of ageing and management of the

Sunday, March 20, 2016

Why we post on social media

Why we post on social media: Love it, or hate it, it is rare that you will ignore social media. A few anthropologists from across the world took this seriously enough to conduct an eight-country in-depth analysis on how local po

Friday, March 18, 2016

Vijay Amritraj answers the Proust questionnaire!WTTT:I MET/TALKED POPULAR TENNIS PLAYER/ACTOR(JAMES BOND FILM:OCTOPUSSY) VIJAY AMRITRAJ IN LONDON,1988 & GOT AUTOGRAPH...GAVE MY 2.SON HIS NAME VIJAY!

Vijay Amritraj answers the Proust questionnaire: When Vijay Amritraj enters the room, there’s an instant burst of energy. At 62, he’s more vivacious and engaging than people half his age. Perhaps, it has to do with the fact that the former tennis p

Wednesday, March 9, 2016

Indian attacked in Russia being treated: Sushma

Indian attacked in Russia being treated: Sushma: External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday said that a doctor was attending to an Indian medical student attacked by unknown assailants in the Russian republic of Tatarstan.
“I have got co

Tuesday, March 8, 2016

Visible Work, Invisible Women - Full Tour..GREAT INDIA!

Chandra Subramanian: Small farmer, big heart, miracle bike!

Chandra Subramanian: Small farmer, big heart, miracle bike: “Look out! There goes the miracle bike, driven by a sack of vegetables!” That’s a common shout from young men each time Chandra takes the produce from her farm in Melakadu village to the market in Si

Monday, February 15, 2016

Dutch tourist survive tiger attack in Nepal says he is lucky

Dutch tourist survive tiger attack in Nepal says he is lucky: A Dutch tourist who survived a tiger attack in the jungles of southwestern Nepal over the weekend by climbing a tree said on Monday that he’s lucky to be alive and will now have a story to tell when

Tuesday, February 9, 2016

KT siachen avalanche: Soldier buried 25 feet under snow found alive after six days

KT siachen avalanche: Soldier buried 25 feet under snow found alive after six days: An Army jawan was miraculously found alive six days after being buried under 25 feet of snow following the February 3 avalanche on the Siachen glacier. However there is no hope for the other nine.

Monday, February 8, 2016

Leopard enters Bengaluru school, injures two

Leopard enters Bengaluru school, injures two: On a day when its students were enjoying their weekly holiday, a school near Whitefield was the centre stage for a tense encounter between Forest officials and a leopard on Sunday. During the nearly

Wednesday, February 3, 2016

Panic grips Pak Hindus after Karachi temple is desecrated

Panic grips Pak Hindus after Karachi temple is desecrated: Three pistol-waving bearded men stormed a 60-year-old temple in Pakistan’s largest city and desecrated the idol of a Hindu deity, leading to fear among the minority community here, a media report sai

Tuesday, February 2, 2016

Thai elephant gores Scottish tourist to death

Thai elephant gores Scottish tourist to death: Thai police say a Scottish tourist has been gored to death by an elephant that he and his 16-year-old stepdaughter were riding on the resort island of Samui. Police Lt. Rotjanart Kiewjan said the ani

Selfie-taking Indian teen killed by train | eNCA

Selfie-taking Indian teen killed by train | eNCA

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

More than just a penny for your thoughts: Who are social media influencers?

More than just a penny for your thoughts: Who are social media influencers?: Today, a tweet can fetch you Rs. 2,000. A blog, even more. Courtesy, a relatively young concept called influencer marketing that Indian brands are sinking their teeth into. Being an ‘influencer’ is n