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Robotics, kick-boxing, horse-riding camps for children this summer (Trend Feature)
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Thirteen-year-old Amandeep Singh learnt to paint during the last summer vacation. This year, he has set his mind on kick-boxing, for which he is actively…
Crying need for judicial reform, more judges and better infrastructure
New Delhi, May 19 (IANS) Justice delayed is justice denied. Nowhere this rings truer than in India where a staggering 30 million cases are said to be pending in the…
Asia’s sex imbalance is going to have huge consequences (The Funny Side)
Asia will one day be filled with ‘millions of men desperate for women’, researchers warned last week. You mean it isn’t now? These guys should look out the windows a…
Lunch-hour love shacks a rage in Vietnam (Feature)
Hanoi, May 16 (IANS) On a cloudy noon, a man in office outfit with dark glasses and a woman in a sun-resistant cloak with a mask muffling her head entered…
Educating the Muslim girl child – in a Mughal-era structure
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Functioning in a Mughal-era structure near Jama Masjid in the capital’s old quarters is the Balak Mata Centre of Jamia Millia Islamia, one of India’s…
Indian cinema big on high-end fashion: Falguni and Shane Peacock (Interview)
New Delhi, May 14 (IANS) Big-budget Indian movies are setting trends in high-end fashion and costume designing, say Falguni and Shane Peacock, who have designed for the likes of Britney…
Small US town is big draw for democracy lovers (Feature, With images)
Gettysburg (Pennsylvania), May 12 (IANS) This small town just an hour and a half drive away from Washington has a population of a mere 110,000. But every year three million…
70,000 km around the world in six months – to document the diaspora
Azera Rahman There are an estimated 25 million people of Indian origin settled across the globe. In perhaps the first such attempt to document the story of the non-resident Indian,…
Your essential cut-out-and-keep guide to modern laughter (The Funny Side)
Today, we’re going to answer the much-asked question: How can adults communicate with young people? The answer is: They can’t. So we’ll move right along to another question of global…
From monster to mom, TV’s ‘saas’ gets a makeover (May 12 is Mother’s Day)
New Delhi, May 9 (IANS) The cruel, manipulative mother-in-law out to exploit the devoted daughter-in-law was not too long ago the staple of films as well as TV soaps. Well,…
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